What was the process for Form1 to SBR? I know I need to get a finger print card w/prints on it from Silencer Shop sent to me. Then what else do I do? Only done Suppressors Form 4 through the NFA
It's a surprisingly easy process. It's kind of like registering your first used car at the DMV......but a longer wait. You need to have all your information right before you get an approval but after you've done it once, the process makes more sense.
Log into eForms, fill out the form. Some parts of it are confusing, but if you get stuck, Youtube has several F1 walk throughs.
Add a good selfie pic in front of a blank background and pics of all markings on your receiver. Select your manufacturer and model from the drop down lists. You need to be very specific--ATF has just about every manufacturer/model in the menu. Make sure that you put the correct serial number because they're going to verify that to the make/model and if it doesn't match, you'll be denied.
List the caliber--if your receiver is marked 'multi', you need to state what it's going to be. If there's any factory caliber markings, stick with that. (My SRB is a .300Blk, but the receiver is factory marked as 5.56 so I listed it as 5.56)
I submitted as an individual so I didn't need to add any trust info. Pay online, click the 'I certify' box and it's submitted.
You'll get an email with a coversheet that has the address to mail your prints to. You need to mail 2 completed print cards. (If you have electronic prints, you'd attach the file to your application instead of mailing)
The same email also has the ATF copy and the CLEO notification copy of your application. I don't know if you need to send the ATF copy with your prints, but I did and it was approved. You need to mail the CLEO copy to the person/agency you listed on your application. In my case, the local sheriff.
I bought a stack of 50 FD-258 fingerprint cards off Amazon for something like $15.....did them myself with an Office Depot ink pad. It took a few tries before I got them right, so if you're going the DIY route, get
plenty of FD-258s.
I submitted my paperwork on 15 Nov, mailed my prints 16 Nov. Prints were received 21 Nov and I got my approval on 30 Nov.
15 days from submission and only 9 days from receiving my prints--pretty decent turn time!
ETA: When you get your approval, it comes in an email with your stamp. Then you have to engrave manufacturer/trust and city/state.
The paperwork for my first F1 only took about 30 minutes to muddle through. The process was so easy, I submitted a second Form 1 (this one for a suppressor) on 12/7. My prints should be arriving at ATF today or Monday and I'm hoping it moves as quickly as the SBR did. The paperwork for a homemade can is a little different, but if you can read directions, its not difficult.
ETA: The ATF website doesn't seem to like Firefox so you may want to use Chrome or Edge as a browser.
