• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    For 2, based on the Supreme Court’s recent very flawed ruling on bump stocks, I would assume you could make a mechanically actuated trigger that lifts itself up each round fired in such a way if you’re still putting pressure it will fire again. That’s how a bump stock works. I’m curious how far that could be pushed. Can you have a motor repeatedly pull the trigger? I assume probably not, but it’s not much different than a bump stock.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      What you’re describing is a “reset trigger,” more or less, and they are indeed legal.

      You could also just make a crank operated gun. Those are legal, too. The key is you have to keep turning the crank to keep firing. Your continued action is necessary.

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        3 days ago

        Forced reset triggers are illegal per ATF.

        There are cranks that you can add to an AR-15 pattern rifle to make them into a Gatling type operation. I think some are “universal”, but are designed to work on the AR.