The "90 day E Form"

[teamvit]

I received a e form 4 approval this weekend and it was right at 6 months

 

[sierracharlie338]

Yeah as others has said, way to high of an influx for the gov to keep up with. I use the ole “set it and forget it” mentality for the most part and it seems to help.

 

[LeftyWilbury]

put in march 2023, approved october 2023 - 7 months or so
put in oct 2023...approved dec 2023 - 2 months

in our communications with the ATF our local agent said the delay comes from the ATF handing the background check off to the FBI. there's no requirement the FBI process anything in a timely manner. it eventually comes back to ATF, they approve/disapprove, we get email.

our best guess as to why it can take 4 weeks or 14 months is towards the end of the year, when they need to report their metrics they start processing from both ends of the stack. some of us get lucky when they average in the 2 month approval times with the 14 months....

best advice: just keep buying suppressors and forgetting about dates!

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Put mine in 9/10/23 and no word yet. Individual, not a trust...

 

[Matt5266]

put in march 2023, approved october 2023 - 7 months or so
put in oct 2023...approved dec 2023 - 2 months

in our communications with the ATF our local agent said the delay comes from the ATF handing the background check off to the FBI. there's no requirement the FBI process anything in a timely manner. it eventually comes back to ATF, they approve/disapprove, we get email.

our best guess as to why it can take 4 weeks or 14 months is towards the end of the year, when they need to report their metrics they start processing from both ends of the stack. some of us get lucky when they average in the 2 month approval times with the 14 months....

best advice: just keep buying suppressors and forgetting about dates!

Great advice! Thanks

 

[Loo.wii]

My most recent supressor Form 4 was approved today. My 90 day E Form took 11 months & 3 weeks. Man that was a long wait. My last one that I did took 9 months. I dont understand why it takes so long. Anyone else having this issue or are you seeing quicker turn around times? Curious because I'm contemplating buying another and wonder what the current trend is.

My first 9day e form took 75 days. My second and third took about 200 and came and both came in within days of each other. I haven’t applied for a can since sept of 2022

 

[Loo.wii]

Put mine in 9/10/23 and no word yet. Individual, not a trust...

If you want to see a good analysis of current times based on crowdsourced info check out the NFA sub Reddit

 

[Randy181421]

My recent one took 7 months

 

[eoperator]

best advice: just keep buying suppressors and forgetting about dates!

I am a firm believer in this philosophy ^^

 

[Bluumoon]

Submitted #1 7/22, rejected (gun store screw up) 6/23, resubmitted 7/23 - still waiting
#2 submitted 8/23
#3 submitted 9/23

#2 and #3 out of jail 11/23
#1 still pending

Saw someone post that purchasing a couple close together gets you to the top of a pile, figured I'd give it a shot and what do you know.

 

[Cubby]

All this makes me glad I bought my first can and 5 months later bought 5 more cans and 13 months after I filed for my first one I was approved for all of them, so 13 months later I have all 6 of my cans.

 

[Goody454]

I had a Form-4 suppressor come back in 2-months last year (before “brace amnesty”).

My current Form-4 has been in their hands since May ‘23, and I’ll be happy to get the stamp by May ‘24.