Suppressors Form 4 wait time

[reelman]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Stamps came in today so basically 9 weeks from mailing in my check to getting my stamps.

 

[beenjammin]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Jan 3rd 2010 mailed, two weeks later cashed my $200


Got my Tigershark on April 28

 

[FFRich]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Just received the last one I was waiting for.... Here are mine with times.

Individual
Examiner: Jason Frushour
First One
Mailed BATFE 28-Aug
Received BATFE 1-Sep
Check Cashed 3-Sept
Pending 21-Sept
Approved 3-Feb
At Dealer 8-Feb

Individual
Examiner: Jason Frushour
Second One
Mailed BATFE 15-Oct
Received BATFE 17-Oct
Check Cashed 21-Oct
Pending 6-Nov
Approved 4-Feb
At Dealer 10-Feb

Individual

Examiner: Andrew Ashton
Third One
Mailed BATFE 15-Oct
Received BATFE 17-Oct
Check Cashed 21-Oct
Pending 6-Nov
Approved 25-Mar
At Dealer 31-Mar

Individual Examiner: Jason Frushour
Fourth One
Mailed BATFE 6-Jan
Received BATFE 7-Jan
Check Cashed 11-Jan
Pending 2-Feb
Approved 8-Apr
At Dealer 12-Apr

 

[scottsnipe]

Re: Form 4 wait time

**UPDATE**
Form 4 for AWC Thundertrap
-Package Mailed: 2/5/10
-Check Cashed: 2/11/10
-Went Pending: 3/18/10
-Approved: <span style="color: #33CC00">4/16/10</span>
-Stamp Recieved: ?

The wait time has sped up quite a bit! A little over 2 and a half months to get approved, not bad not bad at all. Looks like I am gonna have to get another!

 

[firedog90]

Re: Form 4 wait time

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: scottsnipe</div><div class="ubbcode-body">**UPDATE**
Form 4 for AWC Thundertrap
-Package Mailed: 2/5/10
-Check Cashed: 2/11/10
-Went Pending: 3/18/10
-Approved: <span style="color: #33CC00">4/16/10</span>
-Stamp Recieved: ?

The wait time has sped up quite a bit! A little over 2 and a half months to get approved, not bad not bad at all. Looks like I am gonna have to get another!

</div></div>

Who was your examiner? I sent mine in the same time but I have Barbara Payne for an examiner and I hear she takes forever. I called last week and they told me to call back in another month or two.

 

[lazy21]

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got my form 1, took a little over two months

 

[rem308a3]

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my check was cash on feb 9. yesterday I got a call to verify my DOB. Is this normal

 

[firedog90]

Re: Form 4 wait time

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: firedog90</div><div class="ubbcode-body">3 suppressors on a Trust
Checks and paperwork sent 2/5
Checks cashed 2/10
Pending 3/16
How do you find out who the examiner is and what the status is?
I checked the link for NFA examiners but it would not work. </div></div>

It's like Christmas all over again. Just got a text from my dealer. Approval for all 3 showed up today. Heading over there in 2 hours.

 

[308sako]

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!

 

[firedog90]

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Hopefully you are 308sako. I was so excited to pick them up, that was until the transmission in my 08 F250 went out. Turned out to be a good but shitty day.

 

[patches]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: firedog90</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hopefully you are 308sako. I was so excited to pick them up, that was until the transmission in my 08 F250 went out. Turned out to be a good but shitty day. </div></div>

Let me know when you what to get out to the range!!!

 

[firedog90]

Re: Form 4 wait time

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: patches</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Let me know when you what to get out to the range!!!</div></div>
I'll let you know.

 

[scottsnipe]

Re: Form 4 wait time

**UPDATE**
Form 4 for AWC Thundertrap
-Package Mailed: 2/5/10
-Check Cashed: 2/11/10
-Went Pending: 3/18/10
-Approved: 4/16/10
-Stamp Recieved: <span style="color: #33CC00">4/26/10</span>

Hell Yeah!!! Got my can in my hands, can't wait to go to the range to try it out. I also attached a pic with it on for all to see.

 

[308sako]

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Scottsnipe; Oh I am sooooooo jealous.... My trust papers went pending on the St Patrick's day, Maybe this year for approval...

