Wait time dropped?

Deja vu · August 22, 2015, 12:04 AM

Forms sent: 6/29/15
Forms arrive: 7/1/15
Check Cashed: 7/3/15
Pending: 7/6/15
Approved: 8/8/15
Stamp Arrived at: 8/21/15

Just over a month from arrival to approval! That is crazy awesome! I called the NFA to get a pending date and they gave me an approval date!

Liberty Mystic X for my Ruger 77/357!

My last one was about 7 months my first one was about 1 year.

Mobuck · August 22, 2015, 07:29 AM

Maybe "someone" called his extremely pro-gun Congressman and bitched about "being held hostage" by BATFE for months on end.

9x19 · August 22, 2015, 09:03 AM

Congrats.

Are you planning to have the barrel shortened on your 77/357, or just threaded as is? Who's doing the work for you?

precision_shooter · August 22, 2015, 09:16 AM

Wish mine was that fast...

Submitted EForm 1 with payment on 6/18. Still in "Submitted/In Process" status...Maybe it will be approved by my birthday here in a couple weeks...

Deja vu · August 22, 2015, 07:28 PM

I had it threaded here locally. I had the barrel cut to 16.25 inches and then had Iron sights reinstalled as a backup to my scope (Leupold 2X7 in silver)

Sharkbite · August 22, 2015, 07:32 PM

That is AWESOME. Im sending in another Form 4 on Monday. Hope i get a response like that!!!

smee78 · August 22, 2015, 08:59 PM

I've been waiting 4 months now, no fast track for me??? I guess I need to call for an update.

What ATF number do you have to call to get an update?

Deja vu · August 22, 2015, 10:54 PM

the NFA branch is 304 616-4500

smee78 · August 23, 2015, 09:15 AM

Thanks for the number, I will give them a call on Monday.

precision_shooter · August 23, 2015, 08:42 PM

Looks like the wait time has increased here in TX...
Guy on a local forum just got his eform 1 back and it took a little over 3.5 months! 112 days to be exact... Must be nice to live in a region where there are not as many submissions or they have more agents working them...

RCT · August 23, 2015, 11:28 PM

The NFA branch hired a bunch of new examiners late last year and early this year. They are finally up to speed and friendly too.

As a result they are not as back logged anymore.

I got a form 3 approved in 17 total days including weekends the other day. Fastest ever to date.

I do wonder how Minnesota and Vermont coming on line will affect things?

Txhillbilly · August 25, 2015, 08:24 PM

I'm still waiting on two cans to be shipped to my local dealer so I can start the waiting process again! It's going on two months since I purchased them from another dealer.

August 22, 2015, 12:04 AM	#1
Deja vu Senior Member Join Date: March 14, 2010 Location: Border of Idaho & Montana Posts: 2,584	Wait time dropped? Forms sent: 6/29/15 Forms arrive: 7/1/15 Check Cashed: 7/3/15 Pending: 7/6/15 Approved: 8/8/15 Stamp Arrived at: 8/21/15 Just over a month from arrival to approval! That is crazy awesome! I called the NFA to get a pending date and they gave me an approval date! Liberty Mystic X for my Ruger 77/357! My last one was about 7 months my first one was about 1 year. __________________ Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull. all 26 of my guns are 45/70 govt, 357 mag, 22 or 12 ga... I believe in keeping it simple. Wish my wife did as well...

August 22, 2015, 09:03 AM	#3
9x19 Senior Member Join Date: October 15, 1998 Location: Sherman, TX USA Posts: 3,750	Congrats. Are you planning to have the barrel shortened on your 77/357, or just threaded as is? Who's doing the work for you? __________________ Make mine lean, mean, and 9x19!

August 22, 2015, 09:16 AM	#4
precision_shooter Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 2,475	Wish mine was that fast... Submitted EForm 1 with payment on 6/18. Still in "Submitted/In Process" status...Maybe it will be approved by my birthday here in a couple weeks... __________________ "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson, 1776

August 22, 2015, 07:28 PM	#5
Deja vu Senior Member Join Date: March 14, 2010 Location: Border of Idaho & Montana Posts: 2,584	I had it threaded here locally. I had the barrel cut to 16.25 inches and then had Iron sights reinstalled as a backup to my scope (Leupold 2X7 in silver) __________________ Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull. all 26 of my guns are 45/70 govt, 357 mag, 22 or 12 ga... I believe in keeping it simple. Wish my wife did as well...

August 22, 2015, 08:59 PM	#7
smee78 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,918	I've been waiting 4 months now, no fast track for me??? I guess I need to call for an update. What ATF number do you have to call to get an update? __________________ We know exactly where one cow with Mad-cow-disease is located, among the millions and millions of cows in America, but we haven't got a clue where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are

August 22, 2015, 07:29 AM	#2
Mobuck Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2010 Posts: 6,846	Maybe "someone" called his extremely pro-gun Congressman and bitched about "being held hostage" by BATFE for months on end.

August 22, 2015, 07:32 PM	#6
Sharkbite Senior Member Join Date: November 4, 2013 Location: Western slope of Colorado Posts: 3,679	That is AWESOME. Im sending in another Form 4 on Monday. Hope i get a response like that!!!

August 22, 2015, 10:54 PM	#8
Deja vu Senior Member Join Date: March 14, 2010 Location: Border of Idaho & Montana Posts: 2,584	the NFA branch is 304 616-4500 __________________ Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull. all 26 of my guns are 45/70 govt, 357 mag, 22 or 12 ga... I believe in keeping it simple. Wish my wife did as well...

August 23, 2015, 09:15 AM	#9
smee78 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,918	Thanks for the number, I will give them a call on Monday. __________________ We know exactly where one cow with Mad-cow-disease is located, among the millions and millions of cows in America, but we haven't got a clue where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are

August 23, 2015, 08:42 PM	#10
precision_shooter Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 2,475	Looks like the wait time has increased here in TX... Guy on a local forum just got his eform 1 back and it took a little over 3.5 months! 112 days to be exact... Must be nice to live in a region where there are not as many submissions or they have more agents working them... __________________ "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson, 1776

August 23, 2015, 11:28 PM	#11
RCT Junior Member Join Date: June 19, 2015 Location: Michigan Posts: 10	The NFA branch hired a bunch of new examiners late last year and early this year. They are finally up to speed and friendly too. As a result they are not as back logged anymore. I got a form 3 approved in 17 total days including weekends the other day. Fastest ever to date. I do wonder how Minnesota and Vermont coming on line will affect things? __________________ FFL w/ SOT Check out our extensive online firearm and shooting sports store here: https://www.redcircletactical.com/

August 25, 2015, 08:24 PM	#12
Txhillbilly Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2008 Posts: 512	I'm still waiting on two cans to be shipped to my local dealer so I can start the waiting process again! It's going on two months since I purchased them from another dealer.