Suppressors Form 4 wait time

[Jnull]

So I had one approved from March 4th at 223 days, I have two from March 14th and one of them got approved a few minutes ago which is 232 days. I’m pretty curious to see if my other one from the same day will get approved today or not.

 

[Silencer Shop]

We recently posted this March 8 approval, and according to our tracker eForms are averaging 7 months for processing currently.

 

[darkfader]

I decided to call again today. I was on hold for about 30 minutes.

Paper Form4
DeadAir Wolverine
Pending 11/18/21
Approved 10/26/22

Hopefully it's not another 45 days for the stamp to arrive.

 

[sam4886]

I decided to call again today. I was on hold for about 30 minutes.

Paper Form4
DeadAir Wolverine
Pending 11/18/21
Approved 10/26/22

Hopefully it's not another 45 days for the stamp to arrive.

Most of the ones I've seen lately are more like a week and a half. Mine showed up in just under two weeks from atf land to wa state.

 

[darkfader]

My last one was pretty fast for the stamp to arrive. Maybe I'll actually get to pick this thing up next week. I guess I'll try one of these eForms everyone is so excited about. LOL

 

[Bluedog82]

My last one was pretty fast for the stamp to arrive. Maybe I'll actually get to pick this thing up next week. I guess I'll try one of these eForms everyone is so excited about. LOL

No one’s excited anymore!

 

[LSUbeatUby40]

We recently posted this March 8 approval, and according to our tracker eForms are averaging 7 months for processing currently.

Please take this in the nicest way possible, but you keep posting this. A full 7 months is roughly 212/213 days.. The current avg that everyone is seeing is 229 - 232 days. It's almost 8 full months, not 7. Stop telling everyone its 7 months..

 

[darkfader]

No one’s excited anymore!

Haha, I was sensing that vibe whilst scrolling through this thread.

 

[ignortbuttrainable]

Please take this in the nicest way possible, but you keep posting this. A full 7 months is roughly 212/213 days.. The current avg that everyone is seeing is 229 - 232 days. It's almost 8 full months, not 7. Stop telling everyone its 7 months..

i’m with you on this. but then again they have posted 7 day approvals in the past without telling the whole story. they just left out the part about the dealer going out of business. not exactly a lie, but omission of all the facts is not quite being totally truthful in their marketing. i bought two from them that were certified on 3/17 and because of their marketing practices i wont be doing business with them in the future.

 

[Silencer Shop]

Please take this in the nicest way possible, but you keep posting this. A full 7 months is roughly 212/213 days.. The current avg that everyone is seeing is 229 - 232 days. It's almost 8 full months, not 7. Stop telling everyone its 7 months..

Totally hear you LSU, the tracker does not indicate .5 of a month, so it will show 7. I will make a suggestion to our team to confront this. - Chase

 

[wizardpc]

Totally hear you LSU, the tracker does not indicate .5 of a month, so it will show 7. I will make a suggestion to our team to confront this. - Chase

It showed "days" until the average hit 180.

Just go back to that. They probably just need to comment out an if statement

 

[Jnull]

So I had one approved from March 4th at 223 days, I have two from March 14th and one of them got approved a few minutes ago which is 232 days. I’m pretty curious to see if my other one from the same day will get approved today or not.

My second one from March 14th just got approved so recently I’ve had 223, 232 and 233 days. Now I just have the one from May 4th.

 

[ignortbuttrainable]

My second one from March 14th just got approved so recently I’ve had 223, 232 and 233 days. Now I just have the one from May 4th.

march 14th, that’s good to hear. and congrats on getting yours. i’m 3 days behind you at 3/17.
if you don’t mind, what was your control numbers?

 

[Jnull]

march 14th, that’s good to hear. and congrats on getting yours. i’m 3 days behind you at 3/17.
if you don’t mind, what was your control numbers?

Thanks. In order from March 4th to the 14th and shortest to longest wait.

-2022318388
-2022339063
-2022338849

 

[ignortbuttrainable]

Thanks. In order from March 4th to the 14th and shortest to longest wait.

-2022318388
-2022339063
-2022338849

thanks i appreciate the info. both my control numbers are in the 349,000 about 80 apart. just trying to get an estimate of how much longer until i get my approval. knowing the atf as well as i do, it’ll probably be december. lol

 

[Jnull]

thanks i appreciate the info. both my control numbers are in the 349,000 about 80 apart. just trying to get an estimate of how much longer until i get my approval. knowing the atf as well as i do, it’ll probably be december. lol

It really is hard to tell.

