ATF Form 4 Wait Times.

William Suter said:
Being on a fairly tight budget, sometimes its hard to turn loose of that much money for a suppressor. Seems I save some back and something pops up and what I had saved goes elsewhere. Sometimes its a new rifle that I probably didn't really need but we all know about "need". LOL Not making excuses but I'm not a youngin' anymore either. I know my days are numbered and my family is going to have a hard enough time with the stuff I have gathered through the years and dealing with a suppressor just adds to the confusion.
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You spend more money on spur of the moment gun purchases than anyone I know. Not poking fun at ya, just a little jelly. Haha
Take 2 or maybe 3 of those non-necessary purchases any you'd have a can already.
 
crapshoot said:
You spend more money on spur of the moment gun purchases than anyone I know. Not poking fun at ya, just a little jelly. Haha
Take 2 or maybe 3 of those non-necessary purchases any you'd have a can already.
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LOL, you know me to well. I am a spur of the moment type for sure. And........I have a safe full of "non-necessary" items. But they're fun!! Seems as though everytime I say I'm gonna thin the herd my herd gets bigger. I could shoot a different rifle everyday for weeks. Something for all occasions. But.......not a single AR. Been thinking I might need one of those to but I seem to be able to pass them up pretty easily. Bolts rifles, lever guns and single shots, no so easy.

Now here's the honest truth. I'm no spring chicken as most of you know. I watch wives of friends trying to sell off their deceased husbands firearms and the hassle they go through. My collected firearms and "stuff" are going to be hard enough for her to sell without adding a suppressor to the mess. I did go last week to buy a suppressor but they sere sold out of the one I wanted and couldn't even order me one. I went to another store and saw one I liked but started talking to the sales person and he told me what I needed to do. It all sounded like a huge PITA just to buy it and then I got to thinking how much hassle it would be for her to get rid of it. After all that I just said maybe I really don't "need" one as bad as I thought I did. Granted I would like to have one but she doesn't need more problems that we/she already has. So, I decided I'll just stick to things (firearms) that can be sold without a lot of trouble for her. And that's the truth.
 
Bought a Sparrow a few weeks ago and it took less than 24 hours for approval. So, I bought another one in 30 cal and so far its at 10 days.
 
just got delayed background check from one on 1-24-24 and the other on 8-19-24. Both resubmitted last wk, now to see how long it takes this time around. i already own 3 other suppressors so its not something on my record or anything
 
squid20 said:
just got delayed background check from one on 1-24-24 and the other on 8-19-24. Both resubmitted last wk, now to see how long it takes this time around. i already own 3 other suppressors so its not something on my record or anything
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Who did you go through?
 
NevadaZielmeister said:
Question: So are you guys and girls seeing an increase in wait times now? I bought one 2 months ago and it was about 48 hours. A friend bought his a month ago and he is still waiting.
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eForms filed on the following dates: one 8/29/24 and two 9/16/24 with all three approved and picked up 9/30/24.

I pre-ordered a Nomad Ti XC (FDE) in June arrived at the dealer and submitted eForm yesterday (11/18/2024) so we'll see how long this one takes.
 
greengt88 said:
Actual suppressor to come of back order…no they can’t do anything until they have the serial # on the suppressor and possession of the suppressor as the FFL.
Was told 1-3 week wait for it to come in July 20th…and now going in to 2nd week of October. Everything else is completed on my end. Filing as individual, so should hopefully go smoothly once paperwork is submitted. SilencerCo must be slammed with orders. Dealer is a Gold Level Silencer Shop dealer with Kiosk.
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Got an email Friday that suppressor is off back order…I e-signed form 4, so now waiting on form 3 approval and then form 4…Silencer Shop says 1-5 days for form 3 and 1-77 days for form 4….so hurry up and wait some more!
 
greengt88 said:
Got an email Friday that suppressor is off back order…I e-signed form 4, so now waiting on form 3 approval and then form 4…Silencer Shop says 1-5 days for form 3 and 1-77 days for form 4….so hurry up and wait some more!
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Have now exceeded the 5 days for form 3 approval.
Thinking I’ll be lucky if everything is done before end of the year…was hoping to have suppressor by rifle season this year. Still have a week, fingers crossed.
 
Says 9hrs to now 4 days instead of 5.
Wondering if I should call Silencer Shop, my 4473’s normally get approval in under 20 minutes.
Did my e-sign on 15th, now 24th. I don’t think weekends are counted, so assuming it’s M-F, 5 business days…so should’ve been approved following Friday…maybe I’ll get an email this week..if not, I will likely call.
I know things can def take longer than projected, this is 1st suppressor for me, so just going by what’s stated.
 

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First suppressor (Trust) through Silencer Central took right under 8 months from ordering to my door. Second one (Trust) took a little over 3 months. Not too bad to me, for a trust.
 
I've made a few purchases this summer 1st in may took 47 days
2nd in Sept took 22 days ...
Finally my AB Raptor 10 ring with 5" Reflex came in after 5 months to build it
I have that and another AB Warthog sitting in jail , it's been 64 days as of today

these are form 4 Efile individual
 
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