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What is ATF wait time for a suppressor?
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Suppressors - Form 4 wait time
How long is the wait time on a form 4 to date? Post how long you have been waiting or how long you recently waited before it was completed and sighned. JAY
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My LGS is having eForm Form 4's come back in less than 1 week - eForm Form 3's ( dealer to dealer ) are overnight. 
There are many getting them back in 24hrs or less. For me, I’ve gotten 6-8 since they started speeding things up in the late spring, and the longest I’ve waited is 6 days.
That's what I have been hearing, too. It's because the online process has been streamlined.
It's amazing how the approval times have gone from a year or more, to just a day or two ... let's hope that continues.
Everyone you hear of on the internet gets a transfer in less than a week. When it becomes your turn it is luck of the draw. My last transfer from 12/02/24 took 60 days.
Never been a better time
Never been a better time
Built out my "Can Case" during the dark years, when average wait-times were more like 8-to-10 months. Just my luck ... I got everything I wanted before the wait times decreased.
The SCOTUS ruled supressors are not covered by the 2A as they are an accessory just a few days ago. Therefore not under BATFE purvue. The answer should only bè dependant on how fast your LGS can ring you up.
5th Circuit. Ruled only not covered under the 2nd Amendment.
www.shootingnewsweekly.com
Fifth Circuit Rules Suppressors are Not Firearms and Not Protected by the Second Amendment
When executing a search warrant in Peterson’s home, ATF discovered an unregistered homemade suppressor. Peterson sought to have the charge dismissed based on his Second Amendment rights.
www.shootingnewsweekly.com
When I first started stamp collecting it was a year+ for approvals. Now it’s a few weeks max most of the time. My last F4 took 72 hours. The 5 before that took 48 hours each. Had 1 F1 take 3 weeks and 4 other F1s submitted after that first one took 4 days each.
I currently am waiting on four more F4s. Ordered on Wed/Thursday this week and as of Saturday they are still waiting on the F3 to be approved.
It’s a total crap shoot and there is ZERO consistency. It is truly maddening.
I currently am waiting on four more F4s. Ordered on Wed/Thursday this week and as of Saturday they are still waiting on the F3 to be approved.
It’s a total crap shoot and there is ZERO consistency. It is truly maddening.
Please explain.
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Instead of just replying "your wrong", how about an ounce of effort to explain why.
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Up until very recently, I would invest in a suppressor, then wait, and wait, and wait... And now that the wait time is down to a week or less in most cases, inflation - mostly due to the Biden Administration's incredible amount of deficit spending - I'm not buying as many of the newer flow-type cans for my gas guns as I'd like to. Would like to experiment with some of the brands of these that I have no experience with, but guess I'll have to wait until I can save up the cash to find out which ones work the best for me...
I wonder if he could have been more explanatory and said SCOTUS didn't rule that but 5th Circuit did. He could have added the last part but that would have been helpful and educational instead of being curt and vague.
so simple even a caveman can find the answer:
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it's all right there from the horses mouth. I've had 1 in the past month that was 5 days (personal trust- efile) and three submitted together that were just over a month (same trust and efile). The 5 day one was submitted 4 weeks after the 3 were submitted together and was approved before the other 3 even though they had been submitted earlier. No real rhyme or reason to approvals.
But anything sub 90 days is a huge improvement.
As for the whole SCOTUS and 5th circuit court if you don't know the difference between the two try google. Nothing has changed with regards to any 2a stuff recently. Plenty of lower court rulings about a variety of issues (fun one recenty- machine guns ban is unconstitutional), but until they make their way thru the courts to the SCOTUS it's all still up in the air.
Current Processing Times | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Average Processing Times for Applications Processed During December 2024 Statistical information on average processing times of applications that are filled out correctly and completely.
it's all right there from the horses mouth. I've had 1 in the past month that was 5 days (personal trust- efile) and three submitted together that were just over a month (same trust and efile). The 5 day one was submitted 4 weeks after the 3 were submitted together and was approved before the other 3 even though they had been submitted earlier. No real rhyme or reason to approvals.
But anything sub 90 days is a huge improvement.
As for the whole SCOTUS and 5th circuit court if you don't know the difference between the two try google. Nothing has changed with regards to any 2a stuff recently. Plenty of lower court rulings about a variety of issues (fun one recenty- machine guns ban is unconstitutional), but until they make their way thru the courts to the SCOTUS it's all still up in the air.
Mine took 40 days, got approved this past week. NICS was holding mine up for some reason come to find out. * I ended up intervening, if I didn't I have no idea how long it could've taken.
My last trust can was 15 days (August ‘24)
My buddy just has an individual come back in 2 days.
Another buddy waited 92 days on two individual cans (approved October ‘24) and then 91 days on another individual (approved January ‘25) and just put another can in jail this past Thursday
My buddy just has an individual come back in 2 days.
Another buddy waited 92 days on two individual cans (approved October ‘24) and then 91 days on another individual (approved January ‘25) and just put another can in jail this past Thursday
A circuit court and the supreme court are vastly different entities. In the US there are 13 circuits, which are further broken down into smaller parts called districts. There are I think 94 districts within those 13 circuits. All of them are broken up by geographic territory. Hence if the 9th Circuit issues a ruling, it is ONLY applicable within the boundaries of the 9th circuit.
When we get to the Supreme Court, that one covers the entire United States and there are no other higher courts anywhere. However if the 4th circuit (or anyone else) issues a ruling people can appeal to the Supreme Court which can overrule any and all other courts anywhere in the USA.
The only ways to overrule the Supreme Court is to 1. Change the Constitution. 2. Potentially passing other laws through Congress that might render the previous ruling moot, but this is not 100% guaranteed. 3. The Supreme Court can overrule itself. An example of this would Roe v Wade.
The case mentioned hasn't been anywhere near the Supreme Court. Just a lower court.
About 10 years ago I started buying suppressors and SBRs. Wait times were all over the place but luckily I worked at the LGS so I could take them out while I waited for the stamps. I hadn’t purchased any since I left there until this year when I heard the approvals were coming back really quickly.
This year I bought 3 suppressors. The longest I waited was 48 hours and one took less than 12 hours.
This year I bought 3 suppressors. The longest I waited was 48 hours and one took less than 12 hours.
41 days and 72 days were my last two wait times. Both Trust 1RP and I always get delayed on my NICS check.
If you are within the jurisdiction of the 13th Court would this ruling apply to you, and the LGSs in the area? And wouldn't the 13th Circuit Court's ruling stand until challenged at the SC?
It depends. There are mechanisms in place for self correction. If a single judge makes some bad call the people can basically ask for a bigger hearing. It's not like just one judge has unlimited power.
It's basically the same as peer review. There are various forms of that all involving multiple judges of the same level and area. Those panels can reverse a decision.
In theory the rulings stand while the process is going on but there are exceptions.
