What did they say to you?
Suppressors Form 4 wait time
I called last Wednesday, and had the guy check all 5 of my pending certs... My longest was at like 277 days (8/19/22), and he said it had been assigned, so it should be very soon. I asked about batch-approvals, and he said that he wasn't an examiner, but he had also heard of some recently doing that to help backlog. I jokingly asked if he could put in a note request under mine. He just laughed, and said he wished he could, but it didn't work that way in the system. He was pretty nice, so I can't complain. So, based on his info, I'm hoping it'll be this week... Tomorrow will be 7 days since I called, and he said it was assigned, but the other 4 still showed "pending" and weren't assigned. So I don't think I'll get lucky enough for a batch this go-round, but maybe on one of the next 4? 
The same thing they tell everyone.... pending.
i wonder if they are slowing down the Form 4s to handle the brace-holes amnesty form 1s?
kinda what it looks like going from 270 days or less in February to over 300 days now in May.
kinda what it looks like going from 270 days or less in February to over 300 days now in May.
How does one get an approval at 6am and at 1130am the background check gets done and their is a Delay? Like WTF?! Beyond pissed at a monumental waste of my time 2 fvcking days in a row.
^what r u talking about?
Got the approval email this morning for my Dead Air Mask about 6am, went to my FFL and did the paperwork, should have been approved, instead the background check returned a DELAYED. Yesterday I picked up the other suppressor that was approved.
I don't get why I'm approved this morning and then 5.5hrs later I get returned a DELAYED.
First suppressor. Just submitted paperwork May 19th, now my long wait starts......
And of course I'm already contemplating others in the meantime LOL. Will likely have 4-5 in the pike before my 1st is Approved.
And of course I'm already contemplating others in the meantime LOL. Will likely have 4-5 in the pike before my 1st is Approved.
No, the Form 1’s are done by different examiners from the Form 4’s. They don’t commingle from what I’ve been told.
so why the extra month lag? they should be speeding up from the influx getting submitted at the beginning of 2022? so what changed in the last 4 months?
If you are figuring out some kind of pattern please fill us all in
there's no secret pattern. just look at the wait time from november/December/January wait times. they were all right at 270 days and below.
now look back at the last week of approvals in this thread. they are getting up over 300 days. what has changed to push approval times out by a month?
More pushback from Blow Jiden to his anti-gun douchebags that are put in charge of the AFT…
I watch everyday and all I see is back and forth chaos . No pattern at all
And yesterday a friend of mine got one approved with a February submission
Here’s my current pending can days…
By the ATF’s original eForm promise of 90 days, I should have 3, possibly 4, approved already, and over the halfway hump on the 5th… Anyone else sick of this bullshit?
By the ATF’s original eForm promise of 90 days, I should have 3, possibly 4, approved already, and over the halfway hump on the 5th… Anyone else sick of this bullshit?
I’m at 276 days on my magnus srHere’s my current pending can days…
By the ATF’s original eForm promise of 90 days, I should have 3, possibly 4, approved already, and over the halfway hump on the 5th… Anyone else sick of this bullshit?
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Individual e-filed on 11/14/22, approved on 5/23/23.
This is my first e-file, i haven't picked it up yet. Do you still get a paper copy or just a digital Form 4?
This is my first e-file, i haven't picked it up yet. Do you still get a paper copy or just a digital Form 4?
f4 TRUST e-file and e-finger
Submitted 9/8/22
#1 Fleming HK sear, Approved 5/26/23 going to get it this afternoon
#1 Qualified HK sear, ??? - nothing despite identical to the first except the item/SN
Submitted 9/8/22
#1 Fleming HK sear, Approved 5/26/23 going to get it this afternoon
#1 Qualified HK sear, ??? - nothing despite identical to the first except the item/SN
In over a year now e filing with a trust. It was under half that amount with Trump in office.
Digital
My second sear was approved 3 hours after the first.
It's Christmas in May!
It's Christmas in May!
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Whoooo Hooooo! I'm on day 5 of my potential 250+ day wait! Getting closer! 
I'm at almost 300 on my current longest eForm... 8/19 trust...Whoooo Hooooo! I'm on day 5 of my potential 250+ day wait! Getting closer!
