AW Registration Guide **3/18/2021 update: Registration may re-open soon**

[shoebox56]

Taking a picture of an AK Pistol

Can someone elaborate a little more on what this means:

"a photo that depicts the firearm from the end of the barrel to the end of the stock if it is a long gun or the point furthest from the end of the barrel if it is a pistol."

Basically aim the camera at the muzzle end?

Thanks.

[DrewTheBrave]

Can someone elaborate a little more on what this means:

"a photo that depicts the firearm from the end of the barrel to the end of the stock if it is a long gun or the point furthest from the end of the barrel if it is a pistol."

Basically aim the camera at the muzzle end?

Thanks.

This is a side profile, showing the full firearm from end (muzzle) to end (point furthest from muzzle).

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[CandG]

Can someone elaborate a little more on what this means:

"a photo that depicts the firearm from the end of the barrel to the end of the stock if it is a long gun or the point furthest from the end of the barrel if it is a pistol."

Basically aim the camera at the muzzle end?

Thanks.

That photo should look something like this:

[shoebox56]

AK Pistol (again)

Thanks all. I DROS'd the AK Pistol as originally a Single Shot but (shortly) later converted to Semi Auto. Do I have to mention that in the Comments?

[flyer898]

Assault rifle registration completed in less than three weeks. I submitted registration for two rifles on March 18, 2018, received the confirmation email on March 21, and the final registration letter on April 6.

[Jedediah Munroe]

Thanks all. I DROS'd the AK Pistol as originally a Single Shot but (shortly) later converted to Semi Auto. Do I have to mention that in the Comments?

I did not and had no problems


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[simonp]

[CandG]

& finally having to delete submissions as they wouldn’t let me combine the pending ones into my cart & I wasn’t willing to pay more than $15 for this BS.

I had that same exact issue. I timed out, and logged back in and added more rifles, then noticed my previous submissions were in a different cart than the new ones. When I tried to add the previous ones to back into the main cart, it gave me an error saying something about how I can't register guns with different owner information.

The cause:
When you log out or get timed out, your shopping cart items migrate to a "pending cart" (which is akin to Amazon's "save for later" shopping cart function). If you leave those items in your pending cart, add a new rifle to the main shopping cart, then try to move your pending items to the main cart, you get the error. It doesn't matter if the owner information exactly matches on all of them, you'll still get the error.

The Fix, if it happens:
Unfortunately, as you discovered, the only thing you can do is delete all the new items in your main shopping cart, THEN move the items in your pending cart to the main shopping cart, THEN re-add the guns you were trying to add.

The prevention:
To prevent this issue, simply make a habit of moving the items from your Pending cart to your main shopping cart, each time you log in, before you try adding new guns.


A couple days ago I added this info to the registration guide, after I ran into the same problem as you.

I suspect this website glitch has resulted in more than a few people getting frustrated and just paying their extortion fee multiple times rather than trying to figure it out.

[simonp]

I had that same exact issue. I timed out, and when I logged back in and added another rifle, it said something about how I can't register guns with different owner information.



The cause:

When you log out or get timed out, your shopping cart items migrate to a "pending cart" (which is like Amazons "save for later" shopping cart function). If you leave those items in your pending cart, and add a new rifle to the main shopping cart, you get the error.



The Fix, if it happens:

Unfortunately, as you discovered, the only thing you can do is delete all the items from your main shopping cart, THEN move the items in your pending cart to the main shopping cart, THEN re-add the guns you were trying to add.



The prevention:

To prevent this issue, simply make a habit of moving the items to from your Pending cart to your main shopping cart, each time you log in, before you try adding new guns.





A couple days ago I added this info to the registration guide, after I ran into the same problem as you.

[CandG]

Such a frustrating system

Intentionally so, I believe

[Tap&Rack]

Just a quick update on my registration status. Checked the website this morning and nothing has changed. Still shows the same “in progress” status. Called them and talked to a nice lady that said they have had a huge amount of registrations and that the backlog is currently 120 days. From reading here I know that isn’t really the case as many have gotten theirs back in less than a month recently. I didn’t press the issue as I figured it wouldn’t get me anywhere. So looks like I have to wait about another 30 days before I hit the 120 day mark.

[CandG]

All but 1 of my applications already received the preliminary approval emails, only 6 days after submitting my apps.

The last one, I expect, will be delayed significantly though, because the mfgr wasn't in their stupid list. They've reviewed it (I saw that firearm was "open" on their end when I checked my account recently), but they made no updates to it and didn't contact me about it.

120 day backlog sounds like an exaggeration - that might be true for some really complicated registrations that need review from supervisors.

[Ford8N]

I never received a preliminary approval email. My letter just showed up.

[Discogodfather]

I never received a preliminary approval email. My letter just showed up.

It's not an approval, just a email that it's begun processing. The letter is the only approval you get, otherwise you have to do the AFS form, which is the one you use when you loose your letter or need another copy. It requires a notary.

Automated Firearms System (AFS) Request for Firearm Records

That's the only way to know anything- either the letter they send or the letter you get from the AFS.

[CandG]

It's not an approval, just a email that it's begun processing. The letter is the only approval you get, otherwise you have to do the AFS form, which is the one you use when you loose your letter or need another copy. It requires a notary.

Automated Firearms System (AFS) Request for Firearm Records

That's the only way to know anything- either the letter they send or the letter you get from the AFS.

I think, but I'm not 100% sure, that when you get the email that says they'll notify you by US mail, that it's basically an indication of approval - I haven't heard of anyone getting that email and not getting their letter a few weeks later, unless they had other rifles that didnt get the email and ended up getting kickbacks. The fact that my only rifle that for sure needs to have the app modified is also the one that I didn't get the email for (but that they definitely "began processing", because I saw someone there had that rifle's app opened), I think backs that theory. Also the regs say the only thing they'll notify of by US mail is an approval, and the email doesn't say "we'll notify you by US mail or email", it only says US mail... But of course, anything is possible with DOJ.

That's interesting about the notarized AFS request for obtaining another letter - that makes it suddenly cost a lot more than the $5. Lengthier, too, since that can take 3+ months to get. Even more reason to immediately make digital and physical copies immediately when you receive it.