Industry Helping BATF to Streamline Form 4 Approvals

**fledge** · 08-19-17, 17:46

SilencerShop says they are working on barcode for form 1s too.

They said a big part of the backlog at the ATF is inputting all the arriving forms.

I found the comments section on SilencerShop page helpful.

https://blog.silencershop.com/f4-bar...pproved-by-atf

**kaltesherz** · 08-19-17, 17:59

One of my Eform Form 1's took something like 3 weeks a few years ago. I'm currently 11 months into the wait on another Form 1... sigh.

I took got the emails and didn't know what to make of them. I'd love to see the approval process taking 2-3 months.

**jackblack73** · 08-19-17, 18:06

Good vid from The Gun Collective explaining this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwGMPE_3sSA

**BigWaylon** · 08-19-17, 21:27

Got to talk to Mike Pappas about it today at an ASA Demo event. They're definitely pretty excited about it.

**jpmuscle** · 08-19-17, 23:34

This is just going to be expensive then..... In a good way.

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**FlyingHunter** · 08-20-17, 21:12

Anyone have an idea when this new process will be up and running?

**tb-av** · 08-20-17, 21:39

Originally Posted by FlyingHunter

Anyone have an idea when this new process will be up and running?

It already is. They have been doing it silently.

**SeriousStudent** · 08-20-17, 21:46

I received this email today from Capital Armory:

http://www.capitolarmory.com/blog/wh...de-system.html

It goes into more depth about the new process. And here is their Reader's Digest version:

THE BOTTOM LINE

We are thrilled with any improvement or increased efficiency at the ATF, and we are happy to implement bar codes on our forms to help in any way we can. However, what has been communicated through recent press releases is the bar code system will result in faster approval of forms, which is just wishful thinking at this point. Eliminating 60 seconds of time per form for data entry personnel does not correlate to faster approval time frames for the legal examiners who actually approve the forms. Any speculation of reduced wait times due to implementing the bar code system is purely a guess at this point, and no person, dealer, distributor, or manufacturer knows how the ATF will allocate their resources if they require less data entry staff due to the bar codes. Faster approval times on forms would be great for everyone in the industry and we definitely hope wait times will decrease, but as of now, we have no evidence this will occur simply due to implementing a bar code system.

Capitol Armory are solid people. They are members here, and I've bought a bunch of cans from them with zero drama.