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Old 10-22-2008, 9:28 AM
AJAX22 AJAX22 is offline
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Heh....

Well you guys are close (redcliff actually nailed it) It is the predecessor to the Spitfire called the Eagle, made by a different company but also an open bolt design. The only difference between the Eagle and the spitfire (aside from the name and manufacturer) is that the eagle has a machined front sight whereas the spitfire has a cast front site assembly. Because it was pre 68, and the company who manufactured it was out of business it was completely overlooked. And since there were only a few produced it wasn't worth the time or hassle for them.

Y'all are correct that the the Spitfire WAS determined to be a machine gun, all of them were declared machine guns and registered or surrendered. This however is NOT a Spitfire and has never been named by any ATF ruling. They could in theory issue a ruling now, but they would have to allow for registration as a machine gun and for $200 I'd get to own a 5-10K NFA registered MG.


And while these are exceedingly easy to convert to FA, (all open bolt guns really are) this one was one of the few which wasn't. (most were turned into MG's prior to the 86 ban)

Not a banned by name assault weapon, not a machine gun since it was made before 82... Just a badass semi auto open bolt .45 acp carbine.
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