Possesion of full SBR before approval

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Possesion of full SBR before approval

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I have an AAC 9" upper registered as the upper on my SBR lower. I just bought an AAC MPW 12.5" SBR (sweet, I got one new in box for a great price as they are discontinued!)

My question is once the Form 3 for the new SBR 12.5" rifle clears and it ships to my dealer, can I take the upper home since I've got an SBR lower? Seems to me like this would be OK. Or does the ATF look at fully complete rifles differently than form 1 SBR rifles?

I know I can't put a pistol stock on it as it's registered as a complete rifle but as long as the lower stays with the dealer, I should get the upper. Maybe I'm wrong.
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you should be able to have the upper as long as you don't have and unregistered lower without a pistol buffer.
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I believe you can "have" as many less than 16" uppers as you want, so long as they are not attached to an unregistered SBR lower.
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nolwark76 wrote:I have an AAC 9" upper registered as the upper on my SBR lower. I just bought an AAC MPW 12.5" SBR (sweet, I got one new in box for a great price as they are discontinued!)

My question is once the Form 3 for the new SBR 12.5" rifle clears and it ships to my dealer, can I take the upper home since I've got an SBR lower? Seems to me like this would be OK. Or does the ATF look at fully complete rifles differently than form 1 SBR rifles?

I know I can't put a pistol stock on it as it's registered as a complete rifle but as long as the lower stays with the dealer, I should get the upper. Maybe I'm wrong.

If I'm reading this correctly you already have a SBR'd lower. If so you can slap any upper you want on it.
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What TMD said. Uppers are not registered, only lowers. Since you have a SBR lower at home, you can put any upper you want on it, short or long.
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You're good, since you already own an SBR'd AR.
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Like everyone else said. Only the way I understand it, to add to this, is that you can do that as long as you can also return to the registered configuration of your SBR lower. So if registered as a 8" 300 blkout SBR you need to be able to return to that configuration. You can have and swap out any type of upper, but if you no longer have your 8" 300 blkout upper then you need to notify the ATF of its new registered configuration.

This is the way I understand it. If I am wrong someone will be sure to let me know... :wink:
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So far everyone is replying what I was thinking. My class 3 FFL is a good personal friend. He was under the impression that the ATF looks at a full SBR as a complete thing and is saying separating them is still not OK.

I was even thinking I could have the entire rifle while waiting for approval since I can put the 12.5" upper on my SBR lower just like buying any other she upper as long as I keep the registered upper. Then, since the SBR lower is still a regular lower until it's registered as an SBR lower to me, I could put any 16"+ upper on it. Im not going to push for the lower but I'd really like the upper.

Anyone have any resources or references to help me? I think I will try one more argument for getting the upper once it gets to him because I'm not going to cause an issue with a friend over this.
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nolwark76 wrote:So far everyone is replying what I was thinking. My class 3 FFL is a good personal friend. He was under the impression that the ATF looks at a full SBR as a complete thing and is saying separating them is still not OK.

I was even thinking I could have the entire rifle while waiting for approval since I can put the 12.5" upper on my SBR lower just like buying any other she upper as long as I keep the registered upper. Then, since the SBR lower is still a regular lower until it's registered as an SBR lower to me, I could put any 16"+ upper on it. Im not going to push for the lower but I'd really like the upper.

Anyone have any resources or references to help me? I think I will try one more argument for getting the upper once it gets to him because I'm not going to cause an issue with a friend over this.
Actually in this case I think your FFL is correct because the rifle you're buying came from the factory as a SBR. He had to get it via form3 transfer so pretty much he has to keep possession of it until your stamp comes back.
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Re: Possesion of full SBR before approval

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OK, so since it's transfered as a complete rifle on a form 3 it has to stay complete. Damn. Oh well, I can understand that.
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