Triple Break Products NFA Examiners List

The following list is an unofficial list of BATF NFA examiners.  It started from Tom Bowers SUBGUNS.COM  and has been updated since.  It is subject to change.

Last update was: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 01:41:01 PM -0500

 If you have any updates, please send them to: NFAExaminerUpdate@TripleBreakProducts.com.

Kenneth Houchens is the chief of the National Firearms Act branch as of 1/22/2004.

NOTES / RUMORS that we have received that you might find useful:

2/03: Anton Augurs is no no longer  with NFA branch.
8/03: Tracey Carswell is no longer with NFA branch, Gary Schaible is supervisor of B. Franklin.

Name - How assignors are assigned

They are assigned by the first rule that matches, in order from 1 to 3:

1. If governmental agency, first character of the state that the agency is in
2. The first letter of the trade name of the TRANSFEROR (i.e. where the transfer is coming from)
3. First letter of the last name

Examiner

The examiner is usually the person whose initials are on the bottom left hand side of the form.  Infrequently the examiner and supervisor are the same.

Supervisor

Supervisor of examiner, which is usually stamped and fully written out.

Rating

A simple concept of taking number of comments of Excellent, OK or Needs work, numerically in order separated by a slash.  A 20/5/1 means people rated the examiner; 20 excellent, 5 OK, 1 needs work.

Average weeks to process

A ball park average of the number of weeks it will take to get a form processed from the time you dropped the letter in the mail to when the person doing the transfer received the approved form back.

The first number is the average and the second is the number of people who have responded with information to the average.  A number 11-9, means the average return is 11 weeks and 9 people have submitted results to come to the 11 week average.

Commonly Used Phone Numbers

ATF National Firearms Act Branch Moves to West Virginia

Adds Customer Service Team to Assist Industry and Public

ATF’s National Firearms Act (NFA) Branch is now located in Martinsburg, W.Va.
Since moving to the new offices, the NFA Branch has added Customer Service Representatives to assist industry members and the public with questions and in determining the status of the processing of notices and applications.

The NFA Branch’s new mailing address in Martinsburg, W.Va. is:

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
National Firearms Act Branch
244 Needy Road
Martinsburg, West Virginia 25401-9431

Phone numbers:
(304) 616-4500
(304) 616-4501 (fax)

NFA Branch personnel assigned to Martinsburg, who may be reached at the above numbers include:

The following NFA Branch personnel continue to work at ATF Headquarters in Washington, DC, and may be reached at (202) 927-8330:

* Please do not contact the Headquarters number for personnel assigned to Martinsburg.

This listing will be updated as personnel are reassigned to Martinsburg.

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