Called my dealer after seeing your post and he says he has heard unofficially that there is a slowdown among some examiners. Says his customers are recieving their stamps in anywhere from 2 months to 5 months currently, and there is no way of knowing which it will be. So I put my patience cap back on, and wait a while longer. Besides I haven't ordered my TAB gear yet anyway.

Edit: Ordered the TAB gear anyway... passes the time LOL

 

[scottsnipe]

Re: Form 4 wait time

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 308sako</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Scottsnipe; Oh I am sooooooo jealous.... My trust papers went pending on the St Patrick's day, Maybe this year for approval...

Called my dealer after seeing your post and he says he has heard unofficially that there is a slowdown among some examiners. Says his customers are recieving their stamps in anywhere from 2 months to 5 months currently, and there is no way of knowing which it will be. So I put my patience cap back on, and wait a while longer. Besides I haven't ordered my TAB gear yet anyway. </div></div>
Hopefully you get yours soon, I was getting so antsy for this but I know the wait was well worth it. My dealer (AWC) says it definitely is a crap shoot, but fortunately most of the forms come back within 3 months on average.

 

[RollingThunder51]

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..

from letters out to picked up units 84 days


p.s.

Scott, nice rifle!



..

 

[308sako]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Paper work for Trust(2 items; Cyclone and SPR-M4) sent in Feb 1

Check cashed ... Feb 9

Pending ... March 17

Approved ... April 23

Both picked up at the dealer ... April 30

One happy camper.

MAy 1st, 7:30 AM... First 3 rounds 100 yards of peace and quiet. Aiming point was the little black box immediately to the left. Now I am even a happier camper! Way to go AAC

 

[wilsondcw]

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Any recommendations on sending in multiple applications, one form 4 and two form 1s? Will this increase the timeline or should I just send them in separately?

 

[308sako]

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IN2DEEP... I sent my 2 Form 4's in a single package, and they returned together...

 

[SymteX]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Update

1. NFA Item: SBR
2. Form Type: Form 1
3. Transferee Type: Trust
4. Forms Sent: 03/24/2010
5. Check Cashed: 04/07/2010
6. Pending Date: 04/26/2010
7. Approved Date: ----------
8. Forms Received:----------
9. Examiner Name: Andrew Ashton

 

[PLeighton]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Here we go again:

TBAC 30P-1
-Form 3 Submitted by Zak Smith of TABAC on 5/8/2010
-Form 3 Approved, Shipped to dealer 5/21/2010
-Form 4 Package Mailed: 5/28/2010
-Check Cashed : ---------------------
-Pending : --------------------------
-Approved : -------------------------
-Examiner : -------------------------
-Stamp Recieved : -------------------

Sounds like things might be speeding up a bit.
I won't hold my breath though.
My guestimate for having the stamp / can in hand is September.
With my luck, I'll get the stamp in record time and not have any way to use the damn thing.
(Haven't send my barrel off to get threaded yet.)
Just for the hell of it, I'm including copys of my FFL and previous Form 4 & Form 1s to see if it might help things along.

FYI, FWIW,
There is a site that has a NFA time line tracking database:
http://www.nfatracker.com/Default.aspx

It is kinda neat to look at the trends.

 

[SPAK]

Re: Form 4 wait time

1. NFA Item: Tac Ops 30
2. Form Type: Form 4
3. Transferee Type: Trust
4. Forms Sent: 1/30/2010
5. Check Cashed: 2/08/2010
6. Pending Date: 3/15/2010
7. Approved Date: ----------
8. Forms Received:----------
9. Examiner Name: Andrew Ashton

Does Andrew Ashton seem to take longer than other examiners???

 

[PLeighton]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Looking at the reports on NFA Tracker (http://www.nfatracker.com/reports.aspx)

It looks like Andrew Ashton is one of the slower examiners.
(Or he just has more than everyone else...)
My guestimate by looking at his record would be 120 days.
So, that would put you somewhere around June 8th.

 

[SPAK]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Bummer....oh well can't win the lottery all the time

 

[Lowlight]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Frogman, as an FYI I put a Form 4 in around the same time, check cashed on 2/04/10, and still nothing. I haven't checked to see who the examiner is but it's pretty close time wise.