 

[ignortbuttrainable]

I don’t even know how accurate it is going off control numbers, if you look at my last two the one I got approved yesterday is a higher control number then the one that approved today by 214. I’d imagine discrepancies in numbers by more then one day multiply from that.

yes sir, i believe you are correct. there seems to be no rhyme, reason or even common sense for the entire process. just because of my curious and logical nature i’ve gone over lots of control numbers, approval dates and even examiner names to try and deduce what, if any pattern exists within how the atf is processing the applications. i can’t find any logical or rational trains of thought anywhere. but they may be my problem, i’m trying to use logic where it doesn’t exist. lol.
i’ve even seen some 3/18 and 3/19 approvals over on the reddit mega thread over the last week or so.
oh well, no matter what i do or think, it’s still just a hurry up and wait game.

 

[Nbleak21]

@Jnull & @ignortbuttrainable

Where can I find this control number you guys speak of?

 

[sam4886]

@Jnull & @ignortbuttrainable

Where can I find this control number you guys speak of?

On your confirmation email if you did an eform. Probably have to get ahold of atf or ffl for the number if paper form.

 

[wizardpc]

thanks i appreciate the info. both my control numbers are in the 349,000 about 80 apart. just trying to get an estimate of how much longer until i get my approval. knowing the atf as well as i do, it’ll probably be december. lol

You and I should be getting our stamps within hours of each other.

 

[Nbleak21]

On your confirmation email if you did an eform. Probably have to get ahold of atf or ffl for the number if paper form.

Thanks Sam.

Well, shit… sounds like I’m a long ways away. Looks like these are individual control numbers (per NFA Item). I purchased 5 over the span of April/May 2022, and all my numbers are between the range of:

2022553541
To
2022553592

So, even though I certified all in May, I got all 5 control numbers on 6/8 from ATF eforms email. Is this my actual “start date” instead of certified dates in May?

If control numbers are relevant, then it looks like I’ve got 215000 approvals ahead of mine.

If we assume an average of 950 approvals/day (going rate according to the control numbers recents posted above) that means I’ve got about 226 more days to go if they don’t speed anything up. So, May 2023. Right at a year. FML.

Might just have to buy a little lathe and crank out some Form1s while I wait!

 

[ignortbuttrainable]

You and I should be getting our stamps within hours of each other.

if, and when i ever get one or both of mine approved i will post all info in this thread. to include, control number, certified date, approval date, days waited and examiner name.

 

[Bluedog82]

if, and when i ever get one or both of mine approved i will post all info in this thread. to include, control number, certified date, approval date, days waited and examiner name.

Please also include moon phase, time of day, vitals, and favorite color so we can try and extrapolate even more.

 

[Terry Lightle]

At 226 days,so hopefully close

 

[wizardpc]

At 226 days,so hopefully close

235 is the new 90

 

[ignortbuttrainable]

Please also include moon phase, time of day, vitals, and favorite color so we can try and extrapolate even more.

favorite color is USMC olive drab.

 

[BiggBeans]

im sitting at 230 days now. Waiting on my first can to be approved. March 18, 2022 eFile. I remember when they said about 120 days i was excited. 230 days later, and still not here.

 

[Charger442]

im sitting at 230 days now. Waiting on my first can to be approved. March 18, 2022 eFile. I remember when they said about 120 days i was excited. 230 days later, and still not here.

Just wait and see how thrilled people will be at 300 days

 

[ifgator]

TBAC 338 Ultra SR purchased directly
Born: Nov. 1, 2021
Dealer/Silencershop: Nov. 27, Paper/Trust
Stamp cashed: Dec. 8, 2021
Approved: Oct. 21, 2022 318 days
Dealer: Nov. 3 2022 331 days 10 months 27 days
Just barely missed the start of efile and was kicking myself after seeing fast turnaround. On the other hand it was essentially 1 year from the day it was made to the day it was in my hands. I’m excited to try on my
7 SAUM

 

[bgolf92]

Surefire Socom 762 Ti (two of them)
Form 4 paper single shot trust (two of them)
Checks cashed: 11/15/21
Approved Form 4's arrived at dealer: 11/4/22
354 days from cashed to approved at dealer

 

[Timo494]

Rex MG10 .458
Eform certified 3/15/22
Eform approved 11/4/22
234 days. Waiting on another, certified five minutes after this one..

