As have been said numerous times before, there’s no reason to the varying approval times, especially now with all the examiners working from home. I’d hate to think that before everyone left to work from the house that they grabbed a handfull of applications from the TOP of the stack, not from the BOTTOM where they should have been pulling from.…[Read more]

Individual…

My Form 4 application for a Surefire SOCOM 762-RC2 was “still pending on 11/21/2019 per Dafney @ BATFE when I called inquiring about the status.

Today I get a text from my dealer saying that the approved application & stamp for the SOCOM arrived yesterday & that I could pick it up.

So, here are the numbers:
Application sent: 2/12/2019 – Day…[Read more]

The government shutdown really screwed the processing up. added another 2 -3 monts to the average 7 -8 month approval…

Usually around a month for the check to be cashed…

Form 4 Individual (YHM Phantom LT .30)
Sent: 09/24/2018
Check Cashed: 10/16/2018
Approved: 08/31/2019
Received: 09/06/2019
Wait Time For Approval: 319 Days

Also notice that most approvals coming out right now had checks cashed in July, 2018, so you do in fact have around another 3 NORMAL PERSON months. November, 2019 sometime is spot on…

9 to 10 months in ATF speak is different that what most normal folks think a month means. Use this little day-date calculator, https://www.timeanddate.com/date/workdays.html?d1=11&m1=10&y1=2018&d2=5&m2=8&y2=2019&ti=on, and notice that if your check was cashed on Oct. 11, 2018, as mine was, then excluding weekends & holidays, your application would…[Read more]

I filed as an individual…

Chew their ass out and walk away to never return. Once they have your $$$ they could give a damn. Want to share the dealer’s name?

If you wait for Silencer Shop’s Form 1 service to be “back in stock”, you’ll be waiting forever. Efile yourself and be done with SS for Form 1’s. My 1st efile was 18 days from start to approval and my recent 2nd & 3rd efiles took 26 days. Silencer Shop will NEVER be able to match that…

As I said yesterday, 26 days from start to finish on my latest 2 efiled Form 1’s. Can Silencer Shop say that?

NO, EACH SUBMISSION IS HANDLED SEPARATELY. MOST EFILED FORM 1’s IN 1-2 MONTHS, PAPER FORM 1’s 7-8 MONTHS & PAPER FORM 4’s 10-12 MONTHS. DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU HAVE A SECURITY CLEARANCE OR RELATED TO OBAMA, EVERYBODY WAITS THE SAME…

Looking like 10 months for a Form 4 individual approval now. I wish ATF would get the Form 4 efile rolled out soon, this wait is ridiculous…