[Lord Soth]

Is it legal to take any (legal) gun manfactured before 1986 and make it fully automatic assuming one has a class 3 liscense?

Thanks!

[P95Carry]

IIRC the answer is NO! The Class III will only allow you to purchase and own something from before then, already in existence as full auto.

[El Tejon]

LS, it's kind of involved, but short answer is no. Long answer, it depends on a couple different things, but may be yes.

One would need a Class 2 license (Class 3 refers to the classification of dealer, not the weapon). If you had a Class 2 you may not manufacture a emmagee after May 19, 1986 for non-LE or non-militree use. (Sooo, it could be yes depending on a couple of things).

Class 3 refers to a dealer in Title II or NFA weaponry. Errornet references to "Class III" or "Class 3" bug me, but I'm over it.

Title I--non-NFA weapons, Title II--NFA weapons

Title I & II come from the reclassification of the NFA in the SSA of `68.

HTH.

[Hkmp5sd]

The way the law works is that for a normal civilian to legally own a machinegun, that machinegun must have been registered with ATF prior to 05/19/86. That's the catch. Obviously there are a bunch of machineguns made prior to the '86 ban, BUT you cannot now register them. Hence, they are illegal to own.