How do you get around the "once a machine gun, always a machine gun" rule when rebuilding on an original receiver?
My recommendation, sell for $ and buy one of the new build semi autos from dingo in a few months.
My recommendation, sell for $ and buy one of the new build semi autos from dingo in a few months.
Where do I find them at? The last guys I know of that tried to build a semi-auto stg44 was H&G but we should all know how that went
You need two round copper rods and one rectangular copper bar as an alignment jig for welding. A lathe is required for tight fit. I bought a complete trigger pack from an SSD PTR44, replaced 3 internal FCG parts with U.S. made parts, snagged a U.S. made barrel, made non-auto clearance cuts by removing the auto sear feature from the original op-rod and welded respective blocking pieces into the receiver before finish welding. There's more or less useless advice on the usual builders' sites, some good stuff, some over the top modifications. Bottom line is, build it such that it can't be turned back into an FA device by simply swapping parts and a little filing here and there.
Always take advice from guys on the internet (this includes me) with a grain of salt. If you screw up, YOU will go to jail. Not the internet guys.
How good are your sheet metal welding skills?
Also would it be possible to remove the existing trigger pack and use a semi auto hk style trigger pack, I know thats basicly what HMG did
I worked with it before
You need to have the skills to butt weld fairly thin sheet metal with minimum warping. The pieces need to meet spot on or you will end up with wafer thin metal after you file/sand the seams flush.
Also would it be possible to remove the existing trigger pack and use a semi auto hk style trigger pack, I know thats basicly what HMG did
Why? If you modify the FCG with the blocking bar, takeout the FA pieces, etc... no problem. And weld up the FA sear opening on the receiver.