How long are we waiting now?

[sapper77]

Recently submitted paperwork for a suppressor. The check was cashed this week. How long have you guys been typically waiting to get your stamp after they cash your check? I here all kinds of time frames and wanted to hear from those of you who have actually recieved your tax stamp.

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[ThePhonMan]

Your best bet is to go to NFA Tracker (NFATracker.com ATF Form 1 and Form 4 Tracking website)

You can look at lots of different reports based on different data points. They also track "last 6 months" trends which is a pretty good indicator of how things have started to slow down.

My latest experience: Purchased a Sparrow and ACC Tirant9 10/19/12, delivered to dealer 2/9/13, Form 4s received at NFA branch 2/14/13, Checks cashed 2/15, Pending 3/27, Approved 8/25, stamps in my hand 8/31.

One side note: The local dealer where I purchased my suppressors was shutting down his business on 9/1/13 so ATF accelerated the approvals just days before he shut down so YMMV.

Good luck.

 

[Liberty97045]

Recently submitted paperwork for a suppressor. The check was cashed this week. How long have you guys been typically waiting to get your stamp after they cash your check? I here all kinds of time frames and wanted to hear from those of you who have actually recieved your tax stamp.

My check was cashed early February. Final pending (approval) on July 15th. ATF says 90 days after that. My SOT says 7 months from date of initial pending. With the current volume and the political climate I think you can expect to wait 10-11 months.

 

[bigmacattack]

Just got my trust set up and I'll find out with you.....

 

[miloy001]

Mine sent out at 2/23/2012 but not approved yet.

 

[Modeler]

I submitted mine two weeks ago, based on the wait time predictor at NFA Tracker I'll probably get the stamp by the end of May '14. Sandra Snook appears to be running a 207 day average (forms mailed to stamp received).

Get a login and input your info, then try the wait time predictor for yourself.

NFATracker.com ATF Form 1 and Form 4 Tracking website

 

[mattdomes]

The last 2 suppressors and 1 SBR took 8 weeks from check cashed to "pending" then...
6 months from original "pending" to the "2nd pending" date then...
90 days from "2nd Pending" to approved.

Looks like ~11 months from check cashed to approved.

You can skip most of the 8 week wait if you use the eForms with a Trust :winkkiss:

And NFATracker is your best bet to keep it all straight and the site owner is local in Portland

 

[PBinWA]

9 months from original "pending" is the response I get now every time I call.
90 days from "2nd Pending."
An the last 2 suppressors took 8 weeks from check cashed to "pending" so...

I would say 11 months from check cashed to approved...

You can skip most of the 8 week wait if you use the eForms with a Trust :winkkiss:

And NFATracker is your best bet to keep it all straight and the site owner is local in Portland

+1 I just got an approval and it was around 10 months.

 

[captqc]

My last one was 5 months total time. That was back in May, before that I've had ones go as soon as 2 months, and as long as 6 months. There doesn't seem to be any rush when it comes to the Feds at work! :huh: Gary

 

[Liberty97045]

+1 I just got an approval and it was around 10 months.

10 Months from what? The date you sent it? Check Cash? Pending?

 

[Schwabdl]

NFA is quoting 16 months

 

[TDH]

I'm going on 9 months I thought 6 months was forever for my first one.

 

[tjwong]

I have several pending, one set was submitted January of this year, came back for an error correction about 4 or 5 weeks ago and have been waiting since. My dealer says it can be any time now since they have the forms back. He has had errors corrections returned in as little as 2 weeks, I hope I get them back before it starts snowing!

 

[BDA.45]

NFA is quoting 16 months

Convinced a buddy to go class III and he did. His check was cashed 4 months ago, they told him possibly by May or something.... That was on monday of this week...

 

[PDXSparky]

How long have you guys been typically waiting to get your stamp after they cash your check?

Too freaking long, that's something we all can agree about.

 

[drew]

I was told it takes about 8 weeks for anything to even get into the system last week.

Ridiculous.

Tempted to contribute some money every year to the family to pay the SOT and add me on the FFL.

 

[RifleEnthusiast]

Just got my trust set up and I'll find out with you.....

Sorry to hijack the thread, but you didn't have to "register" it with the state did you? I filled out the papers, got them notarized, but I wanted to see if I need to register the trust with someone before I proceed to using it for my first purchase

 

[Modeler]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but you didn't have to "register" it with the state did you? I filled out the papers, got them notarized, but I wanted to see if I need to register the trust with someone before I proceed to using it for my first purchase

In short, nope. The state knows nothing about it.

 

[RifleEnthusiast]

In short, nope. The state knows nothing about it.

Great, thanks, well in that case, it wasn't as bad as some of the websites tried making the "hassle of setting up a trust" sound like, I printed it, took a buddy of mine to witness and got it notarized in a couple hours.

 

[PBinWA]

10 Months from what? The date you sent it? Check Cash? Pending?

The check cash to pending all happens pretty fast. 10 months was from around the time I sent the paperwork in.