The paperwork would only take that long if the weapon was subject to the National Firearms Act (NFA). NFA weapons are usually things like suppressors/silencers, machine guns/automatics, short-barreled weapons, and "Any other Weapons (AOWs)" - like a cane or cigarette lighter gun, or grenades.
Now - this depends on which state you are in. 3 states and I believe DC banned .50 caliber rifles. In CA they banned the sale (which caused Barret to stop selling to and fixing CA government guns, but if you had one you could register it (which could take a year).
I have heard that getting an NFA weapon (and the accompanying $200 tax stamp) is pushing 18 months now, but that is probably because the Biden administration wants to slow it way down.
Friend of mine has an FFL and he said when he started thinking about getting a suppressor for a .223/5.56 AR it was taking people 60-90 days. When he finally pulled the trigger on getting his it took him 9 months, and that was 2 years ago so it's untelling how long it would take now.
The paperwork would only take that long if the weapon was subject to the National Firearms Act (NFA). NFA weapons are usually things like suppressors/silencers, machine guns/automatics, short-barreled weapons, and "Any other Weapons (AOWs)" - like a cane or cigarette lighter gun, or grenades.
Now - this depends on which state you are in. 3 states and I believe DC banned .50 caliber rifles. In CA they banned the sale (which caused Barret to stop selling to and fixing CA government guns, but if you had one you could register it (which could take a year).
I have heard that getting an NFA weapon (and the accompanying $200 tax stamp) is pushing 18 months now, but that is probably because the Biden administration wants to slow it way down.
Friend of mine has an FFL and he said when he started thinking about getting a suppressor for a .223/5.56 AR it was taking people 60-90 days. When he finally pulled the trigger on getting his it took him 9 months, and that was 2 years ago so it's untelling how long it would take now.
I have a couple of suppressors, took me a year to get each one.