Originally Posted by
rjacobs
This will probably get moved over to the NFA section and you will be told to do a search.
Buying a short upper before you have a registered lower in your hands is generally a bad idea. Can be construed as constructive intent if you have other non-registered or non-pistol lowers in your possession. That can be argued to death though.
So you have 2 options:
Get a lower and Form 1 it into an SBR then when you have your stamp back order the upper. Generally NFA stuff(short uppers in particular) arent in as high of demand as 16" upper so they are generally pretty easy to get ahold of when the time comes. At least that has been my experience.
Get a complete SBR(Noveske, DD, LMT, etc...), have it transferred to your local SOT via Form 3 from the manufacturer(or other dealer) and then submit the Form 4 for it.
There are plus's and minus's to both options. Option 1 generally can be cheaper or I guess I might say you can spread those costs out over a greater period of time. The minus is that you have to engrave the lower with your info in it making that lower always yours, which to me, isnt a big deal. Factory SBR's generally cost more because you have to pay the excise tax. However resale on factory guns is generally much higher due to From 1 guns resale(except for the upper) being basically non existent.
Search around the NFA section. Search around silencertalk.com. Those are probably the two areas I got the most information from.