current ATF wait time

eschafer · Feb 27, 2012

Just called today on my form 4 that went pending 09/12/11... APPROVED 02/24/12!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :party29:

Come on USPS! Always waiting on the goverment.... At least I can see the light at the end of the 5 1/2 month long NFA tunnel! Already have paperwork at MSP for 2 AR sbr builds awaiting CLEO signoff.... seems like once i get done ill be getting right back in line... :sad20:

DarthZed · Feb 27, 2012

I would like to call and check on mine. Its probably coming due since my check got cashed 9/14/2011. I just hate to feel like a pest.
With my luck, I could just see the whole thing going something like this:

{examiner hangs up phone} "Well Mr. so-and-so, gonna call and make me take time outta my day to deal with your whinny questions huh? Well, right to the bottom of the pile of paperwork you go! And by the time i get down to you again, I'm sure I can find some typo that you're gonna need to address before I allow you to resubmitt. MWUHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

rsideout · Feb 27, 2012

DarthZed said:
I would like to call and check on mine. Its probably coming due since my check got cashed 9/14/2011. I just hate to feel like a pest.
With my luck, I could just see the whole thing going something like this:

{examiner hangs up phone} "Well Mr. so-and-so, gonna call and make me take time outta my day to deal with your whinny questions huh? Well, right to the bottom of the pile of paperwork you go! And by the time i get down to you again, I'm sure I can find some typo that you're gonna need to address before I allow you to resubmitt. MWUHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

It's not like that at all when you call. They are very helpful and the people answering the phones are not the reviewers.

Also, if your check was cashed 9/14, then you probably went pending 9/25. I had a check cashed 9/15 and I went pending 9/26. We're both close, but still a week or two away.

Inigoes · Feb 27, 2012

rsideout said:
Also, if your check was cashed 9/14, then you probably went pending 9/25. I had a check cashed 9/15 and I went pending 9/26. We're both close, but still a week or two away.

Don't always expect a fast "check cashed" to "pending" status.

The forms I submitted last month took about 3 weeks to go from "check cashed" to "pending".

rsideout · Feb 27, 2012

Inigoes said:
Don't always expect a fast "check cashed" to "pending" status.

The forms I submitted last month took about 3 weeks to go from "check cashed" to "pending".

I know that they tend to run fairly consistant for a particular point in time. Back in September through November it was running 10-12 days from cashed to pending. All 5 of mine in that time frame fall into that range. His check was cashed 1 day before mine, so fairly simple to do the math and guess his pending date. And I'll bet you a beer that I'm correct within one day. :beer:

Flipz · Feb 27, 2012

rsideout said:
I know that they tend to run fairly consistant for a particular point in time. Back in September through November it was running 10-12 days from cashed to pending. All 5 of mine in that time frame fall into that range. His check was cashed 1 day before mine, so fairly simple to do the math and guess his pending date. And I'll bet you a beer that I'm correct within one day.

rsideout does have a pretty good record when it comes to estimating these things. Why he doesnt become a bookie baffles me, lol. :innocent0

VWTurbo · Feb 27, 2012

Flipz said:
rsideout does have a pretty good record when it comes to estimating these things. Why he doesnt become a bookie baffles me, lol.

Yeah, 'cause most people only have 1 or 2 data points, he has enough to plot the path of haleys commet

Flipz · Feb 27, 2012

VWTurbo said:
Yeah, 'cause most people only have 1 or 2 data points, he has enough to plot the path of haleys commet

lol, so true! :lol2:

rsideout · Feb 27, 2012

VWTurbo said:
Yeah, 'cause most people only have 1 or 2 data points, he has enough to plot the path of haleys commet

Give me another 3 weeks and I'll have some more data.

yellowfin · Feb 27, 2012

I know the government is supposedly on a hiring freeze, but is there any specific reason they can't allocate some extra individuals over to the NFA branch, like say two dozen more?

kfrede86 · Feb 28, 2012

My check was just cashed as of this morning so hopefully I'll be seeing my suppressor in July. :party29:

ar15dave · Feb 28, 2012

yellowfin said:
I know the government is supposedly on a hiring freeze, but is there any specific reason they can't allocate some extra individuals over to the NFA branch, like say two dozen more?

Because if they did they would be encouraging rsideout to put in even more form 4's and 1's and the system would get backed up again. It would merely be a short term solution.

I am waiting on two form 4's and a form 1 myself. :party29:

Dave

dirtybird · Mar 4, 2012

DarthZed said:
I would like to call and check on mine. Its probably coming due since my check got cashed 9/14/2011. I just hate to feel like a pest.
With my luck, I could just see the whole thing going something like this:

{examiner hangs up phone} "Well Mr. so-and-so, gonna call and make me take time outta my day to deal with your whinny questions huh? Well, right to the bottom of the pile of paperwork you go! And by the time i get down to you again, I'm sure I can find some typo that you're gonna need to address before I allow you to resubmitt. MWUHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Granted I've only called 3 times. I send batches in, so three times I've called and asked about 3 or so serial #'s, but every time I've called pretty sure it was same woman, and she was pretty nice, about as cheery as you could expect someone who answers our calls all day long, asking the same questions.

Markp · Mar 4, 2012

yellowfin said:
I know the government is supposedly on a hiring freeze, but is there any specific reason they can't allocate some extra individuals over to the NFA branch, like say two dozen more?

It's a fvcked situation, since the taxes collected more than cover the cost of the work done. There is no reason they can't do it that I am aware of, but that's just the way things are rolling right now... Who knows if I will even see my MG before I PCS.

ericoak · Mar 4, 2012

Markp said:
It's a fvcked situation, since the taxes collected more than cover the cost of the work done. There is no reason they can't do it that I am aware of, but that's just the way things are rolling right now... Who knows if I will even see my MG before I PCS.

Because hiring more examiners wouldn't drastically change the amount of $200 checks they receive but would greatly increase the staffing budget. Thus a net loss in money.

If you could get your NFA item in a week or something that might drastically changed the amount of forms they get though.

Markp · Mar 5, 2012

ericoak said:
Because hiring more examiners wouldn't drastically change the amount of $200 checks they receive but would greatly increase the staffing budget. Thus a net loss in money.

If you could get your NFA item in a week or something that might drastically changed the amount of forms they get though.

Yes, I would do a lot more NFA transfers if they were quicker.

erwos · Mar 6, 2012

I put a couple of form 1s in the mail yesterday for AR-15 lowers, so now I'm up to 3 stamps in the process. (I suppose it'll be four when I have to fill out the form 4 paperwork on my Galil SAR in the next couple weeks.)

Honestly, my coping process at this point is to just engrave, pay, and forget.

ar15dave · Mar 6, 2012

erwos said:
Honestly, my coping process at this point is to just engrave, pay, and forget.

I try to do that but the closer I get to the "due date" the more it creeps to the front of my head. Two Form 4s and a Form 1 pending.

Dave

rico903 · Mar 7, 2012

6 months on a can as of last week and no word.

Inigoes · Mar 7, 2012

BATFE has gone into October for "pending status" based on www.NFAtracker.com.

Only a couple of more weeks....

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