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Posted: 3/27/2007 8:36:09 PM EDT
| So riddle me this, is it possible to build a full-auto AR from new parts? or do you need to asseble the lower, BCG from a M16 made prior to 1986? Thats my main question, I know people can own CLSIII's but I thought the weapon needed to be pre 86'. CUZ I'D be ALL for IT |
Firstly, don't use class III, its confusing and misleading. The proper term is a Title II or NFA weapon. Any machine gun owned by a regular citizen must have been registered as a machine gun prior to May 19, 1986. Expect to pay at least $10,000 for a full auto AR15, up to $20,000 for a factory Colt M16A2. There are lots of post-1986 machine guns out there, but they are all owned by Special Occupancy Taxpayers (SOT) who are NFA dealers. |
NO, unless you are an SOT. Joe citizen can not build a full auto AR. Don't even think about it, unless you have a desire to go to prison. As far as ARFCOM goes, don't even ask how could it be done, ie.. how can I make my AR full auto? You have two choices, pay big bucks, and go through all the legal paper work, or be a classIII dealer with SOT. ETA-CUZ I'D be ALL for IT. So would evryone here, if it were legal. |
Yes, that is possible. The RDIAS is the machine gun, not the weapon it resides in. |
As far as I know, yes. But you still have to pay the big bucks for the RDIAS, and do the legal paper work, plus pay the $200 tax. They used to advertise those, and LLs in the shotgun news. You can't purchase one through the mail, drop it in, and be legal. You always have to do the paper work. There is no cheap and easy way around it. |
If you can find an RDIAS that is in fact already registered, then you can install it in any AR that it'll fit into. In such a case, it's the REGISTERED DIAS that's the machine gun. Such a piece should have a serial number on it. Of course, the transfer is still $200, plus approval by ATF, but once approved, you can put it into a brand new rifle. 
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