Longest Form 3 wait time

[Panhandlin Pat]

Just curious as to what the longest time someone has waited for a suppressor to get cleared to ship to dealer was. I ordered a couple cans from Dead Air during their move, so orders were delayed. One can had a roughly 3 week time for form 3 approval, pretty standard I believe. The other is going on 4 months. I inquired about some information so I could harass the ATF but only got a "we're waiting on your form 3 approval" response.

The wait to ship so I can wait some more is killing me!

 

[QuietTexan]

Four months is insane for a Form 3. I've waited a couple of weeks before, but only because it took the dealer that long to pull their S together and get it filed, they usually go through in about a week once submitted.

 

[Panhandlin Pat]

I thought so too. I will say dealing with dead air directly has been less than satisfactory. I initially thought this can had shipped and was stolen. Took them over a week to return my email inquiring about the serial number so I could file a report. I'll add, I put this order in last December, knowing there would be a wait for the order to be fulfilled.

 

[cohunt]

The longest? I've seen 14-16 months when they changed the rules about trusts

 

[Panhandlin Pat]

The longest? I've seen 14-16 months when they changed the rules about trusts

For a form 3?

 

[Recon$$]

Both cans I ordered through silencershop took 3-4 weeks to get to the dealer.

 

[biednick]

I thought so too. I will say dealing with dead air directly has been less than satisfactory. I initially thought this can had shipped and was stolen. Took them over a week to return my email inquiring about the serial number so I could file a report. I'll add, I put this order in last December, knowing there would be a wait for the order to be fulfilled.

Dead air is having serious problems with one of the cans they released a little over a year ago (Sierra 5) now that it's getting into people's hands. They've handled the situation poorly and their CS across the board has tanked. I assume they're struggling to keep up with the abnormally high volume of RMAs coming in.

 

[WileyC]

3 months for me about 10 years ago.