Quoted: they are taken apart prior to the gas axe treatment. they are sold as parts kits, a parts kit isnt much good if the parts are all destroyed
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Although on the Suomi M31 semi-auto build I am doing, the charging handle/charging handle return spring was left inside most of the kits and got torch cut along with the receiver.
You can buy an
original diameter receiver tube for the Suomi M31, but if you did, then possession of that along with the kit
could definitely lead to a 'constructive possession of a machine gun' charge. So they sell a reduced internal diameter receiver tube and this requires the original bolt to be machined down to a reduced diameter. One among many changes to make it legal.
If someone were inclined to break the law, it would be far easier with an AK or AR than to mess around with a torched kit. IMO anyway.