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  • erwos

    The Hebrew Hammer
    MDS Supporter
    Mar 25, 2009
    13,866
    Rockville, MD
    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.
    To be fair, it's harder with form 1s... you've got a bunch of stuff staring you in the face for those. With form 4s, it's out of sight, out of mind and all that.

    It's also super-annoying to have thousands of dollars tied up in gear you can't use yet, but you shouldn't buy it if you can't afford it...
     

    IlikeNFA

    Certified Gear Queer
    Aug 27, 2008
    504
    Goodbye MD, Hello freedom
    1. NFA Item: SBS
    2. Form Type: Form 4
    3. Transferee: Trust
    4. CLEO sign-off: n/a
    5. Received CLEO: n/a
    6. Forms Sent: 1/9/12
    7. Check Cashed: 1/17/12
    8. Pending Date: 1/26/12
    9. Examiner Name:
    10. Approved Date:
    11. Forms Received:

    1. NFA Item: Suppressor
    2. Form Type: Form 4
    3. Transferee: Trust
    4. CLEO sign-off: n/a
    5. Received CLEO: n/a
    6. Forms Sent: 1/9/12
    7. Check Cashed: 1/17/12
    8. Pending Date: 1/26/12
    9. Examiner Name:
    10. Approved Date:
    11. Forms Received:
     

    dwnthehatch

    10-32
    Nov 6, 2007
    2,571
    Kent Island
    1. NFA Item: Machine Gun
    2. Form Type: Form 4
    3. Transferee: Trust
    4. CLEO sign-off: n/a
    5. Received CLEO: n/a
    6. Forms Sent: 12/21/11
    7. Check Cashed: unknown
    8. Pending Date: 1/09/12
    9. Examiner Name: Pickles
    10. Approved Date:
    11. Forms Received:

    1. NFA Item: SBS
    2. Form Type: Form 4
    3. Transferee: Trust
    4. CLEO sign-off: n/a
    5. Received CLEO: n/a
    6. Forms Sent: 12/31/11
    7. Check Cashed: unknown
    8. Pending Date: 1/17/12
    9. Examiner Name: Pickles
    10. Approved Date:
    11. Forms Received:
     

    DarthZed

    Ultimate Member
    Sep 25, 2010
    1,647
    Howard County
    Check was cashed 9/14/2011, got the stamp last friday 3/10/2012; so almost exactly 6 months. Oh, it was for an SBR'ed mini-Uzi, on a form 4.
     

    SkunkWerX

    Ultimate Member
    Jul 17, 2010
    1,577
    MoCo/HoCo border
    According to this guy's calculations, the wait is increasing 24 hours every three days. http://www.randominfo.net/NFA/WaitTimeTrend.php I went pending in October, and just mailed off another Form 1. MSP took six weeks again. If I go NFA again I'll get a trust.

    THAT link is just depressing. We do know that a few things have happened in the past year or so:

    1. A surge in NFA buying and overall more Forms being processed. it is rumored that in 2011 they processed upwards of 1 million forms. That's approx. 15 examiners, do the math.
    2. A least 2 Examiners leaving/retiring and NFA not being allowed to replace them.
    3. A reorganization of examiners by State rather than by 1st letter of Dealer name. This was supposed to help, we may never know how bad it might have been, or if this is helping cause the back log?

    I'm voting that items 1 and 2 are the culprits. Instead of a prognosis of late march/April for my next one to come back, I'm now leaning toward May.

    Only thing to do is put it out of my mind, and keep moving forward, one day my phone will ring and it will be a happy day.
     

    monkey

    B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
    Feb 20, 2012
    472
    Monkey County
    Oops, I dropped my paperwork off at Engage on March 9 and it was cashed March 20. I must have looked at the wrong calendar. I'm getting a Sparrow as well!
     

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