If I wanted to do the research /experementation(manufacture?) of turning a min-14 into a bull pup configuration with select fire, what license (II?) would I need?
Now before folks get all over me, I know about Muzzelite and their stocks. I'm just using this as a test question to illustrate and hopefully get the right answer.
You'll need to get a manufacturers license, ( I forget which class #, but a BATF call would give the information) This allows you to manufacture full auto and restricted weapons for sale to Police dept and other legal owners of post 86 machine guns. You are not allowed to own the weapons personally, if I am understanding the regulations correctly, but can manufacture and have dealer samples for demonstration to prospective legal buyers (I think, including machine gun dealers). I doubt that it would be easy to get the liscense unless you were realy going into the business, and then you could probably expect a lot of scrutiny. I had a gunsmith friend who seriously looked into this once and gave the idea up bacause of potential legal hassles.