October 9, 2026: ATF says it no longer requires approval or registration for suppressors, SBRs, SBSs and AOWs. Filing is voluntary, ATF still processes it, state law still applies, and ATF says this could change. What changed, and what didn’t →
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Recent approvals by filing cohort
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Frontier
Active (30d)
Historical
Frontier: Oct 2026 (1mo ago)2 active cohorts
Recent approvals are concentrated around Oct 2026 and Nov 2026 filings.
PeriodActivity#Wait
Nov 2026
2Insufficient sample
Oct 2026
583d
Sep 2026
783d
Aug 2026
1571–39d
Jul 2026
1941–41d
Jun 2026
2071–50d
May 2026
1921–99d
Apr 2026
2591–89d
Mar 2026
1941–70d
Feb 2026
2961–65d
Jan 2026
6501–75d
Dec 2025
285d
Nov 2025
628d
Oct 2025
742–33d
Sep 2025
4Insufficient sample
Jun 2025
1Insufficient sample
Feb 2025
1Insufficient sample
Jan 2025
106d
Active (last 30 days)
Historical
2 active cohorts
Form 1 · Trust waits changed direction — rose from 66 to 83 days between May 2026 and Jul 2026, then fell to 4 in Oct 2026. No single monthly rate covers both legs.
Form 1 · Individual waits changed direction — rose from 64 to 69 days between May 2026 and Jun 2026, then fell to 1 in Oct 2026. No single monthly rate covers both legs.
Movement pressure concentrated near October 2026. Localized activation — cohort compression has not yet dissipated.
QueueAdvancing—Approvals are concentrated in October 2026 filings — the queue is processing relatively recent submissions.
Cohort Activity Map
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Frontier:Oct 2026
regime: volatile · trajectory: slowing
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FewerMore approvals— shared scale
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Queue Intelligence
90-day window
Operational FrontierThe oldest filing months still getting approvals — how far back the ATF is currently working.
Oldest filing months still seeing meaningful recent approvals
Form 4 · IndividualOct 2026
Form 4 · TrustOct 2026
Form 1 · IndividualOct 2026
Form 1 · TrustOct 2026
Active CohortsHow many different filing months saw at least one approval in the last 30 days.
Filing months with recent approvals in the last 30 days
Form 42
Form 12
Combined2
90-Day Wait Distribution
Typical range · median · by filing type
Form 4 · Individual
173 approvals
3dmedianThe middle wait — half were faster, half slower (used instead of an average so one extreme case doesn't skew it).·2–5d typical rangeThe middle half of waits — the fastest 25% and the slowest 25% are left out. Also called the IQR, or interquartile range.
Form 1 · Individual
169 approvals
3dmedianThe middle wait — half were faster, half slower (used instead of an average so one extreme case doesn't skew it).
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2–4d typical rangeThe middle half of waits — the fastest 25% and the slowest 25% are left out. Also called the IQR, or interquartile range.
Form 4 · Trust
142 approvals
8dmedianThe middle wait — half were faster, half slower (used instead of an average so one extreme case doesn't skew it).·3–16d typical rangeThe middle half of waits — the fastest 25% and the slowest 25% are left out. Also called the IQR, or interquartile range.
Form 1 · Trust
115 approvals
6dmedianThe middle wait — half were faster, half slower (used instead of an average so one extreme case doesn't skew it).·3–21d typical rangeThe middle half of waits — the fastest 25% and the slowest 25% are left out. Also called the IQR, or interquartile range.
Typical range = the middle half of waits. It leaves out the fastest 25% and the slowest 25%.
Recent approvals reflect relatively short pending durations across reported filings.
Form 1·Individual
Median wait2d
Typical range1–3d
Approvals16
Form 4·Individual
Median wait2d
Typical range1–4d
Approvals9
Form 1·Trust
Median wait7d
Typical range—
Approvals
4limited
Form 4·Trust
Median wait2d
Typical range—
Approvals4limited
Last 90 days by ATF approval date · 33 approvals(filtered)
Approval Activity Signal
context: NC
Slight slowdown in approval activity
Monitoring Form 4 and Form 1 recent approvals
Last approval
3d ago
Signal strength
↓ Below baseline
Detection window
5 recent · 28 prior 76d
Approval distribution by filing week
All types
Filing week
Approvals
Median
Typical range
Active
Nov 2–8, 2026
3
1d
1–2d
3
Oct 26–Nov 1
10
1d
1–2d
10
Oct 19–25
25
1d
1–2d
25
Oct 12–18
30
4d
1–5d
30
Oct 5–11
26
2d
1–6d
13
Sep 28–Oct 4
31
2d
1–4d
2
Sep 21–27
29
3d
2–4d
—
Sep 14–20
31
3d
2–5d
—
Sep 7–13
33
2d
2–3d
—
Aug 31–Sep 6
40
2d
2–4d
—
Aug 24–30
58
3d
2–5d
—
Aug 17–23
59
3d
2–4d
—
Aug 10–16
89
5d
3–9d
—
Aug 3–9
80
6d
4–8d
—
Jul 27–Aug 2
83
6d
4–9d
—
Jul 20–26
86
11d
5–15d
—
Jul 13–19
70
16d
13–24d
—
Jul 6–12
82
19d
8–23d
—
Jun 29–Jul 5
71
21d
13–28d
—
Jun 22–28
68
22d
6–32d
—
Jun 15–21
68
32d
5–38d
—
Jun 8–14
95
34d
6–38d
—
Jun 1–7
74
23d
7–45d
—
May 25–31
68
35d
7–53d
—
May 18–24
77
15d
5–52d
—
May 11–17
89
33d
9–65d
—
Median = half waited less, half more. Typical range = the middle 50% of filers (25th–75th percentile). Active = approved in the last 30 days.
4,399 approvals tracked across 47 states
Latest reported approval: 2 days ago
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