Thread: Form 1 or 4?

I am looking to build an AR 15 SBR and was wondering what the benefits and drawbacks were from either submitting a form 1 for a lower that I currently own or by purchasing a lower specifically marked for an SBR and submitting a form 4.

Thanks for the help!

potentially less wait with a form 1, as you don't need to wait for the transfer between dealers. other than that, it doesn't really matter.. costs the same, is the same violation to your constitutional rights.. if you "make" it yourself, you make it how you want it.. if you buy, you get what's available.

The resale value of a factory marked SBR is potentially higher than one with your engraving.

I just finished sending in my paper work for an ar15 sbr and I went form 4

I see no advantage one way or the other. Resale on an SBR is going to be low unless you sell it in state because there would be a second tax for out of state.

What is the price of a "factory" SBR lower vs the price of your lower + engraving?

and let us not forget that the ATF regularly approved forms with empty 4H boxes.

The factory SBR lower that I am looking at will cost about $150-200 more then if I did a form 1 for a lower that I already own however I do need to hassle with getting it engraved. I was mostly interested in whether or not there seemed to be a time frame difference in getting the forms approved however it appears as though they will both take the same amount of time. Thank you for the replies!

All the forms go to the same place to get processed in the same way.

Originally Posted by Nwcid

All the forms go to the same place to get processed in the same way.

LOL.. yeah, PAINFULLY slow!