LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVER TA 7 Veg e103: NOT EOR REL EASE cHUea Te ea MON ATE Firearms and Ammunition Technology Division: Technical Bulletin 22: ‘ in 22-01 This document is elnssified: UINCLASSIFIED/JLAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE 1 SENSTTLV Es The information marked (/LES) of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Fir Explosives (ATE) + atereetoredes troy ana Pees utonisesse sion ve LES c2€2 TOR HTS NRT PFT tit First recelying aah from the ine Jinaing avency. Recipients are prohibited from subsequenlly pasting (he jon marked LES on any unclassified network without first obtaining ATF approval: this document contain We USC, § 6103. Exceptions t the nom 026 U.S.C. $§ 61031H)(1) 08 2) by the Oltice INFORMATION: Please be aware th jons provided it ly within ATE are set fort UST be reviewed and approved (Ts is subject to the strict disclosure limit provisions that permit the disclosur Any further disclosure of these report of Chief Counsel prior to any inform: provided in 26 US.C. § 0103 rietly limited and Mt jure tw adhere to the diss Josue lnitations (UILES) This information is provided t0 assist ATP an tasked with i roprin triggers are desir ww for a more rapid st sed as FRUS F Most afier-market dr ir travel and allo fertain devices marke Fore such a de 1 pull weight or reduce ti trigger. However shooter releases the nd the ‘machinegun” under Federal law a pechnol2) 7c aatTeial FEMUR Tes (U/LES) Note that this information is net intended 1 Pee af eae ae % sclinienl exanit ae he Gu CoN aise ck Criminal Branch (FTCB) report of te Services Branch (PTISB) evaluation (GCA) or National Firearms Act (NFA): for classification (U) Background: (U/LES) ATE has examined d (A eelaanite wel| \W ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVEYTAN INFORMATIE MATION totined in 26 U.S.C, § 5845(b) and 18 ULS.C, § 921 a\(23) a Atachinegun” IS whieh shoots, is designed to shoot, oF ean be readih f cadily resto ay move than one shot, without manual rele, OY Tae an piguet, The term shall also inelude the frame oF receiver of a oe ty. part designed and intended solely and exclusively, A » vlesigned and intended, for use in eonveeting a weapon tna vad any combination of parts from which a machinegun ean be sey parts are in the possession or under the control af a person. for AR-type or other arms, Unlike traditional tt wets (sometimes also referred sy the subject FRTS do not require shooters to pull and then subsequently release the scan) projectile. Instead, these FT eae emgsep@Fer a second rs and binary tr to eliminate the need for the shooter to re S) ATP’s examination found that when assembled with a semiautomatic firearm, tess ‘hat « firearm to shoot, automatically more\thanone)sho}, witout manual T1O@TAEs > SSaIRTGHERUIMORAENPTGWERP For this reason, ATF has concluded that such device’ Aorion af parts designed and intensted, for. tsentnecouverting 0 edPor lie sifted as/a “maachinezun” as defined by the NFA and are therefore properly GCA. iS) As such FRTs aré tmachineguns’, and are subject (O.tie GeAc maa regarding, vad transport of machineguns under 18 USC. $ 92210) 1d 92210)¢4)- also subject to registration, trans! ation, and possession restrictions under the USC. §§ $841, 5861; 27 CFR, § 479.101, Under 26 ULS.C. § 5871, any person oF fails to comply with the provisions of the NF shall be fined $10,000 per is subject to imprisonment for a term of up to (65 JER Further, pursuant 1© 20 5 negun possessed or transferred in Violation of the NFA is subject '° session, transf -d in an AR-type firearm, the « that one has been installed die i both (ULES) When installe: AF the shooter is unawa dition of this trigger, there is= V ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE “ UNCLASSTFTED/LAY E/VAX INFORM ATION ? sc ameracts with the firearm bolt and ultimately permits the fring of subs HE ofthe trigger 'CqUENE Shots with g Je housing. They are designed as “drop-in” parts to replace the factory hammer. er and other fire control components, The internal components of FRT typically include typical fire-contol components to initiate and perform the firing sequence, including a hammer onal parts that allow a Weapon to shoot ludes that part and a tigger, However, subject FRTs contain addi automatically, more than one shot, with a single function of the trigger. This in that interacts with the firearm bolt—here referred to as the “locking bar.” See Figure 3, below. (U/LES) Figure 3, below, shows the top view of an AR-15 when a subject FRT is installed.<<1F ED/LAW ENFORCEMENT SHNSEINVEg TAX INFORW MATION “and 5 present the side view of an ARstype fl ine ereen component and is identified he i With a. subjece PRT Figure’ by the red arrow ba Figure _yrissereisaemactyinegunsconversionsdevice> esence of such component should (VILES) However, the pre seme dropsin riggers may have such # OPI similar feature 10 ensur jer must be released alert law enforcement to that possibility may also incorporate a disconnector of before second shot may be fired. Such devices are NOt likely automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by Please contact the ATF Firearms and Ammunition ‘Technology re that the ti8z to allow the host weapon 0! ign oF the 1 ber below if hoot. et a single Lane! jon at the nu you have any questions. syd.an emai 10 he qualitative feedback on this product, please (U) Ifyou would like to provide ne below address with the product title as the subject anyanstign we go atin, Please SY ly