current ATF wait time

[QM2]

Submitted 9/26/13 Just got tax stamp 3 days ago.... Goodness gracious.

 

[Pinecone]

Form 1 or Form 4?

 

[QM2]

Form 1

 

[j_h_smith]

WOW, that's the longest I've heard of in a long time. Actually I may not have heard of anyone waiting 11 months and a few days.

Glad you finally got it.
Jim Smith

 

[QM2]

Sorry, should have been a bit more clear in my post...Should have been about 9 months .... I had to re-submit my paperwork , my fault of course. But I'm happy I have it also.... Finally get to hit the range....

 

[Pushrod]

I'm still waiting on stamps on two suppressors. Submitted the first week of April, trust, electronically. I am hoping for sometime this fall.

 

[rbird7282]

I'm still waiting on stamps on two suppressors. Submitted the first week of April, trust, electronically. I am hoping for sometime this fall.

I've got a suppressor stamp put in about the same time on a trust, but went in on paper as e-file was down. Hoping for October.........


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[mtlcafan79]

Guy on 300blktalk just got a form 1 back in 18 days.

 

[aaronn]

I'm still waiting on stamps on two suppressors. Submitted the first week of April, trust, electronically. I am hoping for sometime this fall.

Mine went in 3/28 and still waiting. Hopefully within the next few months.

 

[ar15dave]

I put in a Form 4 paper/trust around July 20th or so and it went pending around Aug 6th I think. I thought it would be approved already since I used the name Chuck Norris on the paperwork but, I guess I will need to wait just like everyone else.

On NFATracker it is showing 5-9 months for approvals. I am hoping for the lesser of the two numbers.

Dave

 

[Sveiks]

Holy Crap!

I submitted a Form 1 via eForms on 8/12 to SBR my 9mm Rock River AR. I got an email today stating:

This is to advise you that the status of your eForms submission with the subject Permit/Control number has changed to APPROVED
Permit/Control No: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Your Reference No:
Submission Date: 2014-08-12-04:00
Form ID: ATF FORM 1 (5320.1) - APPLICATION TO MAKE AND REGISTER A FIREARM
Please logon to the eForms site for more details.
If you have any questions about your eForms submission, please contact:
for Imports questions, call (304) 616-4550
for NFA questions, call (304) 616-4500
for AFMER questions, call (304) 616-4590
for Firearms Licensing questions, call 1-866-662-2750
Thank you for using eForms.

I almost feel like I'm being Punk'd.

 

[Desertf0x9]

I'm about to cancel my 2 paper form 1 and eform it!

 

[Topher]

Who has actually cancelled and re-applied?
Is it worth it?

I am tending to think yes.

 

[Sveiks]

Well ain't this a gub'ment operation

I just tried to go to the eForms site and see this message:

"eForms Outage

The eForms System will be unavailable for industry use each Wednesday, from 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. (EST) in order for ATF to conduct routine maintenance and processing.

Please direct any questions about this message to eForms.admin@atf.gov."


I have been in the IT sector for over 15 years and 9 of those years either contracting to, or working for the federal government and the rest working for Fortune 500 or in some cases Fortune 100 companies and this is nuts. Rule number 1 of IT maintenance: YOU DO IT AFTER HOURS!!!!

Taking a site down from 6am to 6pm form what they call 'routine' is either a lie, or stupid. Considering the message says they do it every Wednesday, I'm leaning towards 'stupid.



Ok, I'm done ranting.

 

[Sveiks]

I also submitted another Form 1 (pre-oct 1st lower) on 8/31. I marked the OAL as 29.5"

I'll post if anything happens.

 

[Sveiks]

Form 4s and such

Can you guys imagine what will happen to the NFA market if they get the Form 4s to turn around in a matter of weeks?

Initially, my primary reason for not buying a NFA item wasn't cost, it was the time i had to wait. Call me crazy, but if I drop $1500 on a toy, I want to play with it NOW.

If they can turn a Form 4 into a 3-6 week wait, i think there will be a HUGE increase in SBR\Suppressor sales.

it should be interesting to watch... of course, then you get into 'diminished returns.' turn around time lowers, more people buy, more for ATF to process, turn around time increases, people stop buying....

rinse and repeat.

 

[awptickes]

I just tried to go to the eForms site and see this message:

"eForms Outage

The eForms System will be unavailable for industry use each Wednesday, from 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. (EST) in order for ATF to conduct routine maintenance and processing.

Please direct any questions about this message to eForms.admin@atf.gov."


I have been in the IT sector for over 15 years and 9 of those years either contracting to, or working for the federal government and the rest working for Fortune 500 or in some cases Fortune 100 companies and this is nuts. Rule number 1 of IT maintenance: YOU DO IT AFTER HOURS!!!!

Taking a site down from 6am to 6pm form what they call 'routine' is either a lie, or stupid. Considering the message says they do it every Wednesday, I'm leaning towards 'stupid.



Ok, I'm done ranting.

It's been that way since the inception of the system. They don't take it down intentionally on weekends or holidays. Think about when most firearms sales are done. (hint, not at 7am EDT.)


Do a paper form then.

 

[Sveiks]

It's been that way since the inception of the system. They don't take it down intentionally on weekends or holidays. Think about when most firearms sales are done. (hint, not at 7am EDT.)


Do a paper form then.

when are most firearm sales done? During BUSINESS HOURS. when should the system be down? non-business hours. like 9pm to 7am...

oh well... I don't want to hijack this thread into a conversation of how to perform datacenter operations.

 

[Pinecone]

Form 1s are for MANUFACTURE, not sales.

 

[OrbitalEllipses]

Taking a site down from 6am to 6pm form what they call 'routine' is either a lie, or stupid. Considering the message says they do it every Wednesday, I'm leaning towards 'stupid.



Ok, I'm done ranting.

Call the wambulance. The site was borderline unusable before and had rolling outages every day for hours at a time - both planned and unplanned. I have yet to experience an unplanned outage and the ATF very clearly said Wednesday would be maintenance day when they brought the system back up.

Man, you're like the guys who complain Blizzard has patch day/maintenance every Tuesday for half the day...