$500 tax stamps?

[Sharkbite]

I absolutely agree with the post above. The hardest part of the whole process is the waiting.

 

[Lohman446]

Wasn't there a form I had to drag up to the county sheriff or such as well? Or do they handle that via mail?

 

[Sharkbite]

Not anymore. After 41f took effect, all you need to do is send a COPY to the local LEO as a notification. They no longer need to “sign off” on the application.

 

[dogtown tom]

Lohman446 Wasn't there a form I had to drag up to the county sheriff or such as well? Or do they handle that via mail?

41F removed the CLEO "signoff" effective July 13th, 2016. Now all that is required is CLEO notification....you just mail the CLEO a copy and he can't do a darned thing about it.

Silencer Shop handles everything for you and your dealer.

 

[FrankenMauser]

41F removed the CLEO "signoff" effective July 13th, 2016. Now all that is required is CLEO notification....you just mail the CLEO a copy and he can't do a darned thing about it.

Aye.
I drop mine off in person.
I live in a small city. (Metro area of roughly 65k people, in 45 x 15 miles; with a county population of just 82k.)
The often irritable and unhappy clerks at the counter always perk up when they're handed a Form 1 or Form 4, and give me a good smile. (Again... small city, and in a gun-loving part of the country. )


Even if you don't use Silencer Shop or a similar service, the rest of it is cake:
Get fingerprinted.
Get some photos.
Stop by your local toy store.
Nearly every dealer does the paperwork for you. Even if they don't, they have to fill out more than you anyway. (There's not much to it.)
Mail the application with prints, photos, and check.
Drop off (or mail) the CLEO notification.

Wait....
And wait a lot more....
The wait sucks. But the process is pretty simple. Getting the windshield in my truck replaced is more of an inconvenience than filing a Form 1 or Form 4.

 

[Mobuck]

"Its not the cost of the silencer that prevents me from owning one or even the cost of the tax stamp. The procedure to get one is a pain (or appears to be when I look at the forms) and is enough to prevent me from going forward in acquiring one."

That's the plan. Back when the NFA regs were written, $200 was a pile of money AND the paperwork tied the item to a specific individual. So, not only did the fee put ownership of the NFA items out of general public's pocketbook, the regs prevented an individual from "straw manning" an item and passing it to another who wasn't legally eligible to possess the item.
Just another way for the generally ineffective law enforcement of the day to have some leverage against the gangsters who ruled the era.