Talk:Burst mode (weapons)

Terminology

It is worth noting that any weapon that has a burst mode is an automatic weapon that is governed by the National Firearms Act of 1934 and not the Gun Control Act of 1968. Semi-Automatic weapons are GCA1968 weapons that are only capable of firing one shot per pull of the trigger and then automatically reloading. PerkinsC (talk) 16:11, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

History?

I think adding which weapon family first employed a burst-mode would be of some value. Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 17:21, 27 February 2010 (UTC) anyone know which civian guns have this feature

since 1986, it has been illegal to manufacture or import automatic fire weapons for the express purpose of selling to civilians. automatic weapons encompass both burst fire and full automatic type weapons. I am unsure of how many automatic weapons produced before 1986 could be classed as civilian weapons PerkinsC (talk) 19:58, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Legality?

Are weapons with burst mode (but without fully automatic fire) legal in the US? -- 92.226.26.35 (talk) 15:13, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Burst mode weapons are Automatic Weapons, as such they are governed by National Firearms Act of 1934. Since the Machine Gun Ban of 1986 any Machine Guns/Sub-Machine Guns/Automatic Rifles/Assault Rifles/Machine Pistols etc that were not already in civilian hands could not be sold to civilians. PerkinsC (talk) 15:31, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Suggesting merge into Action (firearms)

This is a part of Action (firearms) topics and should be merged into that page.Digitallymade (talk) 12:17, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

• Strong oppose, it requires a summary section at Action (firearms) but rates its own article.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 17:22, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Merge with Selective fire

There's simply not enough material here to stand on it's own as an independent article and the article was only ever sourced to unreliable sources which are now removed so it's subject to deletion at any time. Unless someone is willing to do a complete overhaul, I'm intending to merge this article into Selective fire in the coming days. If someone has a better suggestion for a target page post-merge/redirect, I'm open to suggestions. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 20:43, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

@Swatjester I have added a few, hopefully reasonably objective, references to the article as it stands. I suppose I would say that, as semi-automatic and fully automatic have their own articles, it would be a bit of a shame for burst mode not to (if it is merged e.g. into selective fire ). In my search for sources, I came across some material suggesting that modern forces are moving away from burst mode, so that might be a worthwhile chunk of information to include - and strengthen the topic's notability - but I didn't have time to do that today. SunloungerFrog (talk) 09:10, 24 October 2024 (UTC)