Full Auto AK-47: Select Fire AK-47 Conversion Manual by Butokukai

AK-47 Full Auto Conversion Manual

Once upon a time, it was once legal for regular civilians like you and I to convert our semi-automatic firearms into fully-automatic machine guns. The process was simple, you filled out an ATF Form 1 "Application to Make and Register an NFA Firearm" and paid a $200 registration fee to recieve government approval. This process resulted in lots of interesting firearms being converted to full auto, everything from Ruger 10/22 rifles to fully automatic handguns such as the Colt 1911.

Fast forward to 1986, specifically to the "Firearms Owners Protection Act" which was being promoted by the NRA and other pro-gun organizations. Among other things the FOPA made it possible for average joe's like you and I to order ammunition through the mail without having a special license to do so. As is often the case in Washington DC, the opposing party decided that they would poison this bill by adding provisions to it that could not get passed by any other means. This bill had a provision added to it to ban the manufacture and sale to civilians of any *new* fully automatic weapons, thus limiting the market of "transferables" and thereby creating an artificial market where prices skyrocket as demand far exceeds supply.

Now that it is no longer legal for unlicensed individuals to convert firearms to machineguns, the only thing that is available to people who are interested in how machineguns work are conversion manuals. There is no law against possessing a manual, I would freely encourage anyone to purchase one if they have any interest at all in how a machinegun works. Just keep in mind that no matter how tempting it may be, converting your semi-auto AK-47 to full-auto is a bad idea and should never be done.

The "Select Fire AK-47 Conversion Manual" by Butokukai is an excellent manual that is simple and quite to-the-point. The author does not spend time going over the history of the weapon, he limits the "filler" information to just two or three pages. The rest of the manual is filled with easy to understand text, excellent photographs and good blueprints showing the differences between a semi-automatic AK47 and a full-automatic AK47.

The manual contains two methods to convert a semi-automatic weapon, one being the "correct" military method. This method involves drilling a hole into your receiver to support the auto-sear pivot pin, and cutting a channel into the bolt guide rails to allow it to clear. This method will allow you to use unmodified military standard AK-47 parts to perform the conversion without modifing them in any way. This method should be studied if you own a legally registered fully automatic AK-47 and want to understand better how your firearm operates, or give you information on how to troubleshoot or repair a gun that is not functioning well in full-auto mode.

The second method to convert an AK-47 to full auto is quite interesting. It involves enlarging the existing semi-auto pivot pin to accomodate a new modified sear. The modified sear consists of the existing semi-auto sear having a cut full-auto sear welded onto it in a manner such as that it will act as though its in its natural location. This conversion method should be studied by legally licensed and active Type 7 Class 2 FFL holders who are doing specialized work where it would be more desireable to register an AK-47 sear rather than an entire gun. While this couldn't be described as a "drop in" conversion, like the AR-16 "drop in auto sear" (DIAS) it is very close in that externally the gun will not have any visibile indication as to whether or not it is a machinegun or a regular semi-auto assault rifle.

In closing, I would recommend this conversion manual to anyone who is interested in the engineering behind fully-automatic firearms. I would however not recommend anyone purchase this book if they are not able to control themselves from breaking the law and creating an illegal machinegun.

Added:  Tuesday, February 14, 2006
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