What is the weight of the individual components, bipod, buttstock, carry handle and the gun itself?
The gun itself: 40 pounds, bipod: 10 pounds, buttstock: 3 pounds, carry handle: 1 pound. • How do I clear a jam in the gun? Open the top cover, see where the jam is; if it’s in the chamber, count to about 15 just to make sure it is not the ammo, pull the bolt back, clear, inspect and start firing again. • Does the flash hider work? Yes. • What things must the home-builder make sure to do to comply with the GCA ’68 and CrimeBill ’94? Everything a manufacturer does, a home-builder must do. • What features/mods are necessary to make a semi-auto that is approved by ATF? The receiver must be “permanently attached to the trunion, bottom plate and top plate by means of deep penetrating, full fusion, gas or electric steel seam welds” when finished. A new right side plate needs to be created that is approximately .065 inches thicker than a normal 1919 machinegun side plate. This is to ensure that the finished product can not be easily converted to full auto. See blueprints and images here. For
