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Just had two approved I submitted about a month ago, two different stores. Have a third submitted in January that's still pending??

Anyone else have any sitting un-approved that were submitted prior to something more recent that's been approved? I was told they'll typically process them in batches if you had more than one. Hopefully see the 1st one sometime soon (TBAC 7). Approved are TBAC 5 & TBAC 22 Takedown.


Kinda excited, just picked up a new short barreled 6.5 PRC last night that I told myself I wasn't going to bother with until the can came in.

I'm not sure there's a cadence in how they're processing.

I know plenty of folks that have been waiting 6+ months, some 3 months and the local GS told me last week that everything he sent in on that Monday was approved same-week.

One thing is for sure, once word has gotten out that the wait on approval times shrinking significantly, inventory at your LGS is going to be increasingly limited.

Took me 5 weeks start to finish.
I think it's funny how 3 or 4 years ago people went nuts and got suppressors and waited almost a year to get them and now technology is better and you wait a few weeks. Kinda make me glad I drug my feet. I've seen guys get them in a few days. May grab another.

I just got my 4th last week, first one took ten months, #2and 3 took several months, #4 took 2 days (that's after I completed the last of the submission paperwork), in all a couple of weeks.

Kinda make me glad I drug my feet.

Maybe, but I applied for my first in February and had it by hunting season, it would have just sat in my safe all summer anyway, and got to use it to hunt all fall so in my case, was happy to wait and have it when I needed it!

Could be that those folks have enjoyed the benefits of suppressors many years before you? 🤷🏼‍♂️😀

Exactly SKane! Fingers crossed for KS draw, hoping to pull a tag this year, suppressor needs a road trip!

I picked one up last week that look 7 weeks.

Point taken. I'm only on my second year of suppressed firearms and I can tell you it's way worth it. But a buddy of mine has had them since day 1 and those things are heavy and not necessarily that great of a deal.

I guarantee you guys that in a few years you'll go in and just buy one. Maybe not California, but I bet that'll happen. I think Texas is fixing to be OTC or maybe already is?

My last approval took 44 hours and 17 minutes.

Yes. One in December and one in January, both 2RP standardized trusts. Just had 2 filed as individual approved in 36 hours and will move those to the trust in a few weeks.

It isn't really a trust thing specifically. Those are still taking longer than individual but there are plenty of reports of 1RP standardized trust getting approved in a few days. Welcome change but this is the ATF screwing with people again, processing Forms submitted last week ahead of those submitted last year, probably to drive down their average wait time the fastest way possible.

Just curious, are any of you getting the quick turnaround doing them in a trust? I’ve heard those not in a trust are taking days to weeks, those in a trust still in the months.

SIlencerShop put a video up the other day saying they are getting trusts back in < 30 days. I saw a credible claim of one getting approved in 20 hours.

The folks I work with have been gettin 3 hour to 5 days for most individual filed. Trusts are still taking significantly longer from what they've said. I'll find out, putting in for one via trust on Saturday. Will report back when it comes through.

I am waiting on approval for two since July 30th 2023

Mine was done as an individual. Trusts offer no real benefit for me.

Now the issue is availability.

Mine took 5 days for approval. My brother's only took 3 days.

Nice that most are going through so quick, but ridiculous that the backlog isn't being cleaned up first.


Our dealers shelves are pretty slim pickings as well. I can see myself getting one more can sometime down the road, which will be a .223 flow through design. Check book has to recover from this years purchases first.

Are you saying Texans won't need to send anything to ATF?

Don't quote me, but I believe currently or at least a proposal was that cans manufactured in Texas and that were maintained/kept in Texas had some loop hole introduced to avoid the 200 stamp.

Several states have laws like that but none of them have any teeth. The Feds still take the position that a person building a silencer is within their purview to regulate, as is selling it regardless which state anyone involved is in. They will pursue anyone they find doing it without following their requirements and none of the state laws protect against that.

They are largely symbolic, though the state of Texas has sued the ATF over it.

TX is fighting the ATF in court for the Made In Tx Suppressors are not bound by the NFA because if it’s made in TX and stays in TX, there is not interstate commerce so therefore no tax is required. I believe that is the just of it.


Puerto Rico is selling SBRs and Suppressors over the counter because since they are a territory and not a state they are not subject to the NFA tax. They say no taxation without representation! They don’t want to be a state.

I have a friend who said his application to approval time was less than 10 days. They do seem to be speeding up lately, but I have a hard time believing that.

Mine was approved in 5 days. My brother had his approved in 3 days. Both filed individual.

It's very real.

I sure want to get the Rugged 360 Alaskan Ti this year. It'll handle everything I shoot except .375 Ruger. I'm just looking for a lighter can for hunting and it would be nice to put on my .338-06 down to my light 6mm CM.

Thanks for the information and good to know.

Been waiting on an Alaskan 360 since 3/10/24. No updates yet even though the paperwork on the trust says complete. Hope to get the call any day that it’s ready.

I've got a Silencer co SCYTHE-TI in jail since late December on a trust. Hoping any day now

I had a Sico Sparrow approved in 2 days last month, but the form 3 from Silencer Shop took 3 weeks before they could ship to my FFL and certify!

Yes, form 3s are currently taking longer than form 4s.