My dealer just emailed me that my approved Form 4 just arrived, so that makes a grand total of 170 or 5 months, 17 days from the check being cashed to the approved Form 4 arriving at my dealers. It was approved on Feb. 9th, so that makes approximately 24 days in transit from the date of approval to receipt by my dealer. 3-1/2 weeks longer than my…[Read more]

OK, I picked up my YHM Turbo T2 today, Sunday, November 22, 2020. Full sitrep on the approval process below:

Form 4 Individual
Purchased Tuesday, June 9, 2020 – Form 3 To Dealer
Form 4 Paperwork Sent To BATFE, Monday, July 6, 2020
Check Cashed By BATFE, Friday, July 17, 2020
Form 4 Approved By BATFE Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Form 4 Postmarked By…[Read more]

Typical SNAFU with NFA Tracker. The same thing happened several months ago and then “magically” fixed itself. NFA Tracker is now owned and operated by Silencer Shop, so that should tell you everything you neeed to know about why it’s so f**ked up!!!

Other than for the tracking graphs, and even those are suspect, this site is pretty much useless. Silencer Shop owns it now so that speaks volumes…

CONGRATS. Let’s hope these quicker approval times continue!!!

Update on my post above:

All 3 Form 4’s completed by my dealer (via SS Kiosk system) on 4/17/2020.

$600 check cashed by ATF 4/24/2020.

All 3 Form 4’s approved on 9/30/2020 by Examiner E. (Elizabeth) Ann Feltner(?)

3 Individual Form 4’s postmarked 10/9/2020.

3 individual Form 4’s arrive at my dealer 10/16/2020.

Picked up my 3 cans 10/18/2020.

That’s way too complicated for NFATracker/Silencer Shop to do & get right. They’re struggling with their own sales business right now, so please don’t make any suggestions that are way over their head to even contimplate…

Silencer Shop took over this site some time ago and it has steadily gone down hill ever since, just like SS’s steadily declining customer service & major issues with their Form 1 business. With the eFile Form 1’s available, there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON not to submit them yourself. Get a fingerpriunt stamp pad & card holder from Amazon & FREE…[Read more]

Batch submitted 3 individual Form 4’s for suppressors with check cashed on 4/24/2020. On 10/17/2020 I received an email from my dealer said that he had the 3 approved Form 4’s in hand. That’s 175 days (25 weeks) from the check being cashed by the ATF to the USPS delivering the approved Form 4’s. I pick up my cans tomorrow morning (10/18/2020).…[Read more]

Of course you got no notification for the reason for the long approval process so I’ve got to think that you’ve got a name similar to someone else with a spotty criminal record. You might want to look into getting a UPIN so in the future the FBI doesn’t get you confused with someone with the same name…

Congrats!!! 2 week turn around is an excellent amount of time to get approved in. You’ve also got a squeaky clean background, nobody else with the same name & a record, etc., things that trip up other applications & cause a delay for the Fibbies to have to do a more indepth investigation.

Now, start on the next one!!!

The efile Form 1 is so easy to do that there is really no reason to have it done by anyone else, especially with the latest round of “problems” with Silencer Shop submittals. Yes, I’ve heard all the excuses from individuals who used the Silencer Shop flawed Form 1 process: “It’s so easy for me”, “I can’t do my own fingerprints”, “I don’t have time…[Read more]

Correct about the shipping & mailing delays. Approved Form 1 & 4’s are collected once or twice a month from the home bound examiners, taken to ATF WV HQ, placed in Gub’ment “FOR OFFICIAL ISE ONLY” envelopes, run through the Gub’ment Use Only postage meter & then at some point taken to the Post Office. The lengthy delay is in the processing to get…[Read more]

No, a UPIN is a “special” number that you have to seperately apply for. It is used to differentiate between individuals with the same name, etc. It is a “unique designator” that is entered on future applications that “supposedly” prevents delays in the review process because of individuals having the same name and possible criminal background…[Read more]

CONGRATS Gunguy2a. You got yours just a bit less than 8 months, which is still pretty much the average nowadays. The 30/60/90 day approvals are just anomilies…