Seemed odd, as this is my first significant delay in 8 transfers.

 

[SPAK]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Thanks LowLight,

good to know I'm not the only one. Just wierd looking at that NFA tracker and seeing some of the quick transfer times that almost seem unreal!

 

[m1garand30064]

Re: Form 4 wait time

I put one in around the same time as you frogman.

F4 762SD silencer
Type: trust
Mailed 1/22/09
Check cashed: 1/27
Pending: 3/2/10

I called last friday and it is still pending!! My examiner is Nancy Flanigan.

 

[SPAK]

Re: Form 4 wait time



Approved on 1 June 2010!! Stamp should be here this week!

 

[KYS]

Re: Form 4 wait time

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: csi:cyberspace</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: KYshooter338</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Im completely calm. You on the other hand.... need more then a pill to help!
</div></div>
Perhaps, but at least I know the difference between then and than. If you're going to be an unsolicited prick, at least do it correctly. </div></div>

I wasn't the one bitching and moaning about my check.... cry elsewhere.

 

[PLeighton]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Updated to add:

TBAC 30P-1
-Form 3 Submitted by Zak Smith of TABAC on 5/8/2010
-Form 3 Approved, Shipped to dealer 5/21/2010
-Form 4 Package Mailed: 5/28/2010
-Check Cashed : 6/15/2010
-Pending : --------------------------
-Approved : -------------------------
-Examiner : -------------------------
-Stamp Recieved : -------------------

 

[K.O.A.M.]

Re: Form 4 wait time

I'm at four months on a SBR and getting ready to do another one.

The stamp came in the day I posted this. Maybe they read this forum?

 

[tmpohuski7]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Clandestine 22lr (Trust)
Form 4 submitted 5/19/10
Check cashed 5/24/10
Pending 6/18/10

 

[m1garand30064]

Re: Form 4 wait time

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m1garand30064</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I put one in around the same time as you frogman.

F4 762SD silencer
Type: trust
Mailed 1/22/09
Check cashed: 1/27
Pending: 3/2/10

I called last friday and it is still pending!! My examiner is Nancy Flanigan. </div></div>

It was approved May 14th and I had can in hand on May 21 IIRC. Right at 4 months door to door.

 

[jfc5t]

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I put mine in the mail a few days after Christmas and got it back March 17. Space and Time stood still from my perspective.

 

[JSTARSZ]

Re: Form 4 wait time

AAC M4/2000:
Form 4 submitted 4/23/10
Check cashed 4/29/10
Pending 5/27/10
Received: 8/26/10
Examiner - Ted Clutter

 

[s4b1106]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Mailed the 10th of April, check cashed on the 13th, approved on the 21st of June, arrived today, the 25th.
Happy, happy, joy, joy!

 

[Barney88PDC]

Re: Form 4 wait time

In Louisiana there is an entire State approval process and that approved paperwork has to be submitted with the Form 4 application to the Fed's. The State lost my paper work and we (me and my dealer) had to resubmit

. Well after paying for the can to start the process on March 30th I FINALLY get the state paperwork in and can send in the Form 4 to begin the Federal process.

1. NFA Item: Suppressor
2. Form Type: Form 4
3. Transferee Type: Trust
4. Forms Sent: 26-June-2010
5. Check Cashed: 07-July-2010
6. Pending Date: 10-August-2010
7. Approved Date: 13-October-2010
8. Examiner Name: Barbara Payne

 

[SymteX]

Re: Form 4 wait time

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SymteX</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Update

1. NFA Item: SBR
2. Form Type: Form 1
3. Transferee Type: Trust
4. Forms Sent: 03/24/2010
5. Check Cashed: 04/07/2010
6. Pending Date: 04/26/2010
7. Approved Date: 07/06/2010
8. Forms Received:----------
9. Examiner Name: Andrew Ashton </div></div>

 

[GardDog]

Re: Form 4 wait time

1. NFA Item: Suppressor
2. Form Type: Form 4
3. Transferee Type: Individual
4. Forms Sent: 03/22/10
5. Check Cashed: 03/29/10
6. Dealer Received Tax Stamp: 07/06/10

 

[KYS]

Re: Form 4 wait time

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: s4b1106</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mailed the 10th of April, check cashed on the 13th, approved on the 21st of June, arrived today, the 25th.
Happy, happy, joy, joy!
</div></div>

who was your examiner?

