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By saying it can be done, I know how, but never would or tell because I have respect for the laws of our land?
Woo hoo! AK47!
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By saying it can be done, I know how, but never would or tell because I have respect for the laws of our land?
If you'll take a closer look, you'll see that I'm from 'down there'. And yes, full-auto is legal, in some states. Modding a semi-auto to full-auto, however, is not. It's not safe, either, if the gun wasn't designed for FA to begin with.
Most US gun forums have zero tollerance for any talk of illegal mods, or other activities.
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Well I am pretty sure it's legal. My father in law is an ex-cop. The guy we were shooting with owns a gun shop. Where I was they have machine gun shoots all the time......there were other guys there with full auto.....
Theoreticaly the rifle could have been recently converted by a class 3 dealer and used as a ''dealer sample'' 
Anyhow the conversion process as layed out in the palidan press book is exceptionally simple, at most a 10 minute job, bending and fitting a lightning link to an AR 15 takes about the same time.
But if your not a NFA liscened class 3 dealer you are looking at doing some federal time down there.
Anyhow the conversion process as layed out in the palidan press book is exceptionally simple, at most a 10 minute job, bending and fitting a lightning link to an AR 15 takes about the same time.
But if your not a NFA liscened class 3 dealer you are looking at doing some federal time down there.
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If you had ever had an SKS apart and knew how a gun worked....I didn't mean it was a "Kitchen table mod" although that's how I put it. I meant it was very easy. Now I won't talk about this mod any more as it's.....well, as someone put it before, it does not help our cause.
I feel like I am defending a gun that is not mine that was legally modified with a licened gun store owner in a different country. I was just exited I got to shoot a full auto and wanted to share my excitement with people who share my interest in guns. Forget I brought it up.
I feel like I am defending a gun that is not mine that was legally modified with a licened gun store owner in a different country.
I was just exited I got to shoot a full auto and wanted to share my excitement with people who share my interest in guns. Forget I brought it up.- Location
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Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you. And full auto IS LEGAL in some states. MO included. That's where I was.
Theoreticaly the rifle could have been recently converted by a class 3 dealer and used as a ''dealer sample''
Anyhow the conversion process as layed out in the palidan press book is exceptionally simple, at most a 10 minute job, bending and fitting a lightning link to an AR 15 takes about the same time.
But if your not a NFA liscened class 3 dealer you are looking at doing some federal time down there.
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Theoretically, maybe.. Realistically, I can't see any class III converting a SKS to operate in a way that it wasn't designed to operate. The risk of an out-of-battery discharge is too great.Theoreticaly the rifle could have been recently converted by a class 3 dealer and used as a ''dealer sample''
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Are you kidding? LOL....look up....waaaaay up....6 posts up....
There's a Chinese gun that is full auto and resembles the SKS, and there may be some samples in the posession of dealers in the US. But a SKS converted to full auto is unsafe and I don't think any class three dealer would do such a conversion, if it were legal to do so.
Thats hard to determine, the rifle you are referring to is the type 68 none were brought into country prior to the 1986 Vokelemmer act.
These ''dealer samples' are more or less a loophole that allows people to manufacture and own such firearms for their own personal collections.
All one has to do is apply to the BATF for a dealer liscence and then you are allowed to pretyy much build or convert whatever you want on the condition that said arms are sold to law enforcement agencies,government depts. or other class 3 dealers.
For example a dealer sample mk 2 sten sells for around $250-300, a pre 86 sten sells for about 10 times that.
A lot of the midwest states like indiana,iowa, illinois for example have severe restrictions on class 3 ownership.
This is because of of john dillinger, he primarily robbed banks in these states.
The National Firearms Act of 1934 was a direct result of these depression era bank robbers and there fondness for sawed off shotguns and full auto weapons.
Interestly enough most of their weapons were robbed at gunpoint from small rural police staitions or were stolen from national gaurd armories.
Thus the gun control act in fact forced ordinary people to pay a $200.00 tax on any class 3 weapon they owned (a small fortune during the height of the depression) or they surrendered such arms to the authorities to prevent going to jail.
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Not everything has to be for the greater good. We are discussing US laws. No one has mentioned anything about having them in Canada.
Pretty much! Only a select few people (those that registered them when the law changed in 93 or so) can own one and no one has been able to shoot them for about 2 years now. An AK up here is worth more deactivated than live.
