Red Circle, Author at Red Circle Tactical Firearm Blog

BATFE ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF CLOUD BASED EFORMS

The BATE announced that they are (finally) launching their new cloud-based eForms platform this month (December 2021).

As stated by the BATFE:

“The goal of this ‘modernized eForms’ is to provide ATF with an infusion of technology to provide better services to our industry members, trade associations, and the public. This much needed modernization will reduce the effort and time required to review and process applications. Specifically, ATF Forms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6A, 9, 10 and 5300.11, by incorporating online validations and other enhancements.”

Finally, the electronic Form 4 is back!

Based on our understanding of the new process, unlike a paper Form4, with an eForm4, multiple BATFE and FBI agents will be able to work on the eForm4 concurrently instead of only one at a time.

Typically a paper from 4 is touched around 40 different times during the approval process and it has to wait until the previous agent is done with a step until the next step can begin. This should speed the process.

Hopefully this will impact wait times in a positive manner.

More to come as we learn more.

Update:

The ATF has supplied this information to us:

eForms upgrade start: Friday, December 17 at 9 p.m.
eForms tentative upgrade finish: Tuesday, December 21 at 6 a.m.

The web address of eForms is not changing.

Your eForms User ID is not changing. All your previous submissions will transfer to the new system.

After the upgrade, you’ll need to manually reset your password before you can log in for the first time.

Once you log in with your new password, the system will ask you to update your user profile information and create a security PIN.

Another Update:

This is a notice to current eForms users about a change in the outage period for the upgrade to ATF eForms.
The tentative finish date is now Thursday, December 23 at 6 a.m. ET.
No action is needed at this time. However, there are some required steps you’ll need to complete after the upgrade is finished (details below).

Update: Outage period
In order to facilitate this upgrade, eForms is offline during the following time frame:
Upgrade Start: Friday, December 17 at 9 p.m.
Tentative Finish: Thursday, December 23 at 6 a.m.
If the outage window will impact business operations, paper submissions of forms will always still be an option during this period.

NSSF.ORG Article Defines a Modern Sporting Rifle MSR AKA AR-15

Here is a link to a succinct article that properly defines the AR-15 platform AKA the Modern Sporting Rifle:

https://www.nssf.org/msr/

Inventory Update 04/30/21

Guns continue to trickle in. Ammo is still hard to obtain.

This week we received these (act fast if you want them):

COLT M4 CARBINE CR6920 5.56

https://shop.redcircletactical.com/rifles/semi-automatic-rifles/colt-m4-carbine-556mm-223-16-m4-a3-carbine-ar-15-556-nato-semi-auto-rifle-161-barrel-30-rounds-a2-front-sight-polymer-handguard-collapsible-stock-matte-black-3399177

Sig Sauer P365

https://shop.redcircletactical.com/handguns/semi-automatic-handguns/sig-sauer-p365-semi-auto-pistol-striker-fired-9mm-31-barrel-polymer-frame-stainless-slide-xray3-daynight-sights-2-magazines-1-flush-fit-10rd-1-extended-10rd-two-tone-3618003

Ruger 8500 AR-556 AR-15

https://shop.redcircletactical.com/rifles/semi-automatic-rifles/ruger-8500-ar-556-ar-15-sporting-rifle-sa-223-556-nato-161-301-6pos-stock-black-3256155

Anderson AM-15 AR-15 Multi Caliber .223 .556 .300 Complete Lower Receiver Black Magpul

https://shop.redcircletactical.com/lower-receivers/lower-receivers/anderson-am-15-ar-15-multi-caliber-223-556-300-complete-lower-black-magpul-3624324

CANIK TP9SFX

Here is a link to all of our in stock handguns:

https://shop.redcircletactical.com/handguns/semi-automatic-handguns

Inventory Update

Guns continue to trickle in. Sadly only a few a week.

This week we received these (act fast if you want them):

Sig P320C 45

https://shop.redcircletactical.com/handguns/semi-automatic-handguns/sig-sauer-p320-compact-p320c-320c-45-bss-dao-striker-45acp-39-91-ns-poly-blk-nib-798681513505-3369916

Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22

https://shop.redcircletactical.com/rifles/semi-automatic-rifles/smith-wesson-mp15-22-semi-automatic-ar-22-22lr-165-threaded-barrel-black-finish-25rd-10-mp-slim-handguard-with-magpul-m-lok-mp100-4moa-redgreen-dot-optic-included-nib-3337590

Smith and Wesson M&P Shield EZ 9mm

https://shop.redcircletactical.com/handguns/semi-automatic-handguns/smith-wesson-mp9-shield-ez-m20-semi-automatic-pistol-internal-hammer-fired-compact-9mm-3675-barrel-polymer-frame-black-finish-3-dot-sights-gripthumb-safety-8rd-2-magazines-3311540

Kel-Tec Sub 2K SUB2000 40 Glock 22 Gen 2

https://shop.redcircletactical.com/rifles/semi-automatic-rifles/kel-tec-sub-2k-sub2000-40-glock-22-gen-2-semi-automatic-40-40-sw-161-blue-black-grip-1-mag-151-round-nib-3333478

Smith & Wesson M&P Sport II 5.56

https://shop.redcircletactical.com/rifles/semi-automatic-rifles/smith-wesson-ar-15-mp-15-sport-ii-semi-automatic-rifle-556-nato-16-barrel-black-finish-black-collapsible-stock-1-mag-301-round-flattop-flip-up-rear-sight-3289440

Covid-19 Firearms, Ammo and Accessories Update

Update:

We’ve been under this new normal for around 7 months.

