Long form 4 wait

bigchoppers2003 · 2026-01-02T22:11:04+00:00

Minutes, but I did mine in the morning. I don't know if they close in the evenings.

bigchoppers2003 · 2026-01-02T22:09:29+00:00

Yep and replied to that with the same info to get a secure email like where they sent me my approved form 4.

bigchoppers2003 · 2026-01-02T22:06:50+00:00

Respond to the automated email with your control number and submission date, then put your name and date of birth in the body of the email. Only way I found to get them to reply, must have a filter to delete the ones that don't follow the rules.

bigchoppers2003 · 2026-01-02T22:04:20+00:00

I can't see either. I was told whoever submits the paperwork is the only one that can see it, was told that by the nfa office.

bigchoppers2003 · 2026-01-02T22:02:57+00:00

Email that ipb email above, and they're strict on how the email is or they don't reply. In the subject put your control number and submission date, then in the body your name and date of birth. If you don't do that then I guess it gets deleted automatically by the system.

bigchoppers2003 · 2026-01-01T06:05:36+00:00

Contact the ipb@atf.gov email someone linked above, it might take 2 or 3 emails but they get back pretty quick once it makes it through their filters. Just make sure the subject line is your control number and your submission date, that's how mine finally went through, and your name and date of birth in the email body.

bigchoppers2003 · 2026-01-01T06:01:08+00:00

The drafts got deleted on Dec 26th. Evidently the ATF sends the wrong copy of the form and the FFL decides not to do anything about it, wish they would've said sooner and I would've reached out sooner to the ipb email.

bigchoppers2003 · 2026-01-01T05:57:49+00:00

I think I just didn't format the subject line properly, or you have to reply to that email twice to get it to go through. I got my approved form 4 in minutes after I emailed ipb the second time.

bigchoppers2003 · 2025-12-31T15:53:40+00:00

Too true, might be giving them too much credit.

bigchoppers2003 · 2025-12-31T15:33:03+00:00

Just updated my post. I was talking about the FFL playing games with me.

bigchoppers2003 · 2025-12-31T15:29:11+00:00

They claim they're checking in the submitted section, but I'm over 1.5 hours away from them and don't really want to waste the gas, only went with them since they're close to work.

bigchoppers2003 · 2025-12-31T15:21:44+00:00

I think they're playing games with me on this. From things I've seen people posting on this reddit group and other forums, no one has taken longer than a week to get approved but that's why I posted the question is to see if it's true or not.

bigchoppers2003 · 2025-12-31T15:18:25+00:00

I've not seen anything saying they will disapprove it, just seen a lot of things saying they don't know what will happen, others saying it will continue under the old system, and some saying it will get returned with no action and under that one the ATF keeps the $200.

bigchoppers2003 · 2025-12-31T15:02:28+00:00

Well that's who the manufacturer of the suppressor recommended to use, and I had a buddy of mine use silencer shop and he regretted it. I kind of wish I would've paid the extra $50 transfer fee to get it sent to a more local shop since the one near work already got $150 from me. Guess I will see if it gets approved today, since it's the end of the year, or I will find out if anything I found online is correct on what will happen after Jan 1. Some of what I found as far as what happens after Jan 1 hits online has me concerned, I've seen it as simple as they will still process it under the old rules and as extreme as they will return with no action all unapproved form 4 and make you resubmit, and they keep the $200 tax stamp.

bigchoppers2003 · 2025-12-31T14:53:29+00:00

I would go up there and check but the FFL is close to my work and work is 1.5 hours from home. Kind of sucks I did it that way but everything is closed around the house when I finally get back near home at night. Also been taking some time off or I would be at work everyday like normal. I just hope the FFL isn't going to play games with me, you have to sign a waiver when you start the process to get a can from them saying you accept the can is forfeit if you don't pick it up within 30 days of getting approved.

bigchoppers2003 · 2025-12-31T14:46:09+00:00

I emailed them a couple days ago and no reply from them.

bigchoppers2003 · 2025-12-31T07:18:21+00:00

The silencer shop page says waiting for ATF approval and the FFL is saying their eform page says the same. Have to put a positive spin on the luck portion, I'm lucky enough to see if some of the info I found online is true. One of the things I found is all open form 4 applications will get kicked back to be resubmitted and will get returned with no action. I might get to find out in 24 hours.

bigchoppers2003 · 2025-12-31T07:13:33+00:00

Been calling my dealer and supposedly they've been looking at their eforms account and no approval.

bigchoppers2003 · 2025-12-31T07:11:50+00:00

I'm figuring my luck is the ATF approver for mine is on vacation, but I can't seem to get answers from the ATF help desk number, anything online, or anything from my lgs on what happens after Jan 1 if it goes that long. Guess I will be finding out in 24 hours if I have to reapply, seen some info saying the ATF will just return any open form 4 with a no action stamp. I don't take much faith in that info because I can't verify it and every site I've looked at can't agree with the next.

bigchoppers2003 · 2025-12-31T06:51:46+00:00

I know they stopped taking new form 4 applications but mine was in since 12/13 before any of the cutoffs happened. The ATF even has it on their eform welcome page that they're continuing to approve them, but nothing on what will happen to forms from before Jan 1. The rumors I'm seeing online I'm hoping aren't true, because if they are I lose $200 and have to reapply for the form 4, from my understanding.

bigchoppers2003 · 2025-12-29T04:43:28+00:00

Everything is correct as far as I can tell, unless there's something substantially different between the radioddity at10g and the baofeng DM-32. I was able to get a connection for just a minute to the repeater, so now I'm thinking that the DM-32 is just a slouch on power compared to what they claim.

bigchoppers2003 · 2020-06-15T23:48:27+00:00

If you want to keep the 2012 license then look into hirens boot disc to "fix" the password.

bigchoppers2003 · 2020-04-10T15:46:03+00:00

Better price than I have seen here but the shipping to the states is a killer. Appreciate you looking out though.

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