Suppressor Legal Questions

[Renegade]

you can't "unSBR" an SBR by putting a longer barrel on it and take it out of state or by putting on a brace instead of a stock. it's still registered as an SBR lower until it's destroyed or taken out of the registry, then it becomes a rifle lower.

Pretty much ALL wrong.

1) You can "unSBR" it just by separating the upper from the lower.
2) There is no such thing a "rifle lower" It is just a lower.

[R0CKETMAN]

you can't "unSBR" an SBR by putting a longer barrel on it and take it out of state or by putting on a brace instead of a stock. it's still registered as an SBR lower until it's destroyed or taken out of the registry, then it becomes a rifle lower. if you take it out of the registry, then you can't magically say i want ti to be an SBR again unless you pay the $200 and wait again. you can't loan out the lower to anyone not on your trust because it's still an SBR. it's like saying, "my serialized tube that i paid $200 for permission to have isn't a suppressor anymore because i took the baffles out".

You’re 50% wrong and 50% right

- you CAN throw on a 16” upper on a SBR lower and travel interstate without form 20.

- you CAN’T “put on a brace instead of a stock” on an SBR and travel interstate.

[prdubi]

You’re 50% wrong and 50% right

- you CAN throw on a 16” upper on a SBR lower and travel interstate without form 20.

- you CAN’T “put on a brace instead of a stock” on an SBR and travel interstate.

This is correct...



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[Five_Point_Five_Six]

You’re 50% wrong and 50% right

- you CAN’T “put on a brace instead of a stock” on an SBR and travel interstate.

This is correct...
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A form 4 SBR? You're correct.

A form 1 SBR that started out as a rifle, also correct.

A form 1 SBR that started out as a pistol, you're incorrect. You can put the brace back on and it's back in title 1 configuration and you can travel interstate with it anywhere you can take a pistol without notifying the ATF or filing out any forms.

[chamber143]

Not adding anything to this. The fact that there are so many legalities with this crap infuriates me and it’s no wonder people get confused. Thanks for all the info as I just received first suppressor and also am waiting for my form 1 sbr to come back.

[Alex V]

You’re 50% wrong and 50% right

- you CAN throw on a 16” upper on a SBR lower and travel interstate without form 20.

- you CAN’T “put on a brace instead of a stock” on an SBR and travel interstate.

But you can put a short barreled upper from your SBR on a pistol lower [different lower from the registered SBR] and travel across state lines in that configuration, leaving the engraved/registered lower back in the home state, right?

[R0CKETMAN]

But you can put a short barreled upper from your SBR on a pistol lower [different lower from the registered SBR] and travel across state lines in that configuration, leaving the engraved/registered lower back in the home state, right?

correct

[R0CKETMAN]

A form 4 SBR? You're correct.

A form 1 SBR that started out as a rifle, also correct.

A form 1 SBR that started out as a pistol, you're incorrect. You can put the brace back on and it's back in title 1 configuration and you can travel interstate with it anywhere you can take a pistol without notifying the ATF or filing out any forms.

You sure about that?

Have you not manufactured a rifle and thus negate ability to return it to a pistol with a mere “stock/brace swap?

[Five_Point_Five_Six]

You sure about that?

Have you not manufactured a rifle and thus negate ability to return it to a pistol with a mere “stock/brace swap?

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/can-...tering-firearm

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/ru...stols/download

[R0CKETMAN]

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/can-...tering-firearm

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/ru...stols/download

The first link is irrelevant to the question.

I didn’t read the multiple pages in the second link.

The question was...
can a manufactured short barrel rifle be reconfigured as a pistol by simply swapping stock to a brace.

I don’t believe so as it’s a rifle lower, but am not certain.