Originally posted by azn_redneck
OK, so I'm assuming the select fire assult rifle means that the user can select between semi-auto, 3-round burst, and full auto. There's a guy I know who has a "semi-auto carbine," however it mysteriously has an "extra" position on the selector switch for 3-round burst.
Select fire means the user can choose between safe, semi-automatic, and some (or a couple) methods of automatic fire. In the case of a military AK, the choices are Safe, Semi, and Auto. On some Romanian versions, they have Safe, Semi, 3-round, and Auto. The US military is one of the few that was dim enough to eliminate full auto, and the current M16A2 (and M16A4, to my knowledge) only has Safe, Semi, and 3-round.
If your friend's rifle has the ability to do 3-round bursts and it is not NFA registered, he may have some serious legal problems in the future to the tune of $10k and 10 years in federal prison. If we are talking about an AR-15 and he has a 3-round selector switch, even though it won't fire 3-round bursts, it is still considered an automatic by Uncle Sam. Not good.
BTW, the US legal definition of "Fully Automatic" is the ability to fire more then two shots from a single chamber with one pull of the trigger. Why they chose two instead of one is beyond me, and I know of a few guys who tried to make a kit for AR-15s to fire two rounds with one pull since it is not legally considered "full auto." Well, maybe it is in California.
