Suppressor wait times

[270quest]

I went thru SC for a Backcountry Banish. Was submitted on 2/18...Got an email this morning showing approved thru the ATF.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Submitted 9/13 and still "pending". Talked to ATF last week to confirm as individuals don't receive updates on the e-form site. *&^%$#@ BS.

 

[Hunter609]

Certified 4/11, delivered to my door 5/8.

 

[Tdonat]

Scythe ti purchased through LGS/silencershop. Certified 5/5/24, approved 5/8/24

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

You guys suck. J/K

Why wouldn't ATF work first in first out to catch up? Freaking feds anyways..

 

[madgrad02]

What timeframe are folks typically waiting to call and check on the status? I have mine in a 2 party trust (myself and the Mrs - to be able to take hunting with the kids - maybe that was a poor choice given all the individual ones going through so expeditiously). Sitting at 211, 191, 155, and 32 days (respectively) for each of the 4 I have in jail.

 

[atmat]

What timeframe are folks typically waiting to call and check on the status? I have mine in a 2 party trust (myself and the Mrs - to be able to take hunting with the kids - maybe that was a poor choice given all the individual ones going through so expeditiously). Sitting at 211, 191, 155, and 32 days (respectively) for each of the 4 I have in jail.

Trust is a better option. It sucks being delayed. But long term you’ll be better off.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

What timeframe are folks typically waiting to call and check on the status? I have mine in a 2 party trust (myself and the Mrs - to be able to take hunting with the kids - maybe that was a poor choice given all the individual ones going through so expeditiously). Sitting at 211, 191, 155, and 32 days (respectively) for each of the 4 I have in jail.

My FFL said he expected it to be March timeframe. That came and went, and so I started calling a few weeks ago. Left messages with no return and finally got a live person last week.

 

[wesfromky]

What timeframe are folks typically waiting to call and check on the status? I have mine in a 2 party trust (myself and the Mrs - to be able to take hunting with the kids - maybe that was a poor choice given all the individual ones going through so expeditiously). Sitting at 211, 191, 155, and 32 days (respectively) for each of the 4 I have in jail.

When you call the ATF, be ready for an hour or so wait on hold and have your control numbers ready. They mostly tell you have the forms have been received, if they are processing them, or if you are delayed. If you are delayed by NCIS, then you can try to contact the FBI, but lately, they seem to just be giving generic responses due to the volume of calls. At some point you can try to involve your congress critter, but people have mixed results with that as well.

 

[finner]

My FFL said he expected it to be March timeframe. That came and went, and so I started calling a few weeks ago. Left messages with no return and finally got a live person last week.

You contact your representative yet? Helped for my first couple cans

 

[mountainman406]

Trust submitted 12/28(x2)
Approved 5/8 and 5/9

Hoping to have something in hand in the next couple weeks, all completed through SilenceCentral.


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[jjohnsonElknewbie]

You contact your representative yet? Helped for my first couple cans

Not yet, but that will be my next step.

 

[finner]

Not yet, but that will be my next step.

Try both of your senators and your representative. I went 1/3 on them being responsive and actually following up with ATF on my behalf.

 

[camelcluch]

I just got two. Two days each.

 

[Ozarkansas]

Mine just got approved after 4 months, not as fast as some people are getting who started the process a month after me, but still pretty fast

 

[Cowsmilk]

Glad to see the jail times are dropping. I’ve got to get one for my 22mag to make it quieter. Bolt action 22mag with a suppressor, should be fairly quiet.

 

[SloppyJ]

Not yet, but that will be my next step.

I don't know if this helped last time on mine or not but it seems the hang up is the FBI background checks. I emailed the FBI and let them know that was what I was waiting on and magically they were approved a couple weeks after.

I'm sitting on one from 3/13 and then two more from April. I went individual because of the quick turnaround and wish I would have just done single shot trusts on all of them at this point.

 

[twall13]

Only 1 data point, but it looks like things are starting to get approved faster with trusts as well. I just had two get approved as a batch on my trust much quicker than expected.

Dead Air Mask 22 submitted 2/27/24, Approved 5/14/2024
TBAC Ultra 5 Submitted 4/8/2024, Approved 5/14/2024

I did both of them through Silencer Central since they already had my information and I wasn't in a big rush as I already have a couple cans I can move around if needed. All that to say I likely won't get them in hand for another couple of weeks but it shaved about 7 months off of my wait on my first couple of cans. Still not as quick as individual approvals seem to be coming in, but an improvement nonetheless and they do indeed seem to be approving them in batches on the same trust.

 

[pattimusprime22]

You may be right. I just had a single shot trust approved quicker than any of my previous ones. 76 days. Certified 2/27, approved 5/13.

 

[SIR_34:16]

Only 1 data point, but it looks like things are starting to get approved faster with trusts as well. I just had two get approved as a batch on my trust much quicker than expected.

Dead Air Mask 22 submitted 2/27/24, Approved 5/14/2024
TBAC Ultra 5 Submitted 4/8/2024, Approved 5/14/2024