Suppressor wait times

[Marbles]

Bringing this back up. No idea what the new year will bring. Please post your wait timed here!

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Thread 'NFA Approval after January 1'

Jan 3, 2026

I know there was a lot of speculation with extended wait times being possible due to a surge of applications on Jan 1. My application was submitted after hours on the 1st, and approved this morning.

While I wish suppressors weren’t NFA regulated anymore, it’s a breathe of fresh air to see the speed of approvals continue to be reasonable.

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[prcwv]

4 days on my 4rh one an it was over the weekend so could have been shorter im sure

 

[h2so4]

It took silencer shop forever to review my documents (Jan 2 - Jan 8). I’ll get certified tomorrow.

 

[benconfused]

It took silencer shop forever to review my documents (Jan 2 - Jan 8). I’ll get certified tomorrow.

That is what I'm waiting on. Did you buy the suppressor from them and/or use their trust?

 

[h2so4]

That is what I'm waiting on. Did you buy the suppressor from them and/or use their trust?

No- on both. My shop uses the Kiosk and SS to process it. Mine is on a different trust.

 

[dårlig jeger]

I'm shocked to hear about some of these short waits. Plus, there's a lot of cans in stock. Might have to jump back in line!

I was pretty sure everything would sell out or the wait would be forever.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

Had a buddy submit on the 2nd and was approved on the 6th

Oh boy this is juicy. Makes me wonder if the previous wait times were artificially/intentionally long.

 

[Bluefish]

Oh boy this is juicy. Makes me wonder if the previous wait times were artificially/intentionally long.

I have heard approvals are still pretty quick, but getting them submitted is the bottleneck. The atf automated a lot of the process last year which sped things up. That is paying off now.

 

[zekepa]

Started the process with Silencer Central 12-4-25, seemed to take a long time for them mailing the fingerprint cards to me. Cards arrived at my house on 12-15-25, mailed them back the same day. Received notification from Silencer Central on 12-26-25 that everything was ready to submit, of course that was during the blackout period. Made calls to them for the certification on Saturday Jan 2nd, Monday 5th, and Tuesday 6th result of calls was error submitting to the ATF. Wait times on the calls to talk to a person was from 1 to 1.5 hours, was number 137 on the first call on Saturday called in the afternoon. Was number 117 on Tuesday at 8:05 central time. Called right at 8am on Wednesday started at number 22, paperwork successfully submitted to ATF. Now to see how long until it is approved. Will update when that happens.

 

[Hyde Hunter]

one of the slow mail reasons is that in So Dakota our mail has to go through Fargo N Dakota now, it used to be Sioux Falls.

 

[mtnbound]

It’s the slowest approval I have seen in over a year. Last year, on more than one occasion, I purchased on a Saturday, certified on Monday and pick it up on Thursday. This week it took 45 minutes to just get the certification to go through SS. I lost count how many times I tried and still no approval but I saving money so I’ll stop whining.