At one time, there were conversion kits to convert AR's to full auto. Look up the "drop in auto sear".
The M1A is a semi auto only version of the M14 made by Springfield Armory. Civilian legal semi auto M14's made by companies other than SA are not M1A's, even though they are often erroneously referred to as such.
There is a difference between wanting to know exactly what the law is and being ok with it or even following it. Every gun owner should be familiar with the law, even the unconstitutional ones like you mention. It's part of "knowing thine enemy".
I don't know.I think bayonets on handguns fall into this category!
You are wrong about the premise of the thread. I mentioned one specific example of what may be perfectly legal, but on topical inspection does not seem so, and thus is a bad idea. Really neat, but has high potential for misunderstanding or failure of some kind. The item I presented was an AR15 lower reciever marked as an m16 lower reciever which are similar but not the same, and ALL m16a2 rifles are NFA weapons so there is a huge disconnect between what is legal and what is intelligent. Another poster mentioned rubber grips on revolvers, and I have to agree that they twist and turn making heavy recoil less manageable for some folks including me. Another thing that feels good, and some may say looks good but is in reality kinda dumb. Works for some, but some folks consider it dumb because of the high likelihood that the rubber grips don’t work well for folks. Many have recently commented on the 12 ga muzzleloading black powder pistols as being dumb, but they sure do look nice. The failure there would likely be in performance making the gun an expensive and ineffective arm.
I agree with you there but carrying and deploying one in this configuration gives me pause for thought. Also what are the actual chances you run into that situation. Kind of like getting a dud SD load when you deploy your handgun. You can disable a semi auto handgun if you jamb it into someones clothing far enough to push the slide back as well.
Respectfully disagree. Marking an AR15 with an AR16 legend does not make it so. If it did, it would be prohibited unless transferable and necessary stamps and process occurred. "Property of US Government" legend does not make it so either. Modifying firearms with an RDIAS isn't what we are talking about, but I would argue that doesn't make an AR15 an AR16. It may emulate the function of an M16, but do so in a firearm that never met spec for the M16.
The key word being "variant".
Disagree with what? I've never heard of an "AR16". What is that? Are you disagreeing with the fact that there used to be drop in auto sears for AR15's available to civilians?
I said that an M1A is made by Springfield Armory. Other semi auto "M14" type rifles made by other manufacturers other than SA are not M1A's. If you'd like to call them something other than an "M14", be my guest. Call up Smith Enterprise or Norinco and argue with them about it.
You are right, I meant M16, not AR16. And in referring to "M14" type rifles, I see that you understand the distinction between a generic reference and an attempt to market a sheep in wolf's clothing.
No, maybe I should go look just for a laugh.
I would see it as a sensible thing to do in this case. Looks like a duck, labeled as a duck, probably a duck, and until I find a bird expert to decipher if it’s a duck or not I’m calling it a duck. By that point an officer will have either A. Wasted a pile of time/effort/resource on a stop, B let someone go when he wasn’t sure whether a felony was committed or not even though he had some evidence to say it was, or C hauled the guy in and let him and the bird expert explain the subtle differences between the aforementioned duck and the goose.
You should be concerned.
"Take the guns first, go through due process second". That what you're saying basically? We can throw all that old fashioned nonsense about innocent until proven guilty out the window I guess.
I have been ever since a late night stop a few years ago. Long story short I had a shotgun with a chopped barrel, and the traffic stop lasted over an hour after they cleared me of everything else. The shotgun was too close to the legal limit for comfort, but the officer who stopped me didn’t know how to properly measure it and was coming up just barely short. Couldn’t figure out how to verify the thing was empty and called in a second unit, then a sheriffs deputy, and eventually a state trooper just happened by and stopped to offer to assist. So was it a felony? No because a dowel down the bore measured a frogs hair over 18” but the officer measuring from the intersection of the frame and barrel was getting 17-5/8. I no longer am willing to toe the line. I allow for some dumb factor.
Or D, called the local ATF office, sent over a cellphone picture and been told it's nothing.
