Hey all,
Figured I'd post about this for anyone interested. Lage Manufacturing, maker of fine accessories for "MAC" style submachine guns, is coming out with a conversion upper that will allow shooting .223/5.56. It's currently in "beta" testing right now with a select group of people, but assuming all goes well it should be in production within the next several months.
One interesting thing to note is that there are two designs - one that requires drilling a hole in the back of the receiver for the recoil mechanism, and one that is an "internal recoil mechanism" (IRM) which does not require drilling a hole. The IRM design is trickier to get ATF approval for since previous conversion uppers were able to be fired without a lower, thus making them machine guns in and of themselves. Supposedly Lage has a design he feels can pass ATF muster.
It uses standard AR barrels and handguards, so customization options abound!
I'm on the waitlist for one, so hopefully eventually I'll have one to bring to shoots.
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Figured I'd post about this for anyone interested. Lage Manufacturing, maker of fine accessories for "MAC" style submachine guns, is coming out with a conversion upper that will allow shooting .223/5.56. It's currently in "beta" testing right now with a select group of people, but assuming all goes well it should be in production within the next several months.
One interesting thing to note is that there are two designs - one that requires drilling a hole in the back of the receiver for the recoil mechanism, and one that is an "internal recoil mechanism" (IRM) which does not require drilling a hole. The IRM design is trickier to get ATF approval for since previous conversion uppers were able to be fired without a lower, thus making them machine guns in and of themselves. Supposedly Lage has a design he feels can pass ATF muster.
It uses standard AR barrels and handguards, so customization options abound!
I'm on the waitlist for one, so hopefully eventually I'll have one to bring to shoots.
MAX-11/15 Status Page
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