Seriously though when I applied it seemed like all form ones were being rejected. Is that not the case anymore?
How can they reject all form 1s when they were requiring them for SBR pistol brace.
I don't know a lot about it just that I was reading of a mass rejection last year with silencers. I didn't do a form one because of it. I'm curious how that all shook out because I'd like to do one soon.
They rejected a ton of form one suppressor applications because the ATF changed its stance on what was acceptable. Basically, they decided that everyone was just buying Form 1 suppressor kits and assembling parts rather than actually building one from scratch. If you included any pre-made parts in your form it was kicked back, you basically need to be capable of actually manufacturing a suppressor to go that route now.
It seems to vary. People are getting approved after my submission date and I haven't heard diddly squat. There are also guys going over a year. I'd say expect 8-12 months...if you used Silencer Central it seems it could take longer.
It must really vary.
It does. There are examples of approvals in days and others a year or so. They don't seem to go in any sense of order, and the speed seems to also vary depending on which agent grabs your application. Typical gov't efficiency. With the release of eForms they claimed processing times would be something like 30 days for form 1s and 90 days for form 4s.
Well shit. I gotta be close mine was submitted 24Jan23. They are so random
They are. I was very surprised to see the email. I did 2 forms 1s this year and they were one day apart and it was almost a month between approvals for them.
