CS: Legal-Self-loaders
From: Mike Taylor, [EMAIL PROTECTED] And as Guy pointed out previously, if you actually believe that, your local police have a cosy cell awaiting you if you try it! Open bolt or closed bolt, it's banned. Is self loading actually defined in the act? I thought it actually specified that a new round had to be chambered with one pull of the trigger, not two. What you can do (if you really must) is to make a semi-automatic rifle without a magazine. Of possible interest to those with an interest in WW2, you could for example make an M1 carbine where the chamber had to be manually loaded for each shot, and the empty case is ejected automatically. Would a closed bolt semi-auto rifle, with a magazine, which ejects the fired case and then stays open until the bolt is released manually comply? -- In theory yes, but it would be so easy to convert such a gun into a self-loader that it is not worth thinking about. For example if you held the release mechanism in the release position, would it function as a self-loader? The definition of "self-loading" is a mechanism that "automatically reloads". Steve. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
CS: Legal-Self-loaders banned, not semi-auto rifles
From: Edward Beck, [EMAIL PROTECTED] All semi-automatic rifles are banned except those chambered for .22 rimfire cartridges. Now Steve, just be a little careful with definitions here! Self-loading centrefire rifles are banned, not semi-auto centrefire rifles. This means that centrefire semi-auto rifles that fire from an open bolt are legal (they're not self-loading). They are pretty scarce, crap to shoot, and wildly inaccurate due to the "clunk" of the bolt slamming a live round into the breech to fire it from a fixed firing pin. I think a lot of police forces specify "bolt-action rifle" anyway, to discourage them. I hope this clarifies the difference! -- And as Guy pointed out previously, if you actually believe that, your local police have a cosy cell awaiting you if you try it! Open bolt or closed bolt, it's banned. What you can do (if you really must) is to make a semi-automatic rifle without a magazine. Of possible interest to those with an interest in WW2, you could for example make an M1 carbine where the chamber had to be manually loaded for each shot, and the empty case is ejected automatically. Steve. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
