Reply #48: I worked in the armory

[Pavulon]

for a while in the NG. I was not a gunsmith, my function was clerical. I can tell for sure that you CAN NOT take parts from a US Government issues Colt manufactured M16/Ax or M4 and place them in a civilian replica and make the replica a machine gun. Just taking the parts will earn you 10 years. No plea bargain, 10 years.

The hammer and trigger assembly in the issue weapon is not a drop in part to a civ. weapon. It requires knowledge to make a reliable weapon. Filing things and shoe strings do not a machine gun make. A slam firing weapon is useless. To much tv an internet for some.

In my current life I design solutions and sell companies cnc tooling equipment. IE, fancy machine shop equipment. Given the time and plans 3 guys could run an assembly line and mill the (well most of) entire weapon. They hand make them in pakistan.

Remember the Hollywood shooting. Guys firing wildly. No police fatalities. No torso or head scores. Because they were firing wide open uncontrolled.

Now we have cases where one person hits many more using a semi auto. A bolt action would deliver the same outcome.

AK47 are NFA controlled, unless you have about 20K you dont have one. You have a replica.