Just want to clarify a few things:
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Originally Posted by mpeastend
You will go to a class 3 SOT FFL dealer (Special Occupational Tax Federal Firearms License) in your state and fill out paperwork to apply for a $200 tax stamp for the purchase or manufacture of an SBR (short barreled rifle). You will also need to get fingerprinted by a local law enforcement agency. That paperwork is submitted to BATF and then you wait for approval.
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The above is true if you are looking to purchase an existing SBR (form 4). However, you can also "manufacture" your own (form 1), either from scratch, or using an existing non-NFA receiver. If you go that route, you are not required to use an FFL/SOT to do so. You still need to submit photo and fingerprints (and the $200 tax stamp fee), but the e-file system will prompt/guide you. Also, you can obtain fingerprints from any certified/approved fingerprinter...doesn't have to be a LE agency.
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Originally Posted by mpeastend
BTW, once a gun is made and registered as a SBR you cannot undo that. Lets say you have a SBR AR15 with a 7.5 in barrel (that is a real flamethrower in low light!) and want to move to a state that won't allow possession of it, you cannot swap out the barrel or upper for a legal 16" barrel. The gun will have to be sold to a class 3 dealer or to another person through a class 3 dealer.
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Not true. All that is needed to remove a Title II SBR from NFA purview, is to reconfigure it as a Title I gun. The only caveat to that is if you wish to sell/transfer it to someone else. You can still legally transfer it if configured as a Title I gun, but it not wise to do so until you send a letter to the ATF advising them that the gun is no longer an SBR. They will notate the registry and you would then have no liability going forward, should the new owner do something stupid like illegally convert it back to an SBR without going through the proper process.
