Manufactured using a new made and registered sideplate from Douglas Oefinger of Stamford, Connecticut with a combination of commercial production and military surplus components, this is an American made fully transferable example of the FN MAG/U.S. M240 machine gun. Developed starting in the late 1940s and released in the 1950s, the MAG (Mitrailleuse d'Appui General, General Purpose Machine Gun) combined tried and tested features from successful World War II automatic weapons into a versatile and reliable multi-purpose weapon. Adopted by numerous countries, the MAG and its licensed and unlicensed copies remain mainstay weapons around the world. This DLO has been outfitted in the style of the U.S. M240B, which replaced the M60 in service in the 1990s. Blade front and folding ladder peep rear sights, with a birdcage flash hider, plastic upper handguard and swiveling carry handle on the barrel, folding bipod and aluminum handguard with two sections of picatinny rail on the gas cylinder, Ohio Ordnance Works top cover with integral rail, checkered pistol grip panels, and a synthetic buttstock with a steel buttplate.