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Posted: 5/9/2023 1:11:14 PM EDT
Which is the more accurate for a general wait times

The ATFE website or the general consensus being posted on the web?

I am awaiting for the Form 1 and 4 approvals.

Not in a rush but it is interesting to see the feedback.
Link Posted: 5/9/2023 1:28:29 PM EDT
[#1]
I am currently at 90 days for an eForm 1 SBR.  
Link Posted: 5/9/2023 1:37:24 PM EDT
[#2]
Ask your dealer what they're seeing. For example, the ATF is currently quoting 232 days, and our internal average at the dealer I work at is about 200 days.

Take their info with a grain of salt and understand there's no guarantees, but going right to the source is typically the best info.

Pro Tip- Don't be that guy that calls every week after 90 days and keep explaining how Silencer Shop told you 90 days.
Link Posted: 5/9/2023 1:41:13 PM EDT
[#3]
I had a $200 paid SBR come back in 10 days just a month ago. The "free" stamps, I am sitting at about 20 days for the first.
Link Posted: 5/9/2023 1:42:48 PM EDT
[#4]
Its a mess right now due to the brace amnesty rush.  Check the tacked tracking threads here and see where the newest posters are reporting, but even that is a very rough indication.
Link Posted: 5/9/2023 2:56:39 PM EDT
[#5]
its all over the place...
I had 13, 31, 43, 74, and 64. still have a 80+,44 and 21 sbr paid mind you not brace and 14 on a sbs out there. As for my cans I dont even bother looking on those 3.

the 64 day was a brace mke

Link Posted: 5/9/2023 3:23:14 PM EDT
[#6]
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Which is the more accurate for a general wait times

The ATFE website or the general consensus being posted on the web?

I am awaiting for the Form 1 and 4 approvals.

Not in a rush but it is interesting to see the feedback.
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eform 4 for me was spot on on here all last year, to include jan of this year. according to the tracking thread i started getting antsy january 10-20th that my last can should be coming soon. a month later i said fuck it and called atf only to find out i had been approved jan 15th but i was one of the special one who never got an email with my "stamp". my dealer had to print off my "stamp" from his side of things. 5 emails to atf and i have stiff not received anything from them. lol
Link Posted: 5/9/2023 3:29:04 PM EDT
[#7]
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Its a mess right now due to the brace amnesty rush.  Check the tacked tracking threads here and see where the newest posters are reporting, but even that is a very rough indication.
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my amnesty is "entrust", my original filling was like feb 2. it was way off on tracking for me, then all of a sudden my phone blew up i had 6 denials (all batched), and the next day 5 more (all batched). i still had a couple left to file so between 4/26-4/29 i filed all 14.

my denials were because i had forgotten my assignment pages. i had gotten conflicting answers because i was using the 24 month exception rule BUT i hadn't submitted my assignment page before as it was not needed before.
Link Posted: 5/10/2023 8:55:35 PM EDT
[#8]
That's what I am getting the impression is that everything is going nuts.  I guess I will get an general answer hopefully by the end of summer for the Form 1 and the Form 4 next year.
Link Posted: 5/10/2023 9:23:52 PM EDT
[#9]
They were really fast to approve my 4 different eForm 1's. Took about a month and all 4 were approved!! One SBS and three SBR's. I was pleasantly surprised. Been years since I did any forms. Used to always be around 5-6 months way back when.
Link Posted: 5/10/2023 9:34:52 PM EDT
[#10]
Two of my cans are still in jail, one has been approved. 16 months, and counting. Fuck the BATFE.
Link Posted: 5/10/2023 10:13:11 PM EDT
[#11]
That's the impression I have been seeing. Government at its best. SLOW.
Link Posted: 5/15/2023 4:33:44 PM EDT
[#12]
Just received approval for two Form 1 eForms. Submitted Mar 15 and Mar 17. Approximately 60 days. They say paper is a little longer.
Link Posted: 5/17/2023 1:04:29 PM EDT
[#13]
How do you know these dates? I logged in and couldn’t find out anything about my applications.
Link Posted: 5/17/2023 1:07:58 PM EDT
[#14]
Still waiting on my trust +1RP paid Form 1.

