[lbo-talk] the flag pin, etc.

[John Thornton]

Dennis Claxton wrote:
> At 05:26 PM 5/19/2008, John Thornton wrote:
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>> No, it's actually quite easy and not at all expensive.
>> There are books and videos easily available to walk anyone through the
>> process of fully automating a wide range of semi-automatic rifles and
>> handguns.
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> That's a different thing.  Jerry was talking about changing an 
> automatic weapon that's been disabled.  One thing I've learned from 
> Jordan, most people don't know a lot about guns, and especially 
> people who start making anti-gun arguments.

It's no more difficult to change an automatic rifle that was "disabled" 
(changed to single and semi-automatic fire only) back to fully 
automatic, semi-automatic, and single than it is to change a "pristine" 
rifle (originally single and semi-automatic) of the same model to fully 
automatic, semi-automatic, and single so I'm not sure what distinction 
you're attempting to make. Primarily what they do is silver solder a 
filler plate in part the magazine well and replace the switch. That's 
how older M14 and M16 rifles that were sold by Uncle Sam were done. It 
was an easy matter to "undo" the conversion.
A DIAS and Colt 4 position switch (the 4th position not mentioned above 
is 'safe') M16-AR15 Receiver Conversion is doable by someone with 
limited knowledge and/or experience. Pre-1986 DIAS's are readily 
available for about $200 US.
Whether the gun is an older military weapon configured for 
semi-automatic fire after retirement to civilian use or a brand new one 
makes little difference.

John Thornton