Mac Attack
What is a Drop in Conversion kit? I was under the impression that either it is a M2 (Auto) or a M1 (Semi). Everyone knows that an M1 carbine is easy to convert by just exchanging parts but it would not be a registered NFA weapon. Just asking
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Mac,
The feds said some machine gun parts were, by themselves, machine guns.
For instance a UZI "slotted" MG bolt.
If you have several of the M2 Carbine parts, including the Selector/spring and Disconnector you have a machine gun.
Many M1 Carbines legally have M2 parts. They just don't have all the right parts.
The Selector/spring and Disconnector have no use in an M1 Carbine.
You don't even have to own, in this case, a UZI or M1 Carbine.
You still have an illegal machine gun if you have all the prohibited parts.
So, before 1986 you could "manufacture" and license a "parts kit" on a Form 1, the same form you would use to "manufacture" a whole M2 Carbine, UZI, AR, etc.
The beauty of a "parts kit" is the M1 Carbine is only an M2 as long as the parts are installed.
The folks that licensed and built their M1 Carbines into M2 no longer have a expensive machine gun when their receiver breaks, it's history.
Also, once "manufactured" as a machine gun, it's always a machine gun.
Nippy, I don't remember where the LOP is measured from, but the stock is 12.5 inches long from the back of the trigger guard.