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August 04, 2026, 08:24 AM
Dwill104
NFA wait times
Form 1 SBR
Individual
Submitted 7/6/26
Approved 8/4/26

Seems Form 1 times are dropping after hitting close to a 3 months average.

Now just waiting for them to drop the engraving requirement.
August 04, 2026, 04:48 PM
911Boss
Form 4 x2 filed today! Electronic Fingerprints.

Shop said should be done before the 10 bust day hold on my .22 bolt rifle






What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???


August 04, 2026, 10:30 PM
hrcjon
I don't follow this intimately, but where is the F1 don't need second engraving ruling in its timeline?


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August 04, 2026, 10:38 PM
Dwill104
quote:
Originally posted by hrcjon:
I don't follow this intimately, but where is the F1 don't need second engraving ruling in its timeline?


Comment period ended about a month ago. Now it just waiting for a decision to be published. There is no timeline for that to occur. Could be next week, month, year, or never.
August 05, 2026, 08:44 AM
flesheatingvirus
quote:
Originally posted by Rick Lee:
Form 4 files June 28th, DISAPPROVED today. Reason given was the Responsible Person Questionnaire on my trust. I'll probably just refile for individual.


As in you forgot to attach it or there was a problem with it?

My self-transfer (individual to my trust) for my first can was disapproved because you "can't stack the 24 month exemption". They've taken it more than once before, so...

I just refiled with the trust paperwork attached.


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August 05, 2026, 09:03 AM
Rick Lee
quote:
Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
quote:
Originally posted by Rick Lee:
Form 4 files June 28th, DISAPPROVED today. Reason given was the Responsible Person Questionnaire on my trust. I'll probably just refile for individual.


As in you forgot to attach it or there was a problem with it?

My self-transfer (individual to my trust) for my first can was disapproved because you "can't stack the 24 month exemption". They've taken it more than once before, so...

I just refiled with the trust paperwork attached.


I don't know. The only thing they put for reason is "RPQ." I just resubmitted as an individual.


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07 FFL, Class 2 SOT
August 05, 2026, 09:54 AM
Dwill104
Another Individual Form 1 SBR approved. Submitted 7/24/26, Approved 8/5/26. I’ve only got one left in the queue, and it was submitted 2 days ago.
August 10, 2026, 01:09 PM
AUTiger89
Trust
Filed form 4 7/15/2026 - Approved 8/6/2026
Filed form 4 7/17/2026 - Approved 8/10/2026

Another form 4 filed 8/5/2026

quote:
Originally posted by AUTiger89:
Trust
Filed form 4 7/15/2026
Filed form 4 7/17/2026





Phone's ringing, Dude.
August 11, 2026, 08:49 AM
911Boss
quote:
Originally posted by 911Boss:
Form 4 x2 filed today!(8/4/26) Electronic Fingerprints.

Shop said should be done before the 10 bust day hold on my .22 bolt rifle


Form 4 x2 Approved today! Seven calendar days.

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What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???


August 11, 2026, 12:00 PM
Rick Lee
Form 4 resubmitted as individual on 08/04, approved today. Not bad.


Freewill Firearms
07 FFL, Class 2 SOT
August 12, 2026, 07:50 AM
Dwill104
Form 1 SBR individual submitted 8/3, approved 8/12. Guess I got the examiner who likes to put the engraving requirements condition on the approval. Hopefully the rule change comes soon.

NFA hopper is currently empty.
August 13, 2026, 10:03 PM
Chris Orndorff
https://www.foxnews.com/politi...des-old-restrictions


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August 15, 2026, 02:47 PM
AUTiger89
Trust
Filed form 4 8/14/2026
Filed form 4 8/14/2026
Filed form 4 8/14/2026

Almost done for now.

quote:
Originally posted by AUTiger89:
Trust
Filed form 4 7/15/2026 - Approved 8/6/2026
Filed form 4 7/17/2026 - Approved 8/10/2026

Another form 4 filed 8/5/2026

quote:
Originally posted by AUTiger89:
Trust
Filed form 4 7/15/2026
Filed form 4 7/17/2026





Phone's ringing, Dude.
August 18, 2026, 11:31 AM
P220 Smudge
Form 1 individual SBR filed 8/7. Used the 24 months trust exemption, attached no photos. I'd seen that some people were getting denials over those, but I did not.

Approved this morning. 11 days, not bad.

I'm going to look closer into what's currently the best practice Form 1 can paperwork approach and then file a whole mess of them over the next few days. Saw someone say they're just sending pictures of rolls of filament with a handwritten note on them saying "will construct after approval" and that's been working.


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August 19, 2026, 08:43 AM
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August 19, 2026, 04:14 PM
KMitch200
Individual filed Friday the 14th.
Picked up today the 19th.


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August 20, 2026, 07:40 AM
Dwill104
Form 1 SBR submitted 8/16, approved 8/20.
August 20, 2026, 05:24 PM
ibanda
0 Days, 0 Hours, 0 Minutes

That's right, I walked into my local gun store, showed my state handgun license (skipping the NICs check), filled out a 4473 and walked out 15 minutes later without a NFA background check. I'm intimately familiar with the ups and downs of the NFA wait, having waited 11.5 months in 2016, and the disbelief of 48 hours in 2025. This thread has been going for 13 years and I'm honored to be the first to post a 0 minute NFA wait time.




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August 20, 2026, 06:40 PM
Dwill104
quote:
Originally posted by ibanda:
0 Days, 0 Hours, 0 Minutes

That's right, I walked into my local gun store, showed my state handgun license (skipping the NICs check), filled out a 4473 and walked out 15 minutes later without a NFA background check. I'm intimately familiar with the ups and downs of the NFA wait, having waited 11.5 months in 2016, and the disbelief of 48 hours in 2025. This thread has been going for 13 years and I'm honored to be the first to post a 0 minute NFA wait time.


I’m guessing this is for a suppressor, correct?
August 20, 2026, 07:35 PM
ibanda
quote:
Originally posted by Dwill104:
I’m guessing this is for a suppressor, correct?


Damn, how did I leave that out? Six suppressors actually, I went FULL SEND!




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