Semi auto rifle in .308 not on ban list?

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  • Devil Dog

    Active Member
    Sep 20, 2013
    587
    It would have to be a copy of that specific firearm which means it would have to have the grenade launching capability.

    Based on your logic the Mini-14 should be banned too because the folding stock version is banned yet it still uses the same features, parts, and functions as a normal Mini-14 as well as the SKS because of versions that take a detachable magazine. :rolleyes:



    It was a ban state compliant if you did research. The 62 came with 10 round mags and had the bayonet lug as well as muzzle device removed to make it ban state compliant.

    You are confusing it with the BM-69 that kept all the features minus the grenade launcher.



    Again you are looking at it too broadly. Based on your logic the Mini-14 and SKS should be banned too.

    Don't know that I agree with you Bro, but I hope for others' sake (it doesn't matter to me since my PO is grandfathered) that you are right.

    Also, what states had bans on 20 round mags and bayonet lugs when the BM-62 was made (which I think was the 70s, but I could be wrong)?
     

    DarrellA

    Jacksonian Independent
    Aug 20, 2013
    1,185
    MD
    The BM-59 is on the list. However the BM-62 is not.

    BM-62:
    take_a_m1_make_it_a_7.62_NATO_select_fire_rifle_and_you_have_the_BM59.jpg


    There is also the FN-49's converted to .308 for the Argentine Navy; the closest rifle that one can get to a FAL now.

    FN49_sample_pic2.jpg

    Man, those are some fine looking rifles. Pricy, though. Since I can't have a M1A, maybe I can scare up some more funds .....
     

    Devil Dog

    Active Member
    Sep 20, 2013
    587
    That BM-62 looks awesome, but I looked them up on GB and the prices seem astronomical.

    I just bought one in outstanding shape with 4 mags for $1900 shipped. I've been wanting one of these for years and wish I bad bought one years ago when parts and accessories were more available.

    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk
     

    TapRackBang

    Cheaper Than Diamonds
    Jan 14, 2012
    1,919
    Bel Air
    It would have to be a copy of that specific firearm which means it would have to have the grenade launching capability.

    Based on your logic the Mini-14 should be banned too because the folding stock version is banned yet it still uses the same features, parts, and functions as a normal Mini-14 as well as the SKS because of versions that take a detachable magazine. :rolleyes:

    Scott, you are trying to apply logic and reason to gun ban laws. Logic and reason do not apply. The list and the rules around the list are created by pathological Liberals who know nothing about firearms.

    For example, the Springfield SAR-3/G3 is banned by name, so only copies of that rifle should be banned. The SAR-3 itself is a copy of the HK-91, so logically the fixed-stock HK-91 is not a copy of the SAR-3 and not banned, right? Nope. Banned.

    Now the grandpappy of the HK-91 is the CETME. The CETME is not a copy of the HK-91 which is not a copy of the SAR-3. So the CETME logically can't be banned as it's twice-removed from the banned copy of a copy, right? Wrong again. Banned.
     

    bigdv

    Ultimate Member
    May 17, 2010
    1,297
    Calvert Co.
    Scott, you are trying to apply logic and reason to gun ban laws. Logic and reason do not apply. The list and the rules around the list are created by pathological Liberals who know nothing about firearms.

    For example, the Springfield SAR-3/G3 is banned by name, so only copies of that rifle should be banned. The SAR-3 itself is a copy of the HK-91, so logically the fixed-stock HK-91 is not a copy of the SAR-3 and not banned, right? Nope. Banned.

    Now the grandpappy of the HK-91 is the CETME. The CETME is not a copy of the HK-91 which is not a copy of the SAR-3. So the CETME logically can't be banned as it's twice-removed from the banned copy of a copy, right? Wrong again. Banned.
    All of which will save no one. Just more big government control by liberal d bags.
     

    Sgt6402

    Active Member
    Jan 21, 2008
    679
    md
    What about the New Ruger SR-762 rifle, will it be considered banned or be cash & carry?
     

    Xander

    Active Member
    Dec 6, 2010
    211
    Why do you say the CETME is banned? Neither he FCG nor bolt carrier interchanges with the HK91
     

    Xander

    Active Member
    Dec 6, 2010
    211
    MSP sent out an advisory regarding the GSG-5 type weapons where they stated that to be a copy, a weapon had to have interchangeable internal parts.
     

    TapRackBang

    Cheaper Than Diamonds
    Jan 14, 2012
    1,919
    Bel Air
    I concluded it was banned based on the fact that is the grandaddy of a copy (G3/HK91) of a copy (SAR-3) that is banned. If you really want one and need a definitive answer, call the MSP and ask: (410) 653 4200
    Primary sources are always better than Internet Experts™.
     

    armed ferret

    Banned
    BANNED!!!
    Sep 23, 2008
    7,943
    McDoogal's
    Given the variety of answers coming from various agents/representatives of the MD State Police in recent months, I wouldn't necessarily go so far as to consider them the "primary source".


    Either that, or keep calling different people till one of 'em says you can have it, make sure the call is recorded, and go for it. :lol2:
     

    TapRackBang

    Cheaper Than Diamonds
    Jan 14, 2012
    1,919
    Bel Air
    Given the variety of answers coming from various agents/representatives of the MD State Police in recent months, I wouldn't necessarily go so far as to consider them the "primary source".
    Except most of those are hearsay repeated on this board, not the actual recorded conversations with, or actual documents from the MSP. I don't think there is as much ambiguity within the MSP as there appears to be if you only read this forum.

    Either that, or keep calling different people till one of 'em says you can have it, make sure the call is recorded, and go for it. :lol2:
    Just remember that Marylandistan is a dual-consent state. And even though the MSP is a public agency performing a public service, they consider all of their conversations, even those held in public places, to be private. Especially if they are committing a crime or potentially making a mistake about the law.
     

    Redd Byrd

    Active Member
    Oct 2, 2007
    874
    Given the variety of answers coming from various agents/representatives of the MD State Police in recent months, I wouldn't necessarily go so far as to consider them the "primary source".


    Either that, or keep calling different people till one of 'em says you can have it, make sure the call is recorded, and go for it. :lol2:


    It's law because the MD State Police said it was ;)
     

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