Stamp return time?

smee78 · September 16, 2015, 11:51 AM

So what does everyone seem to be seeing as far as return time? My paperwork was completed on 22 Aug but it still has not made it back to my dealer. I was just curious if there was an average.

dogtown tom · September 16, 2015, 03:49 PM

Expect six months, be happy when it's five.

smee78 · September 16, 2015, 06:06 PM

It has already been 5 months to get it stamped, it is approved and it just has to be mailed back. I wanted to know how long it is taking to get it mailed back after it has been approved. Most people are saying it is taking about 4-5 months for the whole process.

Deja vu · September 16, 2015, 09:16 PM

mine took about 3 weeks for them to mail it to me.

OcSpeed · September 17, 2015, 06:50 PM

just received a stamp, took them about 4 weeks to get it mailed, after approval. Over six months all together.

smee78 · September 17, 2015, 06:57 PM

Thanks yall for the update, I was hoping it would not take a month to put a stamp on a piece of paper and send it back but I guess it is just another slow cog in a process that is outdated. Thanks again.

precision_shooter · September 18, 2015, 12:14 PM

How long it takes is all subjective to your "region" (group of states as determined by the ATF), how many submissions they receive from that region, and how many agents they have to work that region...
In my region, I submitted an Eform 1 on 6/18 and its still in submitted/in process status.
Other regions are getting them back in as little as 45 days...

Arizona Fusilier · September 25, 2015, 05:26 PM

It has been a loooonnng time since I did it......

But both my tax-stamp transactions took a total of two months, max.

Yes, I was told I was lucky.

smee78 · September 26, 2015, 08:41 AM

Wow that was fast, congrats. My paperwork has already been approved and I am still waiting on it to be set back to my dealer. I has been stamped approved now for over a month.

smee78 · October 7, 2015, 07:50 PM

Well it took a month from the time it was stamped to the time it arrived to my dealer but it finally arrived.

dogtown tom · October 7, 2015, 08:27 PM

Received an approved Form 4 on Saturday 10/3.
it was mailed to ATF on June 9th.

Less than four months.

precision_shooter · October 9, 2015, 12:27 PM

I'm 113 days in on a Eform 1... And waiting...

Seems eforms are taking right at 4 months...

Cowboy · October 14, 2015, 09:20 PM

We are currently seeing about 5-6 months on average at our business, which is down from the 10-12 months we were seeing about a year ago.

September 16, 2015, 11:51 AM	#1
smee78 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,918	Stamp return time? So what does everyone seem to be seeing as far as return time? My paperwork was completed on 22 Aug but it still has not made it back to my dealer. I was just curious if there was an average. __________________ 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

September 16, 2015, 03:49 PM	#2
dogtown tom Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2006 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 3,073	Expect six months, be happy when it's five. __________________ Need a FFL in Dallas/Plano/Allen/Frisco/McKinney ? Just EMAIL me. $20 transfers ($10 for CHL, active military,police,fire or schoolteachers) Plano, Texas...........the Gun Nut Capitol of Gun Culture, USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pELwCqz2JfE

September 16, 2015, 06:06 PM	#3
smee78 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,918	It has already been 5 months to get it stamped, it is approved and it just has to be mailed back. I wanted to know how long it is taking to get it mailed back after it has been approved. Most people are saying it is taking about 4-5 months for the whole process. __________________ 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

September 16, 2015, 09:16 PM	#4
Deja vu Senior Member Join Date: March 14, 2010 Location: Border of Idaho & Montana Posts: 2,584	mine took about 3 weeks for them to mail it to me. __________________ 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...

September 17, 2015, 06:57 PM	#6
smee78 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,918	Thanks yall for the update, I was hoping it would not take a month to put a stamp on a piece of paper and send it back but I guess it is just another slow cog in a process that is outdated. Thanks again. __________________ 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

September 17, 2015, 06:50 PM	#5
OcSpeed Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2009 Location: the greater unknown Posts: 123	just received a stamp, took them about 4 weeks to get it mailed, after approval. Over six months all together.

September 18, 2015, 12:14 PM	#7
precision_shooter Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 2,475	How long it takes is all subjective to your "region" (group of states as determined by the ATF), how many submissions they receive from that region, and how many agents they have to work that region... In my region, I submitted an Eform 1 on 6/18 and its still in submitted/in process status. Other regions are getting them back in as little as 45 days... __________________ "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

September 25, 2015, 05:26 PM	#8
Arizona Fusilier Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2000 Posts: 1,082	It has been a loooonnng time since I did it...... But both my tax-stamp transactions took a total of two months, max. Yes, I was told I was lucky.

September 26, 2015, 08:41 AM	#9
smee78 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,918	Wow that was fast, congrats. My paperwork has already been approved and I am still waiting on it to be set back to my dealer. I has been stamped approved now for over a month. __________________ 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

October 7, 2015, 07:50 PM	#10
smee78 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,918	Well it took a month from the time it was stamped to the time it arrived to my dealer but it finally arrived. __________________ 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

October 7, 2015, 08:27 PM	#11
dogtown tom Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2006 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 3,073	Received an approved Form 4 on Saturday 10/3. it was mailed to ATF on June 9th. Less than four months. __________________ Need a FFL in Dallas/Plano/Allen/Frisco/McKinney ? Just EMAIL me. $20 transfers ($10 for CHL, active military,police,fire or schoolteachers) Plano, Texas...........the Gun Nut Capitol of Gun Culture, USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pELwCqz2JfE

October 9, 2015, 12:27 PM	#12
precision_shooter Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 2,475	I'm 113 days in on a Eform 1... And waiting... Seems eforms are taking right at 4 months... __________________ "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

October 14, 2015, 09:20 PM	#13
Cowboy Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 1999 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 178	We are currently seeing about 5-6 months on average at our business, which is down from the 10-12 months we were seeing about a year ago. __________________ Find us online AESWeapons Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter