It won’t last for long if it really is made out of coat hanger wire.
A better one can be made with the same gauge of piano wire or spring stock, annealed before shaping and then properly heat treated to AISI recommendations for that type of steel; but that also will fall far short from a “real one” machined from bar stock and properly heat treated.
@Jack: The traditional lightning link is simply an auto-disconnector that is designed to be tripped with an early SP1 style bolt carrier.
This is just an auto-disconnector that is designed to be tripped with a standard M16 style bolt carrier.
I wouldn’t be surprised if durability is an issue as you suggest, but this is more of a proof of concept than anything else. TLDR: You can’t stop the signal; 922(o) in particular, and the NFA in general are stupid laws that need to go away.
February 11th, 2019 at 8:14 pm
+1 for Rudy at Macon Armory. Great guy who stands behind his products.
I had a really slick 45ACP upper built by him, that unfortunately I lost in the canoe accident.
February 11th, 2019 at 8:47 pm
So much for keeping that genie in the bottle.
February 12th, 2019 at 9:23 am
It won’t last for long if it really is made out of coat hanger wire.
A better one can be made with the same gauge of piano wire or spring stock, annealed before shaping and then properly heat treated to AISI recommendations for that type of steel; but that also will fall far short from a “real one” machined from bar stock and properly heat treated.
February 12th, 2019 at 10:24 am
The LL is much easier. Jack.
February 12th, 2019 at 4:19 pm
This is actually a variation of the lightning link and not a DIAS, it just installs like a DIAS.
February 13th, 2019 at 12:34 am
@Jack: The traditional lightning link is simply an auto-disconnector that is designed to be tripped with an early SP1 style bolt carrier.
This is just an auto-disconnector that is designed to be tripped with a standard M16 style bolt carrier.
I wouldn’t be surprised if durability is an issue as you suggest, but this is more of a proof of concept than anything else. TLDR: You can’t stop the signal; 922(o) in particular, and the NFA in general are stupid laws that need to go away.