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| Form | Owner | State↕ | Pending | Wait↕ | Approved↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Form 1 | Trust | OH | Mar 2026 | 64d | May 6 |
| Form 4 | Trust | WA | Apr 2026 | 19d | May 6 |
| Form 1 | Individual | ID | Mar 2026 | 65d | May 5 |
| Form 4 | Individual | KS | Apr 2026 | 6d | May 5 |
| Form 1 | Individual | VA | Mar 2026 | 63d | May 5 |
| Form 1 | Individual | VA | Mar 2026 | 63d | May 5 |
| Form 1 | Trust | MO | Feb 2026 | 66d | May 5 |
| Form 4 | Individual | OH | Apr 2026 | 5d | May 5 |
| Form 1 | Individual | MO | Mar 2026 | 64d | May 5 |
| Form 4 | Individual | GA | Apr 2026 | 10d | May 5 |
Slight slowdown in approval activity
Monitoring Form 4 and Form 1 recent approvals
Last approval
21h ago
Signal strength
↓ Below baselineDetection window
180 recent · 995 prior 76d
Recent approvals reflect relatively short pending durations across reported filings.
Form 1·Individual
Form 4·Individual
Form 1·Trust
Form 4·Trust
Last 30 days by ATF approval date · 340 approvals
3,237 approvals tracked across 47 states
Latest reported approval: today
Approval distribution by filing week
| Filing week | Approvals | Median | Typical range | Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13–19, 2026 | 5 | 1d | 1–2d | 5 |
| Jul 6–12 | 21 | 5d | 4–7d | 21 |
| Jun 29–Jul 5 | 23 | 9d | 8–12d | 23 |
| Jun 22–28 | 32 | 6d | 4–10d | 32 |
| Jun 15–21 | 32 | 5d | 2–12d | 29 |
| Jun 8–14 | 47 | 6d | 4–30d | 21 |
| Jun 1–7 | 51 | 8d | 6–29d | 20 |
| May 25–31 | 45 | 10d | 6–35d | 19 |
| May 18–24 | 62 | 10d | 4–26d | 12 |
| May 11–17 | 63 | 15d | 7–34d | 13 |
| May 4–10 | 52 | 17d | 5–35d | 11 |
| Apr 27–May 3 | 64 | 16d | 7–64d | 21 |
| Apr 20–26 | 81 | 18d | 7–50d | 19 |
| Apr 13–19 | 88 | 26d | 6–72d | 26 |
| Apr 6–12 | 125 | 36d | 8–78d | 37 |
| Mar 30–Apr 5 | 105 | 36d | 16–73d | 15 |
| Mar 23–29 | 95 | 66d | 29–73d | — |
| Mar 16–22 | 97 | 62d | 22–68d | — |
| Mar 9–15 | 111 | 42d | 13–65d | — |
| Mar 2–8 | 114 | 40d | 7–64d | — |
| Feb 23–Mar 1 | 113 | 25d | 4–63d | — |
| Feb 16–22 | 130 | 28d | 4–62d | — |
| Feb 9–15 | 138 | 57d | 13–61d | — |
| Feb 2–8 | 93 | 23d | 8–28d | — |
| Jan 26–Feb 1 | 124 | 27d | 15–46d | — |
| Jan 19–25 | 172 | 31d | 17–53d | — |
Median = half waited less, half more. Typical range = the middle 50% of filers (25th–75th percentile). Active = approved in the last 30 days.
Recent approvals by filing cohort
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Approval activity is progressing across Jun 2026 through Jul 2026 filing cohorts.
Approval signal distributed across 4 active cohort windows. Broad-front advancement detected — no dominant compression zone.
Form 4 Trust frontier trails Individual by 1 month. Persistent pathway separation — trust gap remains observable.
Two queue surfaces — shared scale, shared timeline, synchronized hover
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regime: volatile · trajectory: slowing
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Operational FrontierThe oldest filing months still getting approvals — how far back the ATF is currently working.
Oldest filing months still seeing meaningful recent approvals
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
90-Day Wait Distribution
Typical range · median · by filing type
Form 1 · Individual
365 approvalsForm 4 · Individual
363 approvalsForm 4 · Trust
234 approvalsForm 1 · Trust
222 approvals