Wait times for trusts are still atrocious! No reason individuals are waiting hours to a few days and us that have to have a trust are still waiting months to a year. Still a joke
Thanks for the heads up on the 24 month exemption for trust applications. I filed two eForm 4's this week that were approved in under 24 hours, plus a third can I filed for last month with Silencer Shop got approved in the batch. Silencer Shop needs to get with the program and enable this option for their users. Thanks again for all the hard work you put in.
i'm calling bullshit i've waited almost a full year for my can and I hold a DOD clearance and I paid and filed individual form 4 with ss# back on 10/28/23
I bought and paid for two suppressors October 2023, form 4 accepted and approved November 2023. Contacted ATF a few weeks ago and still working on it. That makes about 10 months with them. I already have 3 suppressors from a few years back and have had concealed carry for 20 years. Shouldn't be a problem. So what's the deal with supposedly getting such fast approvals?
Yes, they absolutely are much faster. I bought my first suppressor YHM R9 back in April and from certified to approval was 7 days. I recently bought my second suppressor B&T 7.62 SF this past week I certified on Tuesday evening and was approved early Thursday morning, less than 36 hours!!!
On average my customers are getting cans back in 48 hours after certifying. Typically a week from start to finish. Unfortunately trusts are still taking a long time. I just got one back for myself in 36 hours. The biggest problem right now with the surge in supressor sales is trying to get the different end caps and hub attatchments.
Idk if it’s possible but could the nfa process be tweaked to allow the dealer to run the nics on site before submitting the form 4 and include the transaction/confirmation number on the form 4. That would get the largest delay out of the way and then the nfa branch just double checks that the nics check was valid and for the correct person
Have done the VAF and have UPIN. Included along with SS# and still long waits. Crazy. My fist was 13 months. Second almost 8. Third 6 and 3+ on the fourth now.
This is bullshit. I submitted an individual eform 4 on August 12. I have subsequently called ATF&E-NFA Division and the perky informative lady told me that the “average” approval time at this point is 69 days. So the whole motivational factor of my purchase was the “FAST APPROVAL TIME”… in as little as six days approval time,what a crock of shit! No problem I have have already paid over $1100 bucks, so WTF?, right? Just advertising BS.
No it's not BS advertising. YMMV, my last suppressor was approved in less then 36 hours. That was this week. Certified on Tuesday evening and approved early Thursday morning. But I also get an immediate approval on the NICS BG checks as well. Even living here in Oregon where there is about a 2.5k backlog of people in this state doing BGCs, mine comes back immediately every single time. I've never had to wait. I asked someone why that could be and was told that it likely had to do with the uniqueness of my first and last name combo. Not to mention that I have a squeaky clean record.
