Here we have tried to collect the information we have regarding ATF Rule 2021R-08F, commonly referred to as the Pistol Brace Rule. Nothing contained herein should be considered legal advice. You are encouraged to contact the ATF or an NFA Attorney for any specific questions you may have. Your individual circumstance will determine your own ultimate course of action, and AimHi makes no recommendation to that effect.
ATF Resources
Your Options
ATF Resources
E-Form 1 Guidance (including how to create ATF eForms account)
Firearms ATF has determined to be Short Barreled Rifles
Your Options
According to the ATF, if you own a firearm which now falls under these rules, you have the following options:
- Remove the short barrel and attach a 16-inch or longer rifled barrel to the firearm.
- Permanently remove and dispose of, or alter, the “stabilizing brace” such that it cannot be reattached.
- Turn the firearm into your local ATF office.
- Destroy the firearm.
- Submit through the eForms system an Application to Make and Register a Firearm, ATF Form 1 (“e-Form 1”) by 120 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
- Must have had possession of affected firearm before the date of publication in the Federal Register.
- Not required to pay the $200 making tax upon registration
- May adopt markings on the firearm for purposes of the e-Form 1 if the firearm is marked in accordance with 27 CFR 478.92 and 479.102. If the firearm is not so marked, then the individual must mark the firearm as required by federal law.