ATF NFA - Wait Time Is Now 15-Months (As of 2013-10-25)

eastern_hunter · Post by **eastern_hunter** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:18 pm

Rocker,

Good show!!! Glad to hear that you finally have it in hand. Is a relief I'm sure.

My last Form 1s took 292 days from check cashing to receipt of the stamp. Currently waiting for Form 4 that has been out 304 days since the check was cashed.

Going to submit the last two Form 4s ... but the dealer won't do an e-filiing so may not clear this year. Arghhh!!!

Dennisrl · Post by **Dennisrl** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:56 pm

I have written my Senators and Congressman as well but I doubt it will go anywhere. First of all the volume of complaints wont be enormous...secondly, its not a very popular political agenda for an elected official to publicly get behind.

I have decided NOT to buy based on the current wait times

Not sure this is the right answer. I have a friend who refuses to get into the NFA game because he doesn't want to have his money tied up. I hate waiting because I'm like a child BUT you never get it if you refuse to start the wait. Just find a dealer that will do E-forms as they are taking 1/3-1/4 the amount of time to approve.

DarkPhoenix · Post by **DarkPhoenix** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:04 pm

Get a paper form 1 back on Saturday. It was sent in on March 7, 2013. 11 months For the Loss...

ericlw · Post by **ericlw** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:42 pm

I have a friend at work who bought through silencer shop. he get an aac sdn6. his total wait time was about 4 months. I have no idea how he got it so quick. His stamp came in 2 weeks ago.

eastern_hunter · Post by **eastern_hunter** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:10 am

ericlw,

Silencer shop had it in stock. They e-filed the Form 4 for their customer ... apparently early in the e-filing system.

The guy was very fortunate indeed!

RJT · Post by **RJT** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 2:20 pm

ericlw wrote:I have a friend at work who bought through silencer shop. he get an aac sdn6. his total wait time was about 4 months. I have no idea how he got it so quick. His stamp came in 2 weeks ago.

He is one of the lucky ones. I would have had mine by December, if they had e-filed like I was led to believe. Oh well, June is right around the corner.

ericlw · Post by **ericlw** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:51 pm

Yup all 3 of my silencer took 6 months each. This was before 2013.

LawBob · Post by **LawBob** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 1:39 pm

My buddy had his eForm filed Nov 30, and they called him Feb 28 to pick it up. LESS than 3 months.

I filed my Form1 Dec 7 and haven't seen a status change yet.

MadDogDan · Post by **MadDogDan** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:49 am

Just got my stamped Form1 in the mail and it was 9 days shy of 8 months from the pending date.

MadDog

mrfudd · Post by **mrfudd** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:13 pm

I just got the happy call. My SBR took 9 months.

Prince Yamato · Post by **Prince Yamato** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:03 pm

I submitted my Form 4 in December via snail mail. 8 weeks processing time. Pending of as of Feb 14 (ATF must love me, they gave me a Valentine's Day gift). Lady on phone said 9 months from pending.

m3s90 · Post by **m3s90** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:24 pm

Three in, all three 10.5 months

speed6 · Post by **speed6** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:34 pm

Ar-15 SBR form-1 trust

mailed paperwork 4/8/13, received 3/09/14. Signed by Terry Whittings (sp?).

dtom29 · Post by **dtom29** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 8:12 pm

My last form 4 came 3 weeks ago( posted as 1 month on another forum but checked and it was 3 weeks) it was a 10 month wait almost to the day.

RJT · Post by **RJT** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:04 am

Apparently arbitrarily adding months to approval times is SOP. Checked status in January, and was told one date, checked today, and got 3 months added. WTF? At this rate, I won't get them by hunting season.

whiterussian1974 · Post by **whiterussian1974** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 2:43 pm

RJT wrote:Apparently arbitrarily adding months to approval times is SOP. Checked status in January, and was told one date, checked today, and got 3 months added. WTF? At this rate, I won't get them by hunting season.

Phone and Pen, fellas. Phone and Pen.

Obama told us he would bring his values to the job. And anyone who read-up on the Choom Gang President knew that the package contained items not on the label. They just wrapped him in shiny paper and a pretty bow.

Even after we elected him twice he STILL lectures us that we are stupid and racist. Anyone who wants Freedom, Choice and Rights are Racists. Plain and Simple. (?)

DarkPhoenix · Post by **DarkPhoenix** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 2:23 pm

Just got another form 1 back. 10 months this time, wait times are improving! Yay :-/

StoneyGherkin · Post by **StoneyGherkin** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:53 pm

One problem with the blanket wait time estimate is that there are individual regions with various backlogs. So a 10-month wait time for Texas probably won't translate into a similar wait time in North Dakota or Oregon.

Now that the e-Forms channel has dried up, that volume will shift over to the pile of paper forms and so it's reasonable to expect that overall average to increase for awhile, anyway.

RJT · Post by **RJT** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:02 pm

StoneyGherkin wrote:One problem with the blanket wait time estimate is that there are individual regions with various backlogs. So a 10-month wait time for Texas probably won't translate into a similar wait time in North Dakota or Oregon.

Now that the e-Forms channel has dried up, that volume will shift over to the pile of paper forms and so it's reasonable to expect that overall average to increase for awhile, anyway.

Supposedly, they aren't regionally assigned anymore, but that is just info I got from my dealer.

eForms being down is a double edged sword for me. I have 3 on paper, and 2 e-filed, no telling when I'll get any of them now.

samson7x · Post by **samson7x** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 12:54 am

RJT wrote:
StoneyGherkin wrote:One problem with the blanket wait time estimate is that there are individual regions with various backlogs. So a 10-month wait time for Texas probably won't translate into a similar wait time in North Dakota or Oregon.

Now that the e-Forms channel has dried up, that volume will shift over to the pile of paper forms and so it's reasonable to expect that overall average to increase for awhile, anyway.
Supposedly, they aren't regionally assigned anymore, but that is just info I got from my dealer.

eForms being down is a double edged sword for me. I have 3 on paper, and 2 e-filed, no telling when I'll get any of them now.

Seems about right. All my recent approved forms are from different examiners so who knows.

DarkPhoenix · Post by **DarkPhoenix** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 6:32 am

Seems about right. All my recent approved forms are from different examiners so who knows.[/quote]

Same here, two different examiners on my last two stamps.

HuntSp · Post by **HuntSp** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:40 am

I understand this is not normal... But...

Mailed Form 1, Paper, Trust on 9/4/13
Pending on 10/22/13
Approved on 4/21/14
Received on 4/24/14
Feltner

6 months from pending...

7.5 months from snail mail.

66427vette · Post by **66427vette** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 10:17 am

Just got a stack back 8 months14 days all indv. paper filed.

L1A1Rocker · Post by **L1A1Rocker** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:47 pm

HuntSp wrote:I understand this is not normal... But...

Mailed Form 1, Paper, Trust on 9/4/13
Pending on 10/22/13
Approved on 4/21/14
Received on 4/24/14
Feltner

6 months from pending...
7.5 months from snail mail.

That's interesting, I mailed three form 1s on 9-3-13. Hummm, I didn't check the mail box today. . .

RJT · Post by **RJT** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:21 am

Just got 2 paper filed stamps in. Went pending 10/03/2013, received stamps 04/28/2014.

ETA - Make that 3, just picked up my 5.56 can on my lunch hour.

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