Due to the Covid-19 Virus ‘pandemic’ our industry continues to experience overwhelming demand. In fact, as of July 2020, there were 5 million first time firearm buyers this year and a record 12.1 million total FBI background checks.

Most firearms, many types of ammo and various accessories have sold out or are in very limited quantities.

Many of the manufacturers have production backorders that need to be filled just to catch up from pre-covid levels. And each day that goes by with this unprecedented demand, puts them further behind.

Also, many firearm, ammo and accessory manufacturers are unable to finish their products due to supply chain material shortages, labor shortages and state and local Covid restrictions.

We get calls and emails all day long with people searching for 9mm,.380, 45, 5.56, .223 and .22lr ammo. As well as people searching for 9mm handguns, shotguns , AR-15s and most hunting rifles. And, sadly, the answer to that request is often no we don’t have it.

Hopefully, next year, this situation will improve. And, more importantly, I hope we find a way to put a stop to Covid.

Remington Firearms, as it was, is no more. A sad day.

Pending bankruptcy court approval, Remington Firearms has been sold, in parts, to several buyers via an auction.

These are the successful bidders for Remington’s various businesses:

– Vista Outdoor Inc. was the successful bidder for their Lonoke ammunitions business.
– Sierra Bullets LLC was the successful bidder for their Barnes ammunition business.
– Sturm, Ruger & Co. was the successful bidder for their Marlin firearms business.
– JJE Capital Holdings LLC was the successful bidder for their DPMS, H&R, Stormlake, AAC and Parker brands. (Think Palmetto State Armory).
– Franklin Armory Holdings Inc. was the successful bidder for their Bushmaster brand and certain related assets.
– Sportsman’s Warehouse Inc. was the successful bidder for their Tapco brand.
– Roundhill Group LLC was the successful bidder for their non-Marlin Firearms portion of the business.

It will be interesting to see how it all turn out.

Ruger had this message on their homepage:

“The value of Marlin and its 150-year legacy was too great of an opportunity for us to pass up,” said Ruger President and CEO Chris Killoy. “The brand aligns perfectly with ours and the Marlin product portfolio will help us widen our already diverse product offerings.”

The transaction is exclusively for the Marlin Firearms assets. Remington firearms, ammunition, other Remington Outdoor brands, and all facilities and real estate are excluded from the Ruger purchase. Once the purchase is completed, the Company will begin the process of relocating the Marlin Firearms assets to existing Ruger manufacturing facilities.

“The important thing for consumers, retailers and distributors to know at this point in time,” continued Killoy, “is that the Marlin brand and its great products will live on. Long Live the Lever Gun.”

Covid-19 Firearms and Ammo Panic Buying

Due to the Covid-19 Virus our store is experiencing overwhelming demand. There will be delays in shipping, receiving, responses to emails and phone calls. Please be patient. Many items have sold out or are in very low quantities.

This is affecting the entire USA based firearms industry.

Colt Manufacturing Has Decided To Stop Supplying AR-15s To The Civilian Market

Colt recently announced it will stop manufacturing their AR-15 lines for sale to the civilian market.

They cite overall excess market manufacturing capacity (AKA the AR-15 market is flooded with product) and most of their AR building capacity is currently dedicated to high volume military and police contracts.

Interesting development.

You can read Colt’s comments about it here:

https://www.colt.com/news/2630

Uninformed US Senators Sponsor Anti-Silencer Bill

You have to love it when our elected officials make decisions and author bills without a complete understanding of the topic at hand.

They want to ban silencers as they think only criminals own them. I guess around 500,000 people who own them legally are criminals.

The “Help Empower Americans to Respond Act of 2019” or the “HEAR Act” aims to outlaw legal ownership of silencers (except the usual exceptions of law enforcement and the government).

I suggest reading any of these articles to learn more about this bill and see the ignorance with your own eyes. How do these people get elected?

https://www.guns.com/news/2019/06/24/lawmaker-moves-to-outlaw-suppressors-authorize-buy-back

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/06/24/gun-owners-prepare-to-fight-dems-are-not-surprisingly-moving-to-ban-suppresso-n2548870

https://reason.com/2019/06/25/backers-of-a-federal-ban-on-gun-silencers-claim-only-criminals-use-them/?mc_cid=2783e3dbec&mc_eid=90361d3247