Registering a rifle as an SBR

IZinterrogator · September 3, 2006, 09:41 PM

I want to get a 14.5" AR carbine, and I already have a 16" AR-15. Can I register it as an SBR and then install a 14.5" barrel?

James K · September 3, 2006, 10:30 PM

You get permission from BATFE to make an SBR. Once you get that (Form 1) you can make the gun; it was already registered when the Form 1 was approved. Note that you, and only you, can make the SBR. If you use a gunsmith, you don't need the Form 1, but the gunsmith must be licensed as an NFA manufacturer and you must take/send the gun to him; he will alter it and return it on a Form 4 after BATFE approval of the transfer.

Jim

raymond- · September 3, 2006, 11:11 PM

Jim:
since we're talking about an AR here, the creator needn't be a C2, you think?
the barrel is simply an upper. the creator just needs to ensure that the short
barreled upper has a matching lower which has already been SBRed...one-for-
one. in other words, no SBR with two short bbl uppers. this, or no AR lower
at all in their possession. am i off base here?

September 3, 2006, 09:41 PM	#1
IZinterrogator Senior Member Join Date: November 8, 2004 Location: Prescott Valley, AZ Posts: 2,457	Registering a rifle as an SBR I want to get a 14.5" AR carbine, and I already have a 16" AR-15. Can I register it as an SBR and then install a 14.5" barrel? __________________ "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!” - Samuel Adams

September 3, 2006, 10:30 PM	#2
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	You get permission from BATFE to make an SBR. Once you get that (Form 1) you can make the gun; it was already registered when the Form 1 was approved. Note that you, and only you, can make the SBR. If you use a gunsmith, you don't need the Form 1, but the gunsmith must be licensed as an NFA manufacturer and you must take/send the gun to him; he will alter it and return it on a Form 4 after BATFE approval of the transfer. Jim

September 3, 2006, 11:11 PM	#3
raymond- Senior Member Join Date: June 17, 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 179	Jim: since we're talking about an AR here, the creator needn't be a C2, you think? the barrel is simply an upper. the creator just needs to ensure that the short barreled upper has a matching lower which has already been SBRed...one-for- one. in other words, no SBR with two short bbl uppers. this, or no AR lower at all in their possession. am i off base here?