because of the abundance of cheap "parts kits" out there (and the fact that I'll probably never be able to afford any full auto guns, and could't in my current state of residence anyway) I was thinking it might still be kinda neat to have some "non-firing replicas" to hang on the wall, etc.
What I was thinking, was to get some of the ones that include a "torch cut" receiver, and breaking out with the welder. Carefully weld receiver back together (obviously unsafe it you ever wanted to fire it), and doing whatever else need to be done to make it "legal".
The question is, what needs to be done to make it legal. I would like it to appear like the original(for example allow the bolt to move), but was thinking you could remove most of the FCG, weld up the firing pin hole, weld up the breech end of the barrel, maybe weld the magazine so its can't be loaded, then weld it to the gun?
Any one know the applicable statute for something like this? Does the BATF have some standard for "non firing replicas"?
What I was thinking, was to get some of the ones that include a "torch cut" receiver, and breaking out with the welder. Carefully weld receiver back together (obviously unsafe it you ever wanted to fire it), and doing whatever else need to be done to make it "legal".
The question is, what needs to be done to make it legal. I would like it to appear like the original(for example allow the bolt to move), but was thinking you could remove most of the FCG, weld up the firing pin hole, weld up the breech end of the barrel, maybe weld the magazine so its can't be loaded, then weld it to the gun?
Any one know the applicable statute for something like this? Does the BATF have some standard for "non firing replicas"?