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Yep, I re-read it and while the language is clear on what it DOES say, it does not specifically say stock extended.
I'd call for sure. It won't get rejected if you put a reasonable single measurement in there either for extended or collapsed.
We know that's true based on some being approved with the extended OAL being used and with some being approved with the collapsed length being used.
Even if they change their minds, you do not indicate collapsed or extended in the form, so a small variation in OAL is typically a non-issue once it's actually registered.
At least to date.
To a different issue for now.
I understand the ATF is now requiring certain info to be on you SBR lower. This is said to now include you caliber (correct?). My lower is marked "Multi" (unacceptable to put on form 1) I put 5.56 on my form. Do I have to have 5.56 ebgraved in my lower along with my trust name and location?
My NFA Law Attorney helped me a lot with my first Form 1, and when he measured it for the OAL portion of the form, he measured it with the CTR Stock collapsed. So that is now how I measure it myself when SBR-ing a lower.
I also have an 11.5" and a 10.5" upper(s) now, so I also wrote 10.5"/11.5" in the box for "Length of Barrel" on my most current Form 1.
And just to be on the safe side, I have written a typed letter to the NFA Branch of BATFE notifying them that an 11.5" barrel will also now be used on my other SBR'd lowers that I had previously only written 10.5" down for the barrel length originally.
This is just stuff that I personally did on my own Form 1's, and BATFE Approved them and they are good to go.
-Paul
Looks like you have your answer but I will also chime in. I went with collapsed because to me the ATF is more worried about short weapons as opposed to long ones so I wanted to specify all the shortest dimensions. Like a 10.5" (or even shorter) bbl length so that way I'm approved for that length on my lower and anything longer is closer to legal so it should be acceptable. Shorter would possibly be questioned if someone really wanted to I suppose. In other words, say you put 12" and then get contacted by the ATF in person when you're running a 10.5" upper. Technically you weren't approved for an upper that short but... I don't know that anything would happen. SBR is an SBR the way I read it so the actual length really shouldn't matter. Seemed like common sense to me but what do I know?
For the reason I was advised by someone who knows way more about NFA than me to put: 'All lawful purposes and collecting.'
Last edited by Jer; 08-05-09 at 01:35.
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ATF is looking for the smallest form factor that the carbine can present in an unmodified, usable state; as such, the stock collapsed measurement is correct.
It would be less correct, though still somewhat logical, to list the length of the weapon in the firing configuration (i.e. with stock partially extended), but it would make very little sense at all to list the fully extended position, unless it were pinned in that position for whatever reason. The weapon is functional with the stock collapsed; hence, that is the measurement with which the law is primarily concerned.
Put another way, a non-NFA AR-15 carbine with an otherwise legal (16") barrel would still run afoul of the rules if it failed to meet overall length requirements with the stock collapsed. The purpose of a collapsing/telescoping/folding stock is to achieve compactness -- and it is this "compactness" aspect that the law is concerned with when determining NFA compliance.
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Is there any issue with putting both collapsed and extended length on the form, annotated as such? Even if that's kosher, is there a chance that they'll interpret that to mean that you are referring to two seperate weapons?
EDIT: Never mind, I did something crazy and actually looked at the Form1. Dumb question.
Last edited by JSantoro; 08-05-09 at 10:37.
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