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rob_s
06-09-09, 12:54
What's your current real-world actual personal wait time either currently or recently?
DRich
06-09-09, 13:02
Current wait time thread: http://m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=26936&page=5
rob_s
06-09-09, 13:05
Current wait time thread: http://m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=26936&page=5

ah, didn't read the actual thread and ASSumed from the "ridiculous" in the title that it was another whine fest. :D
jpipes
06-09-09, 14:44
My SWR Omega 300 was recently approved. Check was cashed on 2/11/09, pending around the first of april, approved in mid May. I went the trust route.

I love this suppressor, it really tames recoil on my bolt gun.
SHIVAN
06-09-09, 14:57
Check cashed on 3/30 for a F4 to a DEALER, and it went pending May 8th - no further updates since last week.

Form 4 to a dealer, an auditable entity known by ATF, no fingerprints required, and we are +2 months.
LOKNLOD
06-09-09, 15:28
I'm buying a new complete SBR (6933). My dealer-to-dealer transfer took from 4/20 to 5/20, so one month exactly. I'm really hoping I get to shoot it at the Magpul class at the end of September, but I am not holding my breath. :(
COLT6933
06-09-09, 16:37
112 days and counting on 3 form4's. They have been pending for 60 days.
dbrowne1
06-09-09, 17:09
Form 4 from a FFL/SOT to a trust:

Mailed: 1/22/09
Check Cashed: 1/28/09
Pending: 3/26/09
Approved: 5/4/09


Took a little bit longer than the last one (which was pre-election by several months).
Razorhunter
06-09-09, 17:42
This sucks....
DRich
06-09-09, 17:47
This sucks....

It's still much better than the "bad ole days" in the early-mid 90's when it wasn't uncommon to wait 6+ months for a stamp. I had a Form 4 take 32 weeks in 1994 and several Form 1's that took over 5 months.
SWATcop556
06-10-09, 03:12
Mailed out Form 1: 02-15
Check cashed: 02-23
Pending: 04-17
Approved: 05-28
Received Stamp: 06-02

Not too bad but it was better before the election. On a side note I did talk to the examiner Ted Clutter who did my lastest Form 1. He said volume of forms went up almost 200% and the years not even over. I do have to say I would not want their job right now and I praise them for still keeping it as close to pre-election as possible.
ginarik
06-10-09, 12:47
My form 4 timeline

Item: AAC M4-2000
Mailed out: 02/24/09
Went pending: 04/21/09
Approved: 05/18/09
Received form 4 & M4-2000: 05/29/09
Total days from mailed out to receiving form and item = 94 days


My form 1 timeline

Item: SBR
Mailed: 10/08/08
Went pending: 11/24/08
Approved: 12/15/08
Received form 1: 12/22/08
Total day from mailed out to receiving form = 75 days

Comparing between my two timelines, it looks like the wait time went up by a couple of weeks.
COLT6933
06-10-09, 13:27
112 days and counting on 3 form4's. They have been pending for 60 days.

This thread made me call and check the status and I was told 2 of the form 4's were approved 6/8. 3rd one pending same day still pending as of 6/10. 2 out of 3 is not that bad.
SHIVAN
06-17-09, 19:57
Check cashed on 3/30 for a F4 to a DEALER, and it went pending May 8th - no further updates since last week.

Form 4 to a dealer, an auditable entity known by ATF, no fingerprints required, and we are +2 months.

Mailed to ATF - March 24th
Check cashed - March 30th
Pending - May 8th
Approved - June 15th
Mailed - June 16th
In my mailbox - June 17th

86 Days mailbox to mailbox (2 months 26 days)

Names on the bottom: Albert Lamberger & Dawn Henson
scottryan
06-17-09, 23:18
Form 4 Individual

Mailed out: 3/6
Cashed: 3/12
Pending: Early May (I don't remember the exact date)
Approved: ????
Received: ????


I did one last year about this same time and got it back way before now.

I don't expect to have this current one back until mid July based off of my interpolation of people ahead of me that sent their forms in January.