Who has Registered a SBR since 1/1/26?

[GetReal]

Is e file still the easiest way ?

Is the $200 tax still required?

Wait times?

Any Other hints tips or tricks ?

Thx.

 

[c_bass16]

Is e file still the easiest way ?

Is the $200 tax still required?

Any Other hints tips or tricks ?

Thx.

haven't done one yet, but no, its not required.
it's not difficult. I did a few a couple a few years back.

ATF E-File

e-form 101 directions

 

[MGMIAM]

As of January 1, 2026, the federal tax stamp fee for registering a short-barreled rifle (SBR) has been reduced to $0. While the $200 fee is eliminated, you are still legally required to file an ATF Form 1 or Form 4, submit fingerprints, pass a background check, and receive approval before possessing an SBR.

 

[MGMIAM]

https://www.capitolarmory.com/articles/nfa-tax-stamp-elimination

 

[Cecil S.]

I have 3 that I want to do. Following this thread.

 

[TIMO]

I did one through Silencer Shop, they are reviewing it before send it to the ATF at the moment. Have a Form 4 that went to the ATF yesterday afternoon.

Tim

 

[C.E.Smith043]

Can anyone confirm this? A friend of mine registered an SBR about 8 years ago. IIRC, he told me that he had to designate the barrel length, caliber and the lower. And that once registered, that upper is permanently registered to that lower and that lower only.

He said basically that firearm becomes one fixed unit and not separable.

 

[karrarararararar]

Can anyone confirm this? A friend of mine registered an SBR about 8 years ago. IIRC, he told me that he had to designate the barrel length, caliber and the lower. And that once registered, that upper is permanently registered to that lower and that lower only.

He said basically that firearm becomes one fixed unit and not separable.

As long as you retain the ability to revert it to the registered configuration, you can swap uppers as much as you want. You can also notify the ATF if you plan to change the SBR configuration/have multiple configurations on file

 

[DRK]

Can anyone confirm this? A friend of mine registered an SBR about 8 years ago. IIRC, he told me that he had to designate the barrel length, caliber and the lower. And that once registered, that upper is permanently registered to that lower and that lower only.

He said basically that firearm becomes one fixed unit and not separable.

An SBR is an SBR based on having a barrel under 16" or being under 26" OAL with the stock extended or open, as a rifle is intended to be fired from the shoulder with a rifled barrel. A frame/receiver or a rifle w/o these features cannot be registered as a SBR by definition.

If a rifle does not have one of these features, it is simply a rifle, a Title I firearm, not subject to the purview of the NFA. If a rifle has one of these features it is subject to the purview of the NFA requiring registration, photographs, fingerprints, & permission from ATF to cross state lines.

Similarly, if the offending feature, i.e. short barrel, is removed, an SBR can be sold as a Title I rifle/frame/receiver or can cross state lines w/o permission from ATF or into a state prohibiting SBRs. If sold, you may notifiy the NFA branch by letter to update the NFRTR.

There is no prohibition on a SBR going to a rifle, back to an SBR & so forth. There is also no prohibition on changing barrel length or caliber. If we wish to do so, you may notifiy the NFA branch by letter to update the NFRTR.

 

[Cecil S.]

An SBR is an SBR based on having a barrel under 16" or being under 26" OAL with the stock extended or open, as a rifle is intended to be fired from the shoulder with a rifled barrel. A frame/receiver or a rifle w/o these features cannot be registered as a SBR by definition.

If a rifle does not have one of these features, it is simply a rifle, a Title I firearm, not subject to the purview of the NFA. If a rifle has one of these features it is subject to the purview of the NFA requiring registration, photographs, fingerprints, & permission from ATF to cross state lines.

Similarly, if the offending feature, i.e. short barrel, is removed, an SBR can be sold as a Title I rifle/frame/receiver or can cross state lines w/o permission from ATF or into a state prohibiting SBRs. If sold, you may notifiy the NFA branch by letter to update the NFRTR.

There is no prohibition on a SBR going to a rifle, back to an SBR & so forth. There is also no prohibition on changing barrel length or caliber. If we wish to do so, you may notifiy the NFA branch by letter to update the NFRTR.

^.............Correct as I understand the rules. Best to start out with a lower that is registered as a pistol to avoid any problems in the SBR world. Please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[DRK]

^.............Correct as I understand the rules. Best to start out with a lower that is registered as a pistol to avoid any problems in the SBR world. Please correct me if I am wrong.

ATF has been allow over the map on this one.

Currently, a pistol may become a rifle, and revert to a pistol, freely. A rifle that drops below 16" barrel or 26" OAL is an SBR.

If it cannot discharge a projectile by the action the action of explosive, but is the a frame or receiver, it is an "other", a Title I firearm because it is a frame or receiver by definition.