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by AWildC182 2681 days ago
The auto sear (auto-firing part of the lower) is just a little lever hinged on a pin that blocks the hammer from moving momentarily. The two cuts that it interfaces with in the upper are somewhat more complicated.
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I thought it also required some sort of twisted wire pin that interfaces with the sear and hinges off something built into the upper.

The majority of my firearm knowledge comes from that world of guns puzzle game so I'm probably very off on something, but I do remember there was a lot of going on in that area of the gun

Maybe you're confusing it with the fact that you can make a ghetto drop in auto sear out of a bent coat hanger?

Google "drop in auto sear" eventually you'll find something that explains the sequence of events of the trigger mechanism in sufficient detail.