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7/15/2026 8:14:55 PM EDT
I live in Missouri.  Back in the day, you needed an FFL to own NFA items in MO.  I got my C&R license to meet the requirement.  My wife and I already had a trust, but the ATF would not issue an FFL to a trust, so the items are in my name as an individual.

MO no longer requires the FFL.

I own three NFA items, 1 SBR and 2 silencers.

I was originally planning on having the items go to my son via transfer to heir (ATF Form 5) if anything happened to me.

Now that the tax is $0, I was thinking about doing a trust and transferring all 3 to the trust.

I want to make sure that I'm correct in what I want to do (and legal).

A. Get a trust through Silencer Shop, National Gun Trust, etc. and pay the fee through whoever I use for the trust.

B. Have only myself on the trust.

C. Transfer the three items from myself as an individual to the trust for $0 x 3 (SBRs and silencers are still $0, right?).  Submit fingerprints and photographs for myself.

D. At a later date, add my wife and son to the trust without the fingerprints and photographs (they can all legally own the items, it just seems like an unnecessary hassle).

Am I missing anything?  Do I have anything wrong?  Would it just be easier to have my son fill out the Form 5 when the time comes?
7/15/2026 8:21:23 PM EDT
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Everything you laid out would be good to go.
7/15/2026 8:36:13 PM EDT
[#2]
I agree with D_Man.
7/15/2026 9:59:40 PM EDT
[#3]
Totally valid - and smart - way to do it.
7/15/2026 10:04:06 PM EDT
[#4]
You got it..

The only thing I'll add is that if you buy anything new you'll need to do photos and prints, but I'm sure you already know that.
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7/16/2026 7:26:56 AM EDT
[#5]
Im doing that right now, OP. I have over a dozen Form4 pending transferring from Individual or Single Shot trusts to my new NFA Trust.

Btw, National Gun Trust does sales ALL THE TIME. Over the Independence Day holiday I got one for $35. I did the eNotary as well and then started all my eforms submissions.
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7/16/2026 9:22:10 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By RolandofGilead:
You got it..

The only thing I'll add is that if you buy anything new you'll need to do photos and prints, but I'm sure you already know that.
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Honestly thats why I kinda like the idea of individual trusts. Heck Ive considered moving them from my single trust to single shot trusts to make adding RPs much easier for later purchases.
7/16/2026 5:42:32 PM EDT
[#7]
Thank you all for the replies!
7/16/2026 9:16:26 PM EDT
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After you add the wife and son to the trust you will need form 23, picture and prints for each of them every time you add nfa items to the trust.
7/17/2026 12:57:37 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By VaFish:
After you add the wife and son to the trust you will need form 23, picture and prints for each of them every time you add nfa items to the trust.
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But he could just as easily remove the wife and son temporarily, submit new F1/F4, then readd wife and son after approval.
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7/18/2026 4:17:28 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By joekizanyu:
But he could just as easily remove the wife and son temporarily, submit new F1/F4, then readd wife and son after approval.
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Originally Posted By joekizanyu:
Originally Posted By VaFish:
After you add the wife and son to the trust you will need form 23, picture and prints for each of them every time you add nfa items to the trust.
But he could just as easily remove the wife and son temporarily, submit new F1/F4, then readd wife and son after approval.


This is exactly what my local dealer that has handled a lot of my NFA items advised me to do as well when I asked him about it.
7/18/2026 7:06:16 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By joekizanyu:
But he could just as easily remove the wife and son temporarily, submit new F1/F4, then readd wife and son after approval.
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This is what I was thinking.



Thanks again for the continuing replies everyone!

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