Suppressors Form 4 wait time

Got the call today boys! My R6 has been approved....

I believe this is the last paper form 4 or the first efile, but if it was efile then I'd have gotten the stamp emailed to me right?

Submitted 9/21/2021- SS kiosk dealer

Stamp received 11-08-2022

How pathetic that it's nearly 14 months!
 
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Just picked up two the other day

Form 4 paper trust
Purchased/certified at dealer: 14AUG21
Checks cashed: 02DEC21
Approved: 21OCT22
Approved Form 4's arrived at dealer: 02NOV22
445 days from purchase date to approved at dealer
230 days from cashed to approved at dealer

Eform trust
Eform certified: 14MAR22
Eform approved: 03NOV22
163 days from cashed to approved
 
Purchased Oct 17th 2021 under a trust and paper form 4. Check cashed 2 weeks later. Just got an email yesterday that the ATF approved it. Almost 13 months, but it's getting sent straight to the house after the Sheriff is notified. SilencerCentral and a .45 Banish. My last two took about 7 months, so this was significantly longer.
 
november reddit mega thread has approvals for dates 3/16-3/17 as of yesterday. 243 days for me

As we get to the holidays do you think federal workers will become less or more efficient?

We're barrelling towards 10 month wait times. Won't change for the better with Dems getting all 3 key portions of the legislative and executive branch
 
As we get to the holidays do you think federal workers will become less or more efficient?

We're barrelling towards 10 month wait times. Won't change for the better with Dems getting all 3 key portions of the legislative and executive branch
it hard to imagine them getting less efficient than they always been. but it’s the federal government, anything and everything is possible. just when i think they’ve reached the height of incompetence, they go above and beyond their ability to fuck shit up.
 
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eForm 1 might be getting better. I just got one approved Nov1 and it was only 28 days.
I've been reading similar all over the internets......I just completed my first F1 paperwork (SBR, filed as individual) last night and I'll be mailing my fingerprint cards today on my lunch break.

One thing I haven't been able to find--are F1 suppressors being treated the same way as SBRs or are those still taking as long as F4s?
 
I've been reading similar all over the internets......I just completed my first F1 paperwork (SBR, filed as individual) last night and I'll be mailing my fingerprint cards today on my lunch break.

One thing I haven't been able to find--are F1 suppressors being treated the same way as SBRs or are those still taking as long as F4s?
Called the ATF this morning - "pending' for whatever that's worth. Was told national average is 180 days. Told the ATF rep that 180 days was a far cry from 60-90 days and 211 days was an even further cry. They could care less. Pretty sure I'm on their radar now, if I wasn't before . . . . .

211 days
eForm 4 Trust
Certified 4/22/22
KGM R6.5
 
Called the ATF this morning - "pending' for whatever that's worth. Was told national average is 180 days. Told the ATF rep that 180 days was a far cry from 60-90 days and 211 days was an even further cry. They could care less. Pretty sure I'm on their radar now, if I wasn't before . . . . .

211 days
eForm 4 Trust
Certified 4/22/22
KGM R6.5
They know very well the average right now is around 240 days. They just don’t care.
 
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Specific to Silencer Shop, it’s the final step in their online process and the day your Form 4 is actually submitted.
Not to silencer shop, but specific to eforms. They all have to be certified, regardless of dealer. The last step is when you go into the ffl and certify everything is correct and put in your username and pin. You'll get an email confirmation from the atf. That's the cerified date. @Redleg84

I think you can also certify everything remotely now, but you'll have to do like a screen share session with your ffl. Mine is local so I just go in person.
 
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