Reloadron
Contributing Member
BATF says once a machine gun, always a machine gun. I don't know of any once select fire gun not subject to NFA rules, i.e., tax stamp and paperwork.
Would be wonderful to see surplus M-14's converted to semi auto only and sold, but it ain't going to happen.
Maybe some here remember that during the early 90s a boatload of AK rifles poured in from China. These rifles were actually originally Chi Com AK 47 rifles. My wife and I were working the gun shows plus had the shop at the time. We bought 20 of them from a small distributor in Kentucky. Sold the rifles like any others and then came the letters from BATFE actually then BATF. If you looked close you could see the welds in the receivers where the holes were filled. You could literally lay an AK 47 template over the receivers and it was apparent. We sent everyone who bought one from us a copy of the BATF letter and a return postcard with options, you could return the rifle to us, you could tell us you had since sold the rifle at a gun show or whatever and there was a third option which I forget. The return post cards were pre post paid. Only one person requested to return the rifle to us. Truly amazing huh?
Once a machine gun always a machine gun applied. The whole affair was a mess.
Ron