Posted on 07/21/2004 10:33:12 AM PDT by neverdem
You are correct. Still looking for the right rifle. Had one ID'd in Arkansas but it got away.
Yeah, they're nice. My friend in CA has one... We put up silouettes labeled, "Stainman," and aim at the nuts. Lots of fun.
HK-91 .308 - I've got two and they both run like a clock.
In so far as one may outfit a Mini-14 with a folding-stock, a pistol grip, a bayonet lug, a grenade launcher, or a flash-suppressor, then I believe that the law DID affect the Mini-14.
I believe that a Mini-14 built prior to the ban and having two or more of the "evil" features is a pre-ban gun and was not subject to restriction. Once the ban was passed, it became illegal to add two or more of such features to a Mini-14, unless the gun had been assembled with at least two of the evil features prior to the ban.
A-men to that, the HK-91 is a really serious butt kicker. Mine is named "Pookie".
With a Class III ticket, yes. Or if one knows an illegal machine gun dealer, yes. Not otherwise.
An assault rifle has a distinct definition, which is why the ban referenced assault weapons. An assault rifle is select-fire, that is, semi-auto, full-auto, and safe (and rifle-caliber, which lets out the Uzis and the MAC-10s). It's that "full-auto" provision that makes it a Class III firearm.
Uhhhhhh.....
"A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
It would seem that this authors "opinion" (typical yellow journalism propaganda) was formed without reading the constitution. Who would have guessed?
I've also got an M1A, a preban AKS, an SKS para-trooper and an Ithaca Model-37 8+1 shot M&P, BUT... my "if the time comes" rifle is the elder HK.
I look forward to the reduction in the costs of mags as the major change of the sun-setting of the AWB.
Neither. All you're doing is buying a bayonet lug. If anything, buy a Steyr AUG.
Also stock up on high cap mags for your pistols.
The article doesn't even mention the neutered pistol magazines. I want to get 15 round mags for my G20 and not have to pay $100 each.
I hate to be a pest about this, but open or closed bolt design has nothing to do with the cyclic rate, and very few firearms can fire from both the open and closed bolt. It's either one method or the other.
As a side note, open bolt firearms designs are prohibited and controlled by ATF Ruling 82-2.
Sadly, imported 'assault weapons' are still covered by the 1989 Bush I Ban. The AUG would have to be manufactured here domestically, or assembled according to the '10 Parts' rule to be exempted.
Anyone who wanted a post-ban AUG should have bought one of the 2500 Steyr USRs (AUG-A2) that came into the US in 1995 or so. They're still available at high prices. So too are pre-1989 AUGs that trade at even higher prices.
There is talk of the domestic US manufacture of the SIG-500 (PE-90) rifle. Canada manufactures them by license under the 'Blue Sky' label.
Oh, the import ban. I forgot. We have to make a note of that. Let's make that one next on the list after November. [Crosses fingers]
Good luck. It's an executive order.
I always thought the open/closed bolt thing was that in a closed bolt weapon after extended automatic firing the next unfired round sat in a very hot chamber and could go off by itself, whereas an open bolt would not have that defect. Correct?
That's correct.
HK-91 .308 - I've got two and they both run like a clock.
... If anything, buy a Steyr AUG."
Sadly, imported 'assault weapons' are still covered by the 1989 Bush I Ban. The AUG would have to be manufactured here domestically, or assembled according to the '10 Parts' rule to be exempted.
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