What is your next AR build?

[motoman]

Finally completed one of lowers from the Spikes GB earlier this year, waiting on the 16" Seekins 556 from DSG Black Friday special to get here and should be in business.

Question I want to build out the 2nd Spikes lower as SBR- do I have register any different or am I good to go from the original FFL transfer?

If you don't already have the lower and you purchase one online, it'll go through your FFL just like your last one. If you've gone the trust route, you'll engrave your lower with the name of your trust, city, and state, and then file your Form 1 with the ATF.

[inline 6]

Finally completed one of lowers from the Spikes GB earlier this year, waiting on the 16" Seekins 556 from DSG Black Friday special to get here and should be in business.

Question I want to build out the 2nd Spikes lower as SBR- do I have register any different or am I good to go from the original FFL transfer?

Yes it is a totally different process to go sbr. All the info is here in these forums multiple times. You are going to need a trust, $200, get the lower engraved with the name of your trust, and do not purchase the sbr upper before the stamp has been approved. That's the meat and potatoes of it, do some research to get the exact process. If you assemble it as an sbr without doing any of that its big trouble.

[motoman]

Yes it is a totally different process to go sbr. All the info is here in these forums multiple times. You are going to need a trust, $200, get the lower engraved with the name of your trust, and do not purchase the sbr upper before the stamp has been approved.

He can buy the upper, he just needs the lower setup in some form of a pistol configuration.

[inline 6]

He can buy the upper, he just needs the lower setup in some form of a pistol configuration.

You know I have heard it a couple of different ways. Me personally I have bought the uppers ahead of time and stored them off site from where the lowers were.

[KBScobravert]

Finally completed one of lowers from the Spikes GB earlier this year, waiting on the 16" Seekins 556 from DSG Black Friday special to get here and should be in business.

Question I want to build out the 2nd Spikes lower as SBR- do I have register any different or am I good to go from the original FFL transfer?

Check with whoever was your ffl on the 4473 transaction for your lowers. If it didn't specify the lower as "rifle" build the entire AR as a pistol, short barrel and all. Do not mount a "stock" on the lower. That creates a rifle and you cannot go the other way. But do buy a $45 pistol buffer combo from Model 1 Sales or whoever and mount it. This way you can make sure everything functions, fires and you like the short barrel on it. At that time you have an AR pistol.

Submit your Form 1 with $200 tax fee to convert your PISTOL to a SBR. Once you are approved and receive your stamp you can mount the rifle stock and engrave. The law says that you have to get it engraved not that it has to be engraved. The difference is, "get" is intent and "has to" means it must be engraved. Hypothetically you can have an approved SBR that is not engraved. There is no time line on when it is approved to when it has to be done.

[CJ]

Engrave before you file your form 1. If they screw up your engraving you burned $200. I've had it happen.

[KBScobravert]

Engrave before you file your form 1. If they screw up your engraving you burned $200. I've had it happen.

Well there is that. I just didn't want him thinking it was by law to engrave first.

[runin90lx]

My first "piece together" AR. Just need to get some buis and determine which optic i want to go with.

[KBScobravert]

Just need a few things to finish and then be ready to test.