Can anyone who has recently purchased tell me what the current NJ NICS wait time is?
Thanks
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2 days. (3/13/2025)
I put it in on Tuesday evening the 11th, It returned Thursday afternoon the 13th.
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Last NICS check we did was on Thursday afternoon and we got it back Fri afternoon - so