current ATF wait time

clandestine · Mar 31, 2012

rsideout said:
Hey you cut in line! I just got 2 F1's back and they were pending for about 6 months.

I have no idea my friend.

ar15dave said:
No cheating. Putting first class stamp on the form and siging it "one of those NFA branch Inspectors, no really this is their signature" does not count.

Who did you bribe to get to the begining of the line? I would suspect rsideout has had some much stuff through the Dana would just see his name and automatically give him a stamp. Guess not.

Im assuming it was just some error that I benefited from. I dont think there is any method to my particular approvals madness.

Inigoes said:
Nah, that's about right for dealers

Im not a Dealer.

It was a Form 1 for my Trust sent personally. This SBR has nothing to do with Scotts.

Inigoes · Mar 31, 2012

clandestine said:
Im not a Dealer.

It was a Form 1 for my Trust sent personally. This SBR has nothing to do with Scotts.

Then somehow you got jumped in line :mad54:

clandestine · Mar 31, 2012

Inigoes said:
Then somehow you got jumped in line

Not intentionally on my part, well unless Dana knows me. I am a special guy you know. LOL

A guy came in Scotts about a week ago and had a Form 1 approved in 3 weeks. He showed me the peperwork and priority mail receipt too.

Theres no method to the madness.

iHasCrabs · Mar 31, 2012

clandestine said:
Not intentionally on my part, well unless Dana knows me. I am a special guy you know. LOL

A guy came in Scotts about a week ago and had a Form 1 approved in 3 weeks. He showed me the peperwork and priority mail receipt too.

Theres no method to the madness.

thats nuts but awesome for him and yours too. :thumbsup:

I'm waiting on a form 4 and form 2...will probably send out for 2 more stamps before I get anything back. Sent out for a suppressor in jan and was hoping to have it by the end of may for my birthday but that doesn't look promising haha.

rsideout · Mar 31, 2012

ar15dave said:
I would suspect rsideout has had so much stuff through that Dana would just see his name and automatically give him a stamp. Guess not.

Wish it worked that way. I did talk with Dana last week about an issue with my 2 recent F1's. After resolving the issue, I mentioned that I had 8 items in with him now. He chuckled and said wow, really? So hopefully name recognition WILL help with my next 6 pending items. :fingerscrossed:

rcpd34 · Mar 31, 2012

I sent a Form 1 and Form 4 in the same envelope. Checks got cashed the same day and they both went pending the same day. The Form 1 was approved over a month before the Form 4. Go figure.

Dogabutila · Mar 31, 2012

Do form 1's generally get processed before form 4's?

rcpd34 · Mar 31, 2012

They seem to for whatever reason.

MightyWarMonger · Apr 1, 2012

Thursday will be my 6 month mark since I went pending on my Form1 SBR hopeing I get my paperwork back in the mail soon.

erwos · Apr 2, 2012

Alright, I'm filing the paperwork for that 9mm SBR this week. The way the wait is now, there's not a bad chance I won't see it approved until next year anyways. *sigh*

TLL · Apr 3, 2012

I hit 6mos wait in acouple days. I feel Dana could send out stamps faster if people would leave him alone....

clandestine · Apr 3, 2012

TLL said:
I hit 6mos wait in acouple days. I feel Dana could send out stamps faster if people would leave him alone....

This is the most accurate thing I have read in this thread. I have done several NFA Stamps and not once have I contacted my NFA Examiner.

Every phone call pulls examiners AWAY from the work they have to do. I would bet that is people left the Examiners alone the wait time would be cut in half.

If I was in charge of the NFA Branch every phone call to an NA Examiner would reset the wait.

kfrede86 · Apr 3, 2012

clandestine said:
This is the most accurate thing I have read in this thread. I have done several NFA Stamps and not once have I contacted my NFA Examiner.

Every phone call pulls examiners AWAY from the work they have to do. I would bet that is people left the Examiners alone the wait time would be cut in half.

If I was in charge of the NFA Branch every phone call to an NA Examiner would reset the wait.

That's kinda how I feel. I'll get it when i get it.

ar15dave · Apr 3, 2012

I have called a couple of times to check on stamps in the past. I have never talked directly to any examiner, that I know of. I always get some nice lady willing to look up my info and that is it. I dont even know how to get ahold of my examiner directly if I was so inclined.

I am not a doctro and have NO patients (joke there). So why did I get into the NFA arena? Blame rsideout, he is a bad influence on me. BTW I am putting in for a 10/22 Intergral suppressed barrel and an OSprey 45 soon as well as two more SBRs.

rsideout - As for name recognition one would think with all your Form 1s and 4s you would not need to drop your name to Dana. He should know it off the top of his head.

Dave

HT4 · Apr 3, 2012

Sent in three Form 4's this weekend... my first three. Now the waiting game begins.

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Damn it!!! This really sucks.

Flipz · Apr 3, 2012

HT4 said:
Sent in three Form 4's this weekend... my first three. Now the waiting game begins.

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Damn it!!! This really sucks.

You have no idea. Just wait until some time goes by and then you realize you still have months to go. It sucks! :mad54:

erwos · Apr 3, 2012

The second worst part is realizing you've spent several grand this month and have absolutely no working guns to show for it... just a bunch of IOUs and engraved receivers.

Flipz · Apr 3, 2012

erwos said:
The second worst part is realizing you've spent several grand this month and have absolutely no working guns to show for it... just a bunch of IOUs and engraved receivers.

The third worst part is that during the waiting period youre still buying accessories or build parts for it that will end up just sitting there for months until you get your stamp back. They constantly remind you of the long wait ahead.

rsideout · Apr 3, 2012

clandestine said:
This is the most accurate thing I have read in this thread. I have done several NFA Stamps and not once have I contacted my NFA Examiner.

Every phone call pulls examiners AWAY from the work they have to do. I would bet that is people left the Examiners alone the wait time would be cut in half.

If I was in charge of the NFA Branch every phone call to an NA Examiner would reset the wait.

If you call to check on your status, you DO NOT speak with one of the actual reviewers. There are a couple of people there who just answer those calls. But I agree with you that I would not bother an actual reviewer with a simple status check call.

However, there are times when you might have to talk with your reviewer. I have about 25 approved stamps and have spoken with reviewers on 2 occasions. One call was related to an error letter from the reviewer and the other for a lingering "problem status" with a review. In both cases, after talking with the reviewer, the issue was resolved in under 3 minutes and the stamp ultimately issued. The one review with the "problem status" stayed that way for over 5 weeks. The lady answering the phones suggested that I talk with the reviewer. She put me through to him and 3 minutes later, my stamp was approved. As a side bonus, my next 2 stamps with that same reviewer were approved in 12 and 9 days from pending.

sgtbilco · Apr 3, 2012

I can't just "forget about it" with these cans, cause when I forget about it, I start thinking about other things and then I start thinking about new NFA ideas. It is a brutal cycle

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