My bad: under the NFA any part specifically designed for use in a machine gun or to convert one is technically a “machine gun.”
I understand with the AR-15 that if you purchase a 80% lower, you have to be damn careful about the machining to finish it up. Someone told me there are three possible holes you can drill, and two of them are okay. If you even have a drill bit dimple in the area of the third one, they can legally charge you and send you to jail, which is what I am told they will gleefully and enthusiastically do.
I don’t know if that is true, but the person who told me that sounded like knew exactly what they were talking about, so I believe him.
Below is a picture of a Registered Drop-in Auto Sear. This one sold for $28,750 in 2017.
For this to work, an M-16 Fire Control Group must be installed. It would not work with an AR-15 fire control group.
It won’t be long until any chunk of metal laying around the house is considered a federal crime.