No, paperwork isn't difficult if you know what you're doing. The stakes are high with NFA stuff though, so dealing with known and trusted experts minimizes the risks of mistakes.
It reaches this point every day. The headline never reads "Fed Up Law Abiding Citizen Forcefully Resists Tyrannical Overreach". Headline reads "Man Shot in Confrontation with Police, Motive Unclear".
Shoots like a dream! My favorite right now. The thermal fit is a great system. A little bit of antisieze and heat it up. There is no (and I mean no) play between the barrel extension and upper receiver threads, unlike the regular fit uppers. No need to bed the barrel (like some feel the...
Get a collet puller. You can get collets for all the calibers you'll be loading. Very useful and not very expensive. Being able to break down loaded ammo is very handy!
There is a shop/range south of Bloomington that will do them. I probably should have done the electronic prints long ago, but didn't. I bought a stack of fingerprint cards and ink and did them myself. I think they cost <$15 for a stack of 20 and the ink pad. It was more convenient than going...