ATF NFA Gun Trusts, ATF Information Database and Silencer Blog

National Gun Trusts is available as a gun trust option through Peterson Farms FFL Software - Cerberus LiveScan FingerPrint System. Dealers and cust...

The typical process to add NFA firearms and Title 1 firearms into your gun trust is to add them using the assignment sheet.  NFA firearms require a...

Suppressors/silencers that were registered with the ATF to a gun trust before the Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF ruling do not automatically becom...

The NFA examiners are assigned specific application types. For example, certain examiners will be assigned to process individual applicants while o...

Monthly Data for NFA Applications (July 2026) Total number of NFA applications received  225,231 Total number of Form 4 silencer applica...

On August 5, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a significant ruling in Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF. The c...

An "Overflow Page" that you see on an approved ATF eForm 1 or eForm 4 is simply an additional page made when information entered doesn't fit within...

We created our ATF eForm 4 Video Walk-Through Guide to help with the ATF eForm 4 application process.  In our ATF eForm 4 video walk-through guides...

 ATF Form Processing Time Paper Application Processing Time eForms ATF Form 1 38 Days 57 Days ATF Form 3 6 Days 1 Days ATF Form 4 28 Day...

The ATF can correct approved ATF Forms if you have an issue with the registered firearm information and the actual firearm information from the fir...

If you are receiving the - Invalid File Type or the size of the file is too large. Please upload eft file or upload a smaller eft file error.  You ...

Important information for Form 1 applicants  ATF has received a significant influx of applications and is working diligently to process all eForms ...