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I think this gun may be like an M14 that has the "button" installed rather than a selector switch. It may currently be semi-auto, but it's "readily" convertible to FA.

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Receiver doesn't appear to have been "destroyed" to meet ATF requirements for rendering an unregistered MG a "non-gun" and it is not a repro receiver. Unless I'm missing something, converting an existing, complete MG receiver to a semi-auto is a no-no, so all other issues downstream of that are irrelevant.

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I went back a forth with this seller. Told him to do his homework. I said someone can slap a lower on that gun and its fa. He said so? The AR is the same way? Duh i told him the AR lower is the controlled part. On the MP44 the UPPER IS THE CONTROLLED PART!! After that exchange the add was pulled. Edited by Petroleum 1
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The description about this gun being a rare semi auto variant and the price made my blood boil. I own a 43 and feel like i know these rifles but i went to a friend of mine first who ONLY collects sturms. He said it was total bs so i sent the seller a note telling him to wake up hes dreaming and selling a machine gun lol Edited by Petroleum 1
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Would be ironic if this is an actual dewat and registered. I highly doubt it, but would be funny if someone took the trouble to turn it into a functioning semi-auto and come up with a BS story not realizing it was legal all the time.

I would think the seller is getting correct advice and is looking into just that

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"a rare variant" probably refers to the MP-43 model, which is not rare, but more "scarce" than the MP-44 stamped rifles. The fact that he states "rare variant" directly after "semi-auto only" can be attributed to the seller's weak grasp of proper English rather than an attempt to state that semi-auto only rifles were originally issued by the Germans. Either way, his word choice is an obvious attempt to hype the rifle's history, and the price is so ridiculously high, it leaves me speechless. A properly re-welded MP-43 should cost less than $9000.00, home much less varies.

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So here's question: can a de-milied machine gun legally be re-welded and converted to semi-auto?

Once the receiver is cut, it's a "parts kit" but if you re-weld it what does it become?

 

Yes. Realistically, ATF will take a VERY dim view of it unless you are very careful. You would have to prove that at no point in it's rebuild process that it was a machine gun. Folks like Len Savage who rebuild semi-auto Bren guns are very careful to ensure that before it is re-welded efforts are made to ensure that full-auto parts will not fit.

You might do a web search for semi-auto Bren, DP28, Browning 1919, and others before going down this path. See how others have done it successfully. Be very careful!

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