OP is likely screwed.
"For example, a machinegun that has a part known as a “disconnect” added to it, which prevents the weapon from firing more than one shot by a single function of the trigger, remains a machinegun because it can be “readily restored” to shoot automatically by filing down the disconnect. See United States v. Alverson, 666 F.2d 341, 344-45 (9th Cir. 1982). This Court concluded in United States v. One TRW, Model M14, 7.62 Caliber Rifle, 441 F.3d 416 (6th Cir. 2006), that a weapon “made from cut-up M-14s,” id. at 424, also fit within this definition."
The ATF and courts consider a brand new gun made from welding cut up/destroyed M14 receivers is still a MG. No way an intact gun with just a blob of weld over the selector switch will magically not be one.
"For example, a machinegun that has a part known as a “disconnect” added to it, which prevents the weapon from firing more than one shot by a single function of the trigger, remains a machinegun because it can be “readily restored” to shoot automatically by filing down the disconnect. See United States v. Alverson, 666 F.2d 341, 344-45 (9th Cir. 1982). This Court concluded in United States v. One TRW, Model M14, 7.62 Caliber Rifle, 441 F.3d 416 (6th Cir. 2006), that a weapon “made from cut-up M-14s,” id. at 424, also fit within this definition."
United States v. One Trw, Model M14, 7.62 Caliber Rifle, 294 F. Supp. 2d 896 (E.D. Ky. 2003)
United States v. One Trw, Model M14, 7.62 Caliber Rifle, 294 F. Supp. 2d 896 (E.D. Ky. 2003) case opinion from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
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The ATF and courts consider a brand new gun made from welding cut up/destroyed M14 receivers is still a MG. No way an intact gun with just a blob of weld over the selector switch will magically not be one.
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