Pileatus
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I smell a MythBusters episode...
“The upper is what contains the barrel, the breecher bolt, that’s what contains all the pressure,” Savage said.
“There’s a line of AR-15 firearms out there where the lower (the receiver) is made entirely of injection molded plastic … It could be made of cardboard and scotch tape,” he said.
I disagree. This isn't just "stupid nonsense". Here are the specific issues with saying this is just regulatory nonsense:
The receivers are perfectly strong enough. (6061T6 aluminum)
The FCG pin placement, upper pins, magwell, and rear tower threads are all in spec.
There is a genuine M16 autosear in there. The "toy" has a legitimate autosear in the correct location.
To make this "toy" into a MG takes the following as an absolute minimum - shim the FCG by less than .050" (this can be skipped if you don't care about the lower surviving very long, it will egg the FCG pin holes out), put an M16 hammer in place of the toy one, and snap on an upper with an FA BCG.
Ta-da.
Not exactly a "toy". undecided
If someone were selling "toy" STEN Mk2s where all you had to do was get a real magazine, ammunition, and screw a new barrel on, there'd be no question in anyone's mind. What gives, with this?
EDIT: Just to be 100% clear. These are not "toys". By the 1934NFA, they are a machinegun - a receiver that is in spec for a machinegun as-is, is a machinegun in and of itself. Period. Full stop. There is no conversion going on, they are already machineguns.
First, AR15 and M16 lower receivers carry the serial number because that is where the fire control group is located that determines whether the gun is semi-auto only or selective fire with full auto capability.
Carl N. Brown said:Added: If these airsoft rifles must be seized because they are so easily converted, why aren't all AR-15s seized?
AR-15s or AR-15 lowers are sold as guns at gun shops on a 4473; this particular airsoft model was not sold as a gun.
you are not mistaken so those airsofts amount to guns without serial numbers a big bozo no no
Oh most certainly. Not trying to imply that the metal is suitable for use with real ammo. Simply pointing out that not all airsoft guns are the dinky plastic ones most of us see in the stores.Bear in mind that even the metal airsoft guns aren't made out of the same metals as a real firearm. From what I've seen, the metal ones are made out of pot metal, which is fine for an airsoft gun, but not so good for a real one.
So what if they do? (and I'm still not buying conversion without major machining)you are not mistaken so those airsofts amount to guns without serial numbers a big bozo no no