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Posted: 11/3/2009 5:07:13 PM EDT
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simple question what is RDIAS
thank you I did search and did not find a answer |
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Everything you could ever want!
The beauty of one is this: You can take a brand new LWRC M6A2 SBR, drop in a RDIAS and add a select fire FCG (easily found and reasonably priced) and you'll have a machine gun with 2009 technology. They are a litte expensive but make a great investment that you can have a lot of fun with. |
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Best sources of info: Quarterbore or M60Joe...their web sites are incredible resources for everything FA. Quarterbore's site has all the info you need. http://www.quarterbore.com/nfa/dias.html |
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$29.95. Don't you wish you bought one, or a dozen? Installed: $29.95? What year was this? |
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tony_k, while we're on topic, how does someone find out what goodies exactly are on "the list"? Officially, you don't. ATF considers that confidential tax info, and will not release the breakdown. IMHO, that is mostly because ATF knows its records are screwed up, and releasing any numbers opens them to challenge from people who know (and might come up with legal proof of) the real numbers. All ATF has ever released is numbers of the totals of transferable MGs –– and over the years since 1986, those "official" totals have ranged from 100,000 to 160,000. 
Unofficially ... if you spend enough time in the industry, you get to know the current and past players who actually made MGs prior to '86. Some numbers are known, like the records SWD and Group Industries produced when they went through bankruptcy. The SWD numbers are particularly important because they were in the 30k total range, and if BATFE says there are only 100-160k transferables, you can extrapolate based on the commonness of STEns and M16s, etc. If you devote enough of your awake hours to transferable MGs, personally meeting the folks who made them, and keep inputting the numbers you hear, you get a good feel for how many of each are out there. Sorry if that is no answer to your question; it's just an explanation of where I come up with my numbers. 
And it's why I end a whole lotta posts with, Your Mileage May Vary. |
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tony_k, while we're on topic, how does someone find out what goodies exactly are on "the list"? Officially, you don't. ATF considers that confidential tax info, and will not release the breakdown. IMHO, that is mostly because ATF knows its records are screwed up, and releasing any numbers opens them to challenge from people who know (and might come up with legal proof of) the real numbers. All ATF has ever released is numbers of the totals of transferable MGs –– and over the years since 1986, those "official" totals have ranged from 100,000 to 160,000.
Unofficially ... if you spend enough time in the industry, you get to know the current and past players who actually made MGs prior to '86. Some numbers are known, like the records SWD and Group Industries produced when they went through bankruptcy. The SWD numbers are particularly important because they were in the 30k total range, and if BATFE says there are only 100-160k transferables, you can extrapolate based on the commonness of STEns and M16s, etc. If you devote enough of your awake hours to transferable MGs, personally meeting the folks who made them, and keep inputting the numbers you hear, you get a good feel for how many of each are out there. Sorry if that is no answer to your question; it's just an explanation of where I come up with my numbers.
And it's why I end a whole lotta posts with, Your Mileage May Vary. I asked Alan Gura about class III guns/the registry/common use two or three weeks ago and he stated there were appx. 140,000 machine guns. |
| tony_k, that actually did answer my question. I was just kinda nosy to see if there was any way to peek at the list like aircraft registration (that's how I found out there are 7 Mi-24 HINDS in the US, mostly in Seattle), but if it's confidential like tax data it makes .gov sense. |
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