Re:The AR-15 Is More Than a Gun. It’s a Gadget
by hga on Monday February 25, 2013 @03:36PM
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I'm not familiar with this mod, but the BATF has a standard they (in theory, and most of the time) use for what they allow manufacturers to sell to civilians: a trained machinist with a normal machine shop has to take more than N hours to do the conversion. That's why a whole lot of open bolt derived from sub-machinegun designs had to be changed to fire from a closed bolt with a separate firing pin (the normal submachine gun design as I understand it, at least as of WWII state of the art, has a fixed firing pin in the face of the bolt, the H&K MP5 being a notable post-WWII exception).
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Re:The AR-15 Is More Than a Gun. It’s a Gadget
by RyJones on Monday February 25, 2013 @04:37PM
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My "mod" is drilling the sear pin hole (above the selector), removing the semi auto fire control group, installing a full auto fire control group (including sear and pin). You may need a new bolt carrier to trip the sear.
You can buy AR lowers with (IMHO) ill advised fake sear pins to mimic the look.
The lightning link is even easier. Check Quarterbore's website for details.