I'd expect the unexpected, and figure you'll be about a year, just to be safe. If it's before then, merry christmas in __ insert month __.
Well... I never called them until last week on my Hydro-L, and then again yesterday after the dude told me it should be any day now. I was nice and polite with both folks I talked to (despite how I feel about the whole retarded NFA process). Low-and-behold... 281 days later... I get an email this morning... Hydro-L status changed to: APPROVED!
So, I ran up to the range (3 minutes from my house), and picked her up.
Just for reference, it was an 8/19/22 certified eForm 4 SS Single-Shot Trust.
Edited to add a few pics of it in the Rifles Only Gear HAD wrap...And a pic of it on my custom built R700 Sendero-clone in .300 Ackley.
So, I ran up to the range (3 minutes from my house), and picked her up.
Just for reference, it was an 8/19/22 certified eForm 4 SS Single-Shot Trust.
Edited to add a few pics of it in the Rifles Only Gear HAD wrap...And a pic of it on my custom built R700 Sendero-clone in .300 Ackley.
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Certified 10/22/2022
Approved 05/25/23
Texas
Form 4 Trust
Approved 05/25/23
Texas
Form 4 Trust
Certified 8-31-22
Approved 5-29-23
TRUST
Approved 5-29-23
TRUST
Certified my Dead Air Ghost-M today!
Hoping for a stamp by early 2024.
Hoping for a stamp by early 2024.
Trusts seem to be getting slightly faster. So that’s a good sign. They were at 300+, now it seems they’re a crap-shoot anywhere from 250-285.
I hope you are right I’m at 282 I thinkTrusts seem to be getting slightly faster. So that’s a good sign. They were at 300+, now it seems they’re a crap-shoot anywhere from 250-285.
Submitted 8/24/22
Approved 5/31/23
Traditional Trust
281 days total
Approved 5/31/23
Traditional Trust
281 days total
Same number of days as my Hydro-L approval from this past Saturday.
some interesting recent trends on Form 1 & 4:
seems form 4 are 280-300 days
regular Form 1 are 40-45 days
brace-bag Form 1s are 75-90 days
seems form 4 are 280-300 days
regular Form 1 are 40-45 days
brace-bag Form 1s are 75-90 days
CGS Hyperion K
Form 4 Trust filed 10-4-22
Approved 6-1-23
240 days
Form 4 Trust filed 10-4-22
Approved 6-1-23
240 days
Son-in-law: SS trust, Griffin, certified 10/7/22, approved 6/1/23.
TBAC 22 Take Down
Silencer Shop Form 4 Trust
Filed 10/20/2022
Approved 6/02/2023
226 days
Silencer Shop Form 4 Trust
Filed 10/20/2022
Approved 6/02/2023
226 days
Quick question for all as you've helped me previously in this process. Should I be able to see the forms filed in my name under submitted/ in process on the eforms website? I'm starting to get nervous because everybody else is hitting and the recents are all about my same timeframe. TIA.
I did a Trust. It was approved May 30, 2023, it was started Aug 12, 2022.
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I have a Dead Air Nomad L and a TBAC .22 L-1 registered to me only
What happens to them when I am no more?
I would like to pass them on to my boys.
Do I need to apply for a trust with the suppressors and the boys and me in it?
Have to pay for the tax stamps again?
Hope I'm around to enjoy them all for awhile yet, but you never know when you will be called up.
Just want to make that transition as trouble free as possible.
Any future purchases could be put in the same trust?
Thank you
What happens to them when I am no more?
I would like to pass them on to my boys.
Do I need to apply for a trust with the suppressors and the boys and me in it?
Have to pay for the tax stamps again?
Hope I'm around to enjoy them all for awhile yet, but you never know when you will be called up.
Just want to make that transition as trouble free as possible.
Any future purchases could be put in the same trust?
Thank you
If you setup a trust any future purchases could go into it, but my understanding is to transfer it to your trust you'd have to pay $200 again, to sell it to yourself essentially.
I know it sounds crazy but our government loves their tax $$$
your NFA items will be transferred to your heirs tax free on a Form 5. i would not spend the $200 tax stamp money each to put into a trust just to have a trust.
