Gordon
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What is the procedure to legally own an SBR and cost? Thanks for any input.
I have been looking to do this too. If you just want to buy an SBR then, I THINK, like a suppressor, you go to the store buy the item, fill out paperwork (picture and prints) pay your $200 tax stamp and wait. They keep the item until approval.
I think a better way would be to buy a complete lower and take it to a FFL, fill out paperwork (picture and prints) pay your $200 tax stamp and wait but still have the lower in your possession. Once approved then go buy an upper to compliment it. If you have time and inclination you can build the whole thing and have the lower serialized and registered with the ATF. Much more of a pain in the butt in my opinion.
I haven't done this but it appears that is what most ATF veterans on here do.
Alternatively you could buy an AR-Pistol and then do the same paper work to make in an SBR. That way you would have something you can shoot while you wait to get the ok to slap a stock on it. I am no lawyer but be careful about having a short barrel without a legal pistol or SBR to put it on because you can get nailed for constructive intent even if you never actually assemble the thing. Again I am not a lawyer.
The pistol configuration also allows you to travel with it as you can with any other pistol. SBRs require you to send in notification if you're traveling across state lines.
What is the procedure to legally own an SBR and cost? Thanks for any input.
I have been looking to do this too. If you just want to buy an SBR then, I THINK, like a suppressor, you go to the store buy the item, fill out paperwork (picture and prints) pay your $200 tax stamp and wait. They keep the item until approval.
I think a better way would be to buy a complete lower and take it to a FFL, fill out paperwork (picture and prints) pay your $200 tax stamp and wait but still have the lower in your possession. Once approved then go buy an upper to compliment it. If you have time and inclination you can build the whole thing and have the lower serialized and registered with the ATF. Much more of a pain in the butt in my opinion.
I haven't done this but it appears that is what most ATF veterans on here do.
But, once you get the blessings from the crown making your pistol an sbr you must travel with it as an sbr correct? Or can you just take the stock off and travel with it as a pistol?
You can take the stock off and make it in to a pistol as long as you DON'T travel with the stock also. Then it's just like any other normal pistol. Just don't also take the stock with you.
But, once you get the blessings from the crown making your pistol an sbr you must travel with it as an sbr correct? Or can you just take the stock off and travel with it as a pistol?
You can take the stock off and make it in to a pistol as long as you DON'T travel with the stock also. Then it's just like any other normal pistol. Just don't also take the stock with you.
As long as it didn't start out as a rifle. If it was a pistol first, you can go to rifle, back to pistol. If you bought it as a rifle, you cannot convert it into a pistol. Weird rule I know but that's what the crown says.
SilencerShop will have their electronic Form 1 service online soon. You can do it that way, or if you e-File right with ATF you send in the prints on paper after the e-File.
What is the preferred method for obtaining prints and pics for a Form 1?
I've done a few F1s in my day, all before the need of prints and picks. I assume the forms are pretty similar with the exception of the new 'slot' for P&P uploading. Any tips for doing that?
Thanks rouchna!I ordered the fingerprint cards from the ATF website (free), ordered an ink pad from amazon and rolled my own. As for the pictures, I had my wife take them on my cell phone. Make sure there is nothing behind you. I had her do it with a white wall behind me. I then cropped them to mimic a passport picture.
Uploaded the pics and sent in the fingerprint cards along with the submission form.
Link to fingerprint cards: (make sure to order more than you need. I used a few to practice)
https://www.atf.gov/distribution-center-order-form
Link to ink pad:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0043GF5H0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Thanks rouchna!
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