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I mean they aren't "military grade machine guns", but I was startled when I saw how easy the modification is. I couldn't guess if the gun is cheap or otherwise just common, or if it's somehow especially vulnerable to this kind of change. Does anyone know?
Buddy all you need to turn a semi-automatic firearm into an automatic firearm is $0.10 of steel and a little machining knowledge
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_sear
Giggle switch
I have a CNC machine and it's probably the most requested part from strangers when I tell them. The amount of people out there actively looking to turn their AR15 into a M4 is disturbing.
Right that's what I learned. In the context of this particular case, I was asking if some Glock models are just easier to modify. If it's any semiautomatic fun then the lawsuit is dumb.
What is funny is the Glock switch takes advantage of a safety feature of a Glock to make it fire full auto.
I'm not going to go into further detail, but if you understand how they function and their safety mechanisms, it is pretty easy to see how the switch works.
Other handguns are much harder to convert to controllable full auto.
Thank you very much, that answers my question. I'll look up a diagram!
Look at an animated cutaway.