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Hm. Thanks for the write up.
Out of curiosity, from that Reddit Skorpion link…is “bottle opener” a euphemism?
There are a few ways to convert an AR-15 with one or two drop-in parts such that it will fire in full-auto. Most of them superficially resemble the plane-type or the claw-type of bottle opener- the former also has a piece that sticks up to be pushed by the bolt carrier.
The general solution to achieving full-auto fire is "hammer must stay back until the bolt is fully closed, once it is, trip the hammer"; these parts are a mechanical linkage that makes that process possible.
It's possible to prevent this, but while it's a very low technical bar to go from semi-auto to full-auto, that trivial inconvenience is generally sufficient to stop criminals from doing that.
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Yes.
...He might be referencing some other device, but this is the one in the news, after it got two gun guys convicted of selling "machine guns" that were actually engraved pictures on a flat metal card. not "engraved" in the sense that you could pop it out by hand, but the exact equivalent of a paper template pasted on top.
In any case, he's saying that the ATF will fuck you just as hard for a DIY binary trigger as for a full-auto converter, so why go for the lesser option?
Ohh yeah. I had a feeling something like that would be the case.
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