 

[jcalaustx]

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Paper work submitted May 18, check cashed May 21, approved and ready for pick up July 7. Quickest turn around I've experienced. Perhaps applications/work load has lightened up at ATF.

 

[TBass]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Sent in the paperwork via snail mail on May 5th & I just got home w/ my new Thunderbeast TBAC 30P-1.

Pretty quick turn around!

 

[SymteX]

Re: Form 4 wait time

1. NFA Item: SBR
2. Form Type: Form 1
3. Transferee Type: Trust
4. Forms Sent: 03/24/2010
5. Check Cashed: 04/07/2010
6. Pending Date: 04/26/2010
7. Approved Date: 07/06/2010
8. Forms Received:07/14/2010
9. Examiner Name: Andrew Ashton

I was a little disappointed to find some ink smudge like they spilled water on the form and a small tear in the page on the fold. They did not seem to treat the document like it was very important or worth $200.

 

[SwVaGlocker]

Re: Form 4 wait time

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GardDog223</div><div class="ubbcode-body">1. NFA Item: Suppressor
2. Form Type: Form 4
3. Transferee Type: Individual
4. Forms Sent: 03/22/10
5. Check Cashed: 03/29/10
6. Dealer Received Tax Stamp: 07/06/10 </div></div>

my check got cashed before yours and still waiting... your so lucky

 

[bsp212]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Barney88PDC</div><div class="ubbcode-body">In Louisiana there is an entire State approval process and that approved paperwork has to be submitted with the Form 4 application to the Fed's. The State lost my paper work and we (me and my dealer) had to resubmit

. Well after paying for the can to start the process on March 30th I FINALLY get the state paperwork in and can send in the Form 4 to begin the Federal process.

1. NFA Item: Suppressor
2. Form Type: Form 4
3. Transferee Type: Trust
4. Forms Sent: 26-June-2010
5. Check Cashed: 07-July-2010
6. Pending Date: -----------
7. Approved Date: ----------
8. Forms Received:----------
9. Examiner Name: ----------</div></div>

Don't sweat it. My SOT is such a Charlie Foxtrot that I quit counting. I'm happy if I actually get mine done.....

 

[PLeighton]

Re: Form 4 wait time

Updated to add:

TBAC 30P-1
-Form 3 Submitted by Zak Smith of TABAC on 5/8/2010
-Form 3 Approved, Shipped to dealer 5/21/2010
-Form 4 Package Mailed: 5/28/2010
-Check Cashed : 6/15/2010
-Pending : 7/12/2010
-Approved : -------------------------
-Examiner : William Shipman
-Stamp Recieved : -------------------

 

[GUNNER75]

Re: Form 4 wait time

NFA Item: Cascade
Form 4
Transfer Type: Individual
Forms Sent: 4-20-10
Check Cashed:4-26-10
Pending:
Approved:
Stapmps Received:7-19-20
Examiner: Lamberger/Henson

 

[craigc]

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so ive noticed you guys posting pending dates,how are you guys getting this information? pof 9" sbr and a m42000 checks cashed 6-8

 

[madscubafool]

Re: Form 4 wait time

FA Item: Cascade MC
Form 4
Transfer Type: Individual
Forms Sent: 24May2010
Check Cashed: 28May2010
Pending:
Approved:19July2010 ( not post marked until the 26th though)
Stamps Received: 31July2010
Approved by: William Shipman

This is my first form 4 so I hope this turns out to be as quick as some of ya'lls recently.

 

[PLeighton]

Re: Form 4 wait time

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: runanddietired</div><div class="ubbcode-body">so ive noticed you guys posting pending dates,how are you guys getting this information? pof 9" sbr and a m42000 checks cashed 6-8</div></div>
Call the BATF NFA branch at (304) 616-4500
Tell them that you would like to check on the status of a Form 4 transfer.
(or Form 1 if you are making it yourself)
They will ask you for the serial number of the item and your name.
You will then be told the status.
If you want to know who the examiner is you will have to ask.
(They don't provide examiner's name unless prompted.)

If you like, check out http://www.nfatracker.com/ to see all the different turn around times.