For individual LE officers and private citizens alike, if you are going to SBR your personal AR-15 or other rifle, you need to fill this form out and in addition get two fingerprint applicant cards that read on the ORI "DCATF Firearms & Explosives, Washington, DC." Do not get fingerprint cards from your local ATF office as it will appear that you are applying for a position with the ATF instead.
If you are a LE agency and are building a post-1986 machine gun for duty use you also use this form.
Let's go box by box and walk you through it:
1. Type of Application: If this is a department-owned firearm you would file the Form 1 but check the box either "b" or "c" that says this is tax exempt because it is being made for a government entity. Check "b" if it is for a federal agency, check "c" if it is any other government agency other than federal LE. All privately owned weapons check box "a".
2. Application is made by: check "individual" if it is a privately owned firearm. Check "corporation or other business entity" if you are making it as a corporate asset and are bypassing the CLEO signature. Check "government entity" if it is a department-owned weapon.
3a. Trade Name: if you are an FFL (not a Class II/Type 07) write your FFL trade name in here, or if you are a Corporation write the Corporation name here. Otherwise leave it blank.
3b. Applicant's name/address: fill out your legal name and residence address.
3c. If you listed a P.O. box in 3b, write your legal residence address here.
3d. County: list the county that your legal residence is located in.
3e. Telephone Number: Write your telephone number in the event ATF needs to contact you. Cellular phone is sufficient.
4. Description of Firearm:
a) Original Manufacturer: Write down name and address of original manufacturer that is stamped on your receiver, such as:
Bushmaster Firearms
Windham, Maine
b) Type of Firearm: Select the one you want to make. Note it does not have a "machine gun" selection, in that event just delete the field and make it blank, and fill it out after you print it. (post-86 machine guns only).
c) Caliber/Gauge: make sure it is complete: 12 ga, .223 cal., 5.56 mm, etc.
d) Model: List the model the manufacturer designated for this weapon originally UNLESS it is a Colt AR-15 rifle. If it is a Colt rifle list it as "AR-15," not "LE6920", "Law Enforcement Carbine," etc. Regardless of what Colt stamped on the receiver, ATF has kicked these back before for not having "AR-15" written here.
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To download a computerized Form 1 click here. (application to make and register a Class III firearm).
To download a computerized Form 2 click here. (for Class II Manufacturers only).
To download a computerized Form 3 click here. (for SOT to SOT transfer only).
To download a computerized Form 4 click here. (application for tax paid transfer of Class III firearm).
To download a computerized Form 5 click here. (transfer to/from a Law Enforcement Agency).
To download a computerized Form 5530-20 click here. (certification of compliance - filed with Form 1 or 4, and with a Form 5 in the case where it is being transfered to a private individual).
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