62 days, so far
Link Posted: 5/17/2023 5:21:38 PM EDT
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Two of my cans are still in jail, one has been approved. 16 months, and counting. Fuck the BATFE.
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call them and inquire, my last can was approved but no email generated. i just saw that all the form 4s submitted around my date had been approved and we were at the end of the next month of submitted. i called and they said "oh yeah it was approved over a month ago". i have still not gotten an email from the atf with a tax stamp (my dealer printed off my tax stamp from his end). it was a known glitch for a couple months, so if you haven't reached out to them give 'em a call.
Link Posted: 5/19/2023 12:21:32 PM EDT
[#16]
I'm at 111 days right now on a paid Form 1 SBR (individual).  I've never waited longer than a month for one before.  FIFO seems to be a foreign concept to the ATF.
Link Posted: 5/19/2023 12:30:49 PM EDT
[#17]
93 days. I shoulda just paper filed at this point. At least I'd get real stamps
Link Posted: 5/20/2023 7:33:25 AM EDT
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 FIFO seems to be a foreign concept to the ATF.
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Yeah, this is a big problem. WTF ATF?
Link Posted: 5/20/2023 9:32:03 AM EDT
[#19]
It is so all over the place that it doesn't actually matter talking about it ...

Some are 10, 15, 20, 30, 35, 50,60,90....

I am at 50 right now on my resubmitt with EFT ... before that I was 60 with paper that I withdrew ...
Link Posted: 5/29/2023 6:31:48 AM EDT
[#20]
eform 4 for a suppressor through Silencer Shop was exactly 8 months for me, 17 SEP 2022 to 19 May 2023.
Link Posted: 5/29/2023 9:44:04 AM EDT
[#21]
I submitted 3 form1's (free) on Feb 25 via e-form w/ digital prints.

One was approved on April 24th. Other two still waiting.
Link Posted: 5/29/2023 10:19:55 AM EDT
[#22]
Mid January for paid Form 1s.
Link Posted: 6/2/2023 12:39:53 PM EDT
[#23]
filed 3 form 1s for a trust via Silencershop on 4/21/2023 and received approval on 2 5/31/2023
Link Posted: 6/2/2023 2:57:47 PM EDT
[#24]
I hav a paid eft form 1 from Jan 27th with no response. Also waiting on two form 4s from August of 22
Link Posted: 6/3/2023 12:08:13 AM EDT
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I am currently at 90 days for an eForm 1 SBR.  
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I am currently at 6 months for the same thing!    I even queried ATF about it & got a non-reply saying they are too busy to check.
Many are reporting getting them in a month or less.   One guy claimed his was about a week.
Link Posted: 6/5/2023 4:01:45 PM EDT
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filed 3 form 1s for a trust via Silencershop on 4/21/2023 and received approval on 2 5/31/2023
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just got my third one today approved 06/05/2023
SilencerShop trust and e filed through them
Link Posted: 6/5/2023 4:29:14 PM EDT
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I had a $200 paid SBR come back in 10 days just a month ago. The "free" stamps, I am sitting at about 20 days for the first.
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That's so fetch.
Link Posted: 6/10/2023 11:50:04 AM EDT
[#28]
Eform 4 (suppressor) 3 weeks.  Had a couple go to 22 weeks though.

Form 1 Eforms ETF prints are up to about a month.
Link Posted: 6/10/2023 5:03:14 PM EDT
[#29]
Single RP trust
Paid
SBR
EFT prints




Just submitted another one on 5/30.

I have 2 cans in jail. One was certified in late February and the other in early May. I don’t expect either one to take less than 270 days.
Link Posted: 6/10/2023 6:13:54 PM EDT
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Eform 4 (suppressor) 3 weeks.  Had a couple go to 22 weeks though.

Form 1 Eforms ETF prints are up to about a month.
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Do tell….
Link Posted: 6/10/2023 6:21:56 PM EDT
[#31]
edited in advance for prebans: deleted
Link Posted: 6/10/2023 6:55:21 PM EDT
[#32]
I have a form 4 can that was submitted 10/22/22, still waiting.
Link Posted: 6/10/2023 8:21:31 PM EDT
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I pray about it.  When I pray, I ask God to help my suppressors get approved.  Don't get me wrong, I pray about other things, more important things and pray for other people too, but also I pray to have my suppressors approved.
 
The last one was literally 22 days and not part of a batch approval.  

Praise God, thank You, God!  (Not arguing religion or faith in a technical forum, let's not go there, but in terms about me getting my stuff approved like Ken Houchens is back in charge, I pray about it.  That's my method.)
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I didn't know about the batch approval. Nw, I'm suspecting that that's probably how I got my Eform1 back after 42 days.
Link Posted: 6/11/2023 2:22:08 PM EDT
[#34]
I'm at 314 on an eForm4 and 135 days on the amnesty eForm1.

FML.

How many "lists" am I on? Jesus Christ..
Link Posted: 6/12/2023 1:24:55 PM EDT
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I'm at 314 on an eForm4 and 135 days on the amnesty eForm1.

FML.

How many "lists" am I on? Jesus Christ..
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I'm at 139 days (4 months and 19 days) for 4 eF1s and I'm averaging about 270 days for eF4s.  

At this rate I might get my 2 outstanding F4s filed this year before I get my F1s.
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