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This is certainly all possible but the problem is BATFE starts acting like a bunch of flaming douchebag c**k fruity mc gay gay a**h***s when it comes to stuff like this depending on the construction of the "upper". They don't like it when people get too ambitious with registered lowers. The problem is that "too ambitious" ends up being a nebulous concept. I think awhile ago someone had tried to make/market an MG42 upper that attached to an M16 registered sear/registered lower, and BATFE got all pissy about it. One of the NFA guys here probably has a better recollection of this incident than I do. Some of it may have to do with the functioning of the device and the level of functioning of the halves. For example, it's pretty easy to see BATFE getting pissy about such an "upper" if a guy could attach it to a semi lower, and could turn it into an MG with minimal modifications. It might also have something to do with an MG42 being an open bolt.

I think things like the Shrike, etc, fly under the radar because most of the FA functionality is still in the lower in that kind of a case. Putting a Shrike on a semi lower will just get you a belt fed semi.

-Mike

<blockquote data-quote="drgrant" data-source="post: 2375713" data-attributes="member: 859">This is certainly all possible but the problem is BATFE starts acting like a bunch of flaming douchebag c**k fruity mc gay gay a**h***s when it comes to stuff like this depending on the construction of the &quot;upper&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp; They don&#039;t like it when people get too ambitious with registered lowers.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The problem is that &quot;too ambitious&quot; ends up being a nebulous concept.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I think awhile ago someone had tried to make/market an MG42 upper that attached to an M16 registered sear/registered lower,&nbsp;&nbsp; and BATFE got all pissy about it.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; One of the NFA guys here probably has a better recollection of this incident than I do.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Some of it may have to do with the functioning of the device and the level of functioning of the halves.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; For example, it&#039;s pretty easy to see BATFE getting pissy about such an &quot;upper&quot;&nbsp; if a guy could attach it to a semi lower, and could turn it into an MG with minimal modifications.&nbsp;&nbsp; It might also have something to do with an MG42 being an open bolt. I think things like the Shrike, etc,&nbsp; fly under the radar because most of the FA functionality is still in the lower in that kind of a case.&nbsp; &nbsp; Putting a Shrike on a semi lower will just get you a belt fed semi. -Mike</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drgrant, post: 2375713, member: 859"] This is certainly all possible but the problem is BATFE starts acting like a bunch of flaming douchebag c**k fruity mc gay gay a**h***s when it comes to stuff like this depending on the construction of the "upper". They don't like it when people get too ambitious with registered lowers. The problem is that "too ambitious" ends up being a nebulous concept. I think awhile ago someone had tried to make/market an MG42 upper that attached to an M16 registered sear/registered lower, and BATFE got all pissy about it. One of the NFA guys here probably has a better recollection of this incident than I do. Some of it may have to do with the functioning of the device and the level of functioning of the halves. For example, it's pretty easy to see BATFE getting pissy about such an "upper" if a guy could attach it to a semi lower, and could turn it into an MG with minimal modifications. It might also have something to do with an MG42 being an open bolt. I think things like the Shrike, etc, fly under the radar because most of the FA functionality is still in the lower in that kind of a case. Putting a Shrike on a semi lower will just get you a belt fed semi. -Mike [/QUOTE]

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