yohuang Posted October 21, 2024 Report Share Posted October 21, 2024 Regular Form 4 application paperwork for a MG was submitted on May 2nd 2024. When can I expect approval nowadays? Any chance in 2024? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted October 23, 2024 Report Share Posted October 23, 2024 efile or paper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Uzi Posted October 23, 2024 Report Share Posted October 23, 2024 Anywhere from 24 hours to 18 months......just submit it and forget about it until you get the call its approved 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yohuang Posted October 23, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2024 9 hours ago, Rekraps said: efile or paper? Paper, individual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgeport28A1 Posted October 24, 2024 Report Share Posted October 24, 2024 15 hours ago, yohuang said: Paper, individual Two paper Form 4 individual transfers (no SOT) pending 4-8-2024. Approved 9-19-2024 and mailed 9-24-2024. I also have several other individual Form 4’s from 4-8-2024 that are still pending. The ATF website Processing Times listed on April 1, 2024 was a Paper Form 4 Individual at 245 days. Estimated approval was December 10, 2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilogymac Posted October 28, 2024 Report Share Posted October 28, 2024 I just had a paper form 4, trust to trust come back in 1 week short of 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in VA Posted October 28, 2024 Report Share Posted October 28, 2024 More importantly, whadjugit? ? Details, man! Details! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilogymac Posted October 29, 2024 Report Share Posted October 29, 2024 (edited) Qualified HK sear in an SEF pack. Already installed it in a Dakota SD with an HK A3 stock and B&T full size suppressor. Michaels Machine did an SP5K host for me as well. I'm back in the HK game! Feels pretty good. Edited October 29, 2024 by trilogymac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in VA Posted November 4, 2024 Report Share Posted November 4, 2024 Just picked up my new gun this morning. (Sterling L2A3) Paper Form 4 from dealer to individual was just a tad over four months from mailing until approval. Mailed June 11, 2024; pending June 18, 2024; approved Oct 23, 2024; received by dealer; retrieved by me today, Nov 4, 2024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted November 5, 2024 Report Share Posted November 5, 2024 13 hours ago, Bill in VA said: Just picked up my new gun this morning. (Sterling L2A3) Paper Form 4 from dealer to individual was just a tad over four months from mailing until approval. Mailed June 11, 2024; pending June 18, 2024; approved Oct 23, 2024; received by dealer; retrieved by me today, Nov 4, 2024 Good news as paper 4's are taking longer than efile's, which means my S&W 76 efile (Trust) that went in Oct 1, will ;most likely be processed very soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archmark Posted November 29, 2024 Report Share Posted November 29, 2024 3 days for my last Individual eForm 4 MG approval... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yohuang Posted December 2, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2024 I call ATF NFA branch. The gentleman told me the application was approved on November 5. The approved Form 4 will be mailed to the selling dealer. Usually, how long this mailing process will take? Any estimation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Uzi Posted December 2, 2024 Report Share Posted December 2, 2024 They have up to 45 to mail it. Typically it’s 2-3 weeks once approved for it to show up at the dealer. That being said….as F’d up as the mail is anymore who knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yohuang Posted December 2, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2024 Called dealer. They received the form. I will pick up tomorrow. Paper Individual Form 4, C&R item: - Mailed application on May 2nd. - Approved on November 5th. - Pick up on December 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yohuang Posted December 4, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2024 Here it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonlmg41 Posted December 4, 2024 Report Share Posted December 4, 2024 Very nice. I got the other one. Should be here in a couple weeks since I had a correction about 3-4 weeks ago. Too bad about the stock, but I'd fix it and make it usable, nothing to loose there. With the stock it's a sweet shooter. LOVE those guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68coupe Posted December 4, 2024 Report Share Posted December 4, 2024 2 hours ago, johnsonlmg41 said: Very nice. I got the other one. Should be here in a couple weeks since I had a correction about 3-4 weeks ago. Too bad about the stock, but I'd fix it and make it usable, nothing to loose there. With the stock it's a sweet shooter. LOVE those guns. I can't see what's wrong with the stock. Do tell. I have a C96 (semi) with a functioning after-market stock, and it looks pretty much the same. Karl, 68coupe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yohuang Posted December 4, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2024 (edited) 1 hour ago, 68coupe said: I can't see what's wrong with the stock. Do tell. I have a C96 (semi) with a functioning after-market stock, and it looks pretty much the same. Karl, 68coupe The stock has its attaching iron cut out. Not shown in the picture. I sold 4 original Schellferuer stocks in the past, three of them were in near mint shape (one sold via RIAC in 2017, they listed it as a regular 1930 stock. One sold to a member in lugerforum. One sold to a member here). Another one was very good, I sold it on eBay. Those look probably too "new" to match this gun. This particular stock matches the gun condition well. No plan to shoot, my local range does not allow machine gun full auto shooting.. reason is unclear, but it is their rule. Edited December 4, 2024 by yohuang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank I. Posted December 13, 2024 Report Share Posted December 13, 2024 Dealer to C&R holder Paper form 4 Sent Sept 25 2024 approved Dec 2 2024 less than 3 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonlmg41 Posted December 15, 2024 Report Share Posted December 15, 2024 (edited) On 12/4/2024 at 5:31 AM, yohuang said: Here it is. The other one in the auction came in this week, but there was a correction letter. Assume anything mailed in will take 3-12 months. The reality is like every other fed. agency, no one is working in the office. I'd guess on a daily basis there might be 3-4 people at NFA branch physically there. The rest are in their jammies doing efiled forms because they don't have access to the paper forms sitting at the office. Add in lack of training and other factors and you get 7 months, many errors on their part, and zero continuity of process. I just got 4 of 5 others back. One was sent in almost a month later from the same seller and that came in with the first batch. One is still outstanding because somehow it got separated from the pack and then they "lost the documents" so I had to submit them again even though they are supposed to keep them on file for a year or two. I did not argue the point since it was easier to resend them than to train an NFA branch employee who will be gone in a year or less anyhow. Summary.... transfer times are longer now than in 1935.....with all the smart people and technology.....no one shows up for work. An American story. The doj encrypted email system was likely designed by chinese software developers.....cheap and poorly made, but great for them. Edit.....doj contracted kiteworks for large file transfers.....yes partially owned by the chinese....can't make this stuff up? Edited December 19, 2024 by johnsonlmg41 irony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFA amnesty Posted February 15, 2025 Report Share Posted February 15, 2025 Form 4 e-file approved in 3 days. I was expecting 24 hours but think ATF got in quite a few transfer requests at the time I submitted. The average went up to 10 days per Silencer Shop. My longest transfer took 11 months on my M1A1 Thompson back in 2018. I have a spotless background and a NCIC user through my public safety employer, so my background check usually takes about 30 seconds if that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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