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hksigwalther · March 13, 2007, 08:45 PM

Disregarding black powder as there may be an exemption for that, if you actuate a remote that requires an action by you to work the trigger of a gun and it can only do so once without resetting, you're OK. One of the things that helps eliminate human error for gun rests from makers such as Ransom is to incorporate a leveer that works the trigger. The lever must be moved by you. It (and the gun in its clamp) must be reset for every shot. Some folks use a sting instead.

The string is not to be confused by the ring/string set-up that someone had devised one time on a Garand or M1A (can't remember which) that was actuated by a finger and was looped in such a way around the trigger and attached to the charging handle that keeping the ring pulled back caused the action to cycle automatically. The ATF classified it as full auto. I'm sure someone will post a link to it.

March 13, 2007, 08:45 PM	#4
hksigwalther Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 1998 Location: NE OH, USA Posts: 3,198	Disregarding black powder as there may be an exemption for that, if you actuate a remote that requires an action by you to work the trigger of a gun and it can only do so once without resetting, you're OK. One of the things that helps eliminate human error for gun rests from makers such as Ransom is to incorporate a leveer that works the trigger. The lever must be moved by you. It (and the gun in its clamp) must be reset for every shot. Some folks use a sting instead. The string is not to be confused by the ring/string set-up that someone had devised one time on a Garand or M1A (can't remember which) that was actuated by a finger and was looped in such a way around the trigger and attached to the charging handle that keeping the ring pulled back caused the action to cycle automatically. The ATF classified it as full auto. I'm sure someone will post a link to it. __________________ - Ron V.