 

[BiggBeans]

im eform 3/18/22. so it looks like hopefully soon

 

[ifgator]

Just got my approval email for my efile form 4. 227 days later. Kinda odd to me that it was approved on a Saturday as well.

Funny when I was calculating #days on my form 4 approval, mine was approved on a Saturday as well.

 

[darkfader]

Just got the phone call. The stamp is at the dealer. So:

Paper Form4
Pending 11/18/21
Approved 10/26/22
Stamp at dealer 11/5/22

Can’t pick it up until Tuesday unfortunately.

 

[CountryShooter]

As many know, getting approved isn't the end:
Check cashed 10/8/21
Broke down and called 10/28/22, was approved 9/14/22
Dealer contacted ATF 10/28/22 for F4 copy
???

Good approval time by my estimation, if the stamp had arrived in a timely manner.

 

[Bluedog82]

As many know, getting approved isn't the end:
Check cashed 10/8/21
Broke down and called 10/28/22, was approved 9/14/22
Dealer contacted ATF 10/28/22 for F4 copy
???

Yeah that’s literally right at the 45 day mark that it’s supposed to be at the dealer by. Definitely something amiss.

 

[Haydenegg]

I know this is a wait time thread if not aloud to ask here please let me know where to ask but I have the surefire RC2 I bought for my axsr 300 win mag barrel but it’s threaded 3/4-24 which is a 338 muzzle device thread with that being said will an rc2 work with a 338 muzzle device?

 

[jducos]

I efiled my first one Feb 2022 and just got it this past week. I have two more that I filed a couple weeks after the first one. Hoping they come through soon!

 

[GBMaryland]

My last set of suppressors (4 of them all submitted at different times) came back in 180 days.

3 were paper, one was efile. It was a bit of a shock, give that I waited a year for the last batch…

 

[Colt45guy]

Day 120. Control number 2022623813.....

 

[COOP2564]

Just got the call. form 4 paper exactly 365 days from check cashed.

 

[Charger442]

Day 120. Control number 2022623813.....
View attachment 7993331

hunker down. long ways to go to hit the 300 day mark.

 

[ignortbuttrainable]

in just got a email from the atf, i was all excited untili read it was a notification about some email enhancement rollout or some such shit. DAMNIT atf….you suck swamp water. 235 days and counting.

 

[Elnino31]

in just got a email from the atf, i was all excited untili read it was a notification about some email enhancement rollout or some such shit. DAMNIT atf….you suck swamp water. 235 days and counting.

Lol, just did the same thing

 

[stefan73]

in just got a email from the atf, i was all excited untili read it was a notification about some email enhancement rollout or some such shit. DAMNIT atf….you suck swamp water. 235 days and counting.

Looks like we need to have two separate email accounts now? I guess they want us to have to check both for fun?

 

[Lunchbox27]

Form 4 paper (Obsidian 9)
Pending: 12/9/2021
Approved: 10/17/2022
In hand: 11/2/2022

Last one of the paper Form 4’s. Cannot wait to finally submit an eForm to have it also take 300-ish days. Fucking idiots.

 

[wizardpc]

in just got a email from the atf, i was all excited untili read it was a notification about some email enhancement rollout or some such shit. DAMNIT atf….you suck swamp water. 235 days and counting.

Today ain't our day

 

[65x55guy]

Dominus cleared via Eform recently
Check cashed 3/10/22
Approved 11/28/22

Pretty excited to finally have it in hand. Have 338 ultra Gen 2 on order now. Betting it will be this time next year when I get it.

 

[ignortbuttrainable]

Dominus cleared via Eform recently
Check cashed 3/10/22
Approved 11/28/22

Pretty excited to finally have it in hand. Have 338 ultra Gen 2 on order now. Betting it will be this time next year when I get it.

View attachment 7993789

that’s a sexy looking combo right there. congrats on the stamp.

 

[GUNNER75]

Checked several control numbers in our system. Our latest control number with approval is 2022327796 (10-21-22). 2022322368 (10-19-22).
On Oct 3 we have a control number 20232800, and Oct 31st we have one with control number 202354426. Interesting. Maybe I'll put together a little spreadsheet.
I think we have just over 100 this year.