no, it’s the exact same process as buying a silencer. fill out form 4 send $200 and wait
Okay, I was mistaken. I personally have never been through the ATF 4 process. I've seen though that it's exclusively promoted, at least at the gun shops I've visited, for purchasing a silencer.
Is it that gun shops are leary of doing this for an automatic weapon? Or that they don't have an FFL for such weapons? Or that these ATF 4 requests have a high disapproval rate?