Ruger Mini-14 Legal 2 shot setup.

Well, because nobody knew it was legal. When I posted the instructions, they were edited by the moderators for fear that I was spreading instructions on how to do something illegal. Well, now, I'll post them again with my letter in hand.

MAKE SURE THE GUN IS UNLOADED FIRST, of course. First, field-strip your Mini-14 per the instruction manual. With the trigger group in your hand, examine the area in the photo below. Now, take a staple from a standard paper stapler. Bend or cut one leg until it falls off. Insert the staple so that the long part is underneath the secondary sear circled in the photo below. Push the sear hard against the staple so that it crushes it down into its curved channel. Now, reassemble and dry-fire. While you continue to hold down on the trigger, retract and release the slide. When you release the trigger, the hammer should fall again.

Now, of course, this isn't the best way to do it, but it's legal, cheap, and works. If you do it right, you can get the staple to stay in there pretty good and not fall out on a long range session, so I've been told.

To address what was said about it's utility... I agree. You have to fire that second shot, no matter what. This is certainly not safe without a little mental fortitude, but it's not intended to be safe, it's a down-and-dirty way of getting rapid fire and burning up ammo. Before anybody else jumps in and questions my sanity, I'm not suggesting that anybody do this. It's dangerous and can cause injury or death if you aren't careful. I'm not going to assume any responsibility for anybody's stupid actions.

DON'T DO IT. If you are stupid enough to try it, you must make a mental shift in your thinking. When you pull the trigger, RELEASE IT. Duh. It's that simple. What you end up with is a 'double-tap' every time. If you work the trigger the same way each time, you can probably get pretty good with it.

People also question the safety and utility of the disconnector on the Ithaca 37. While the Ithaca is somewhat safer, you still must follow the simple procedure of RELEASING THE TRIGGER IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU FIRE to keep

This isn't a slam fire or bump fire. This simply uses the secondary sear that catches the hammer with the trigger pulled as a primary sear for the second shot. It isn't intended to fire when the gun goes into battery. So long as you hold the trigger back, the gun will NOT fire. When you release the trigger, it WILL fire a second shot assuming there is a live round in the chamber. Bump fire is significantly different in that you are utilizing the recoil of the rifle to reset the trigger. Slam firing is when the gun goes of as a result of the bolt closing. This condition is also unsafe.

What are you referring to with a 'bumper?' There is no bumper involved. The paper clip does not completely disable the secondary sear. It disables one and alters another function of the secondary sear. The first feature is the second stage of the trigger. When you pull the trigger on a modified weapon, you won't get the second stage, this is a smooth single-stage trigger now. The second disabled feature is that of dropping the hammer to the primary sear notch. Instead, this feature is replaced with a complete release of the hammer. The Garand-style action is perfect for this modification. You CANNOT fire the gun out of battery. The worst thing that will happen is either the staple falls out or the hammer falls on the firing pin when it's out-of-batter. If the hammer falls on the firing pin before it's in battery, that force is absorbed and not transferred to the firing pin. Safe in that respect.

After suggesting this mod to an acquaintance of mine, he went out and tried it. Used a simple staple as I suggested. He said he only had 40 rounds of ammo and a 30-round clip but he was able to burn up the ammo at a rate he estimated at 6 rounds a second. I feel he could have gone higher, but he only had enough ammo to get the feel of it, not explore. It's my guess that the rate of fire could easilly approach 500 or 600 rpm by rapid and rhythmic manipulation of the trigger. Once you get the rhythm of the gun down, it should come easy. The staple did not dislodge and he had the characteristic smirk that you only

get when firing machineguns, big-boar handguns, and grenade launchers!