current ATF wait time

[SneakySh0rty]

While I was asleep, received 3 approvals, all efiled

Form 1 22lr Suppressor
Submitted: 6/06/15
Approved: 9/27/15

Form 1 300 BLK Suppressor
Submitted: 6/06/15
Approved: 9/27/15

Form 1 300 BLK SBR
Submitted: 7/21/15
Approved: 9/27/15

I was surprised by the SBR being approved at the same time, especially when it was over a month from the other two. All signed by Ted Cutler

 

[bobthefisher]

Nice turnaround! That gives some credence to the idea that they do some type or combination of; person/trust submitted, Form type, or state, in bulk approval sessions. He probably saw you had another eFile pending and just hooked you up. Mr. Clutter goes back-and-forth on his moods, which is understandable working for that agency.

 

[Pmbspyder]

Form 4 sparrow, trust

Check cashed: 6/9
Approved: 9/18
Stamp Recieved, picked up: 9/29

 

[JohnnyE]

Strange happenings as I see it. My first form 4 trust check cashed in Feb and was approved in May, 90 days later. Now, I am still waiting on another form 4 trust and that check cashed May 5. In another week it will be 150 days, with no end in sight.

 

[fred333]

Form 1 (SBR) via eFile (trust) - 1 Oct
CC charged - 1 Oct
Now, the [~four month?] wait begins....

 

[JohnnyE]

Strange happenings as I see it. My first form 4 trust check cashed in Feb and was approved in May, 90 days later. Now, I am still waiting on another form 4 trust and that check cashed May 5. In another week it will be 150 days, with no end in sight.

UPDATE:
Had two Form 4 for different trusts, one for a suppressor, the other a MG. Everything went to BATFE in the same envelope. Both checks were cashed May 4 and the applications went pending at that time.

The Suppressor stamp is dated August 31 (119 days), and the MG stamp is dated September 23 (142 days). Each Form 4 was approved by a different Authorized ATF official. I think it is strange that my two applications were split up and landed on different desks.

 

[OrbitalEllipses]

UPDATE:
Had two Form 4 for different trusts, one for a suppressor, the other a MG. Everything went to BATFE in the same envelope. Both checks were cashed May 4 and the applications went pending at that time.

The Suppressor stamp is dated August 31 (119 days), and the MG stamp is dated September 23 (142 days). Each Form 4 was approved by a different Authorized ATF official. I think it is strange that my two applications were split up and landed on different desks.

I've definitely heard ATF before say that "if it came in one envelope, it leaves in one envelope" more or less. That was, of course, ******** as we can tell from your above situation.

 

[Sleepy]

Individual paper file

.22 Suppresor

Check cashed July 15
Stamp recieved October 3

80 days. Seems pretty quick if you don't count the MSP wait.

I'm going to Engage tomorrow to pick it up.

 

[SWO Daddy]

Individual paper file

.22 Suppresor

Check cashed July 15
Stamp recieved October 3

80 days. Seems pretty quick if you don't count the MSP wait.

I'm going to Engage tomorrow to pick it up.

For some incomprehensible reason, trusts are taking longer than individuals. I'm still waiting on my Form 4 - check cashed June 17th.

 

[JohnnyE]

UPDATE:
Had two Form 4 for different trusts, one for a suppressor, the other a MG. Everything went to BATFE in the same envelope. Both checks were cashed May 4 and the applications went pending at that time.

The Suppressor stamp is dated August 31 (119 days), and the MG stamp is dated September 23 (142 days). Each Form 4 was approved by a different Authorized ATF official. I think it is strange that my two applications were split up and landed on different desks.

I've definitely heard ATF before say that "if it came in one envelope, it leaves in one envelope" more or less. That was, of course, ******** as we can tell from your above situation.

Indeed. I'll add that both trusts were identical Brittany Stouffer trusts where literally only the name of each trust was different, and one was for a MG and the other adding a can to a trust that already had a MG in it from an earlier May approval. I am trustee and beneficiary on both. That they got approved at different times since they were very nearly identical is what really puzzled me.

 

[Pinecone]

Why do you have more than one trust?

Just wondering.

 

[JohnnyE]

Why do you have more than one trust?

Just wondering.

Provides clarity if adding different beneficiaries who are getting access to different firearms, and for more simply and certainly providing for different recipients at the time of my death. Since there was no extra cost for having multiple trusts, it was an easy decision.

 

[antco]

Form 4 Suppressor
Trust
Mailed: 6/1
Pending: Don't know
Check cashed: Don't know
Approved: 9/25 by Sarah Dunlap
Picked up: 10/5

 

[SWO Daddy]

Just got the email from Joe at SureShot that my Sandman S is ready to pick up........

Form 4 Suppressor
Trust
Purchase out-of-state: 4/9
Form 3 Approved: 6/05
Mailed Form 4: 6/12
Check cashed: 6/17
Approved: TBD
Picked up: 10/9

Exactly 6 months from purchase date.

 

[Butcher]

My buddy submitted his individual form 4 suppressor paperwork in beginning week of August and got his stamp back October 1

 

[Bboarder]

Sparrow, Via Trust
Check cashed 6/26
Picked up 10/10/15

 

[gvan1998]

WOOT. ATF received my app on 8-14-15. Today 8-19-15, they cashed my checks.

Approved 9-24-15!!!!! and got my stamp about a week later. I went the CLEO signature route. MSP took longer than the ATF. MSP took 1.5 month to get it approved.

 

[Sundazes]

Form 4 Suppressor- Trust
Check cashed 6/30/15
Approved 10/07/15
Called 10/10/15

 

[shooterhyde]

Form 4 Suppressor, Trust
Check Cashed 10-7
Approved - ???

 

[94hokie]

2 Form 4 Suppressors (Trust)

Checks cashed- 6/21/15
Approved- 9/29/15