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Tamara · January 5, 2010, 11:41 AM

To legally put a 14.5" barrel on your AR-15, you need to register it as a Short Barreled Rifle with the BATFEIEIO. This will cost $200 and require some paperwork, fingerprints, and a sign-off by your local CLEO.

I am not sure that California allows ownership of SBR's other than C&R.

Purchase of the barrel itself is not regulated, however ownership of the barrel and a non-papered AR could, if they were in a cranky enough mood, be construed by the feds as being in "constructive possession" of an unregistered SBR, which is a federal felony.

January 5, 2010, 11:41 AM	#2
Tamara Moderator Emeritus Join Date: March 11, 2000 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 16,002	To legally put a 14.5" barrel on your AR-15, you need to register it as a Short Barreled Rifle with the BATFEIEIO. This will cost $200 and require some paperwork, fingerprints, and a sign-off by your local CLEO. I am not sure that California allows ownership of SBR's other than C&R. Purchase of the barrel itself is not regulated, however ownership of the barrel and a non-papered AR could, if they were in a cranky enough mood, be construed by the feds as being in "constructive possession" of an unregistered SBR, which is a federal felony. __________________ MOLON LABE! 2% Unobtainium, 98% Hypetanium. The Arms Room: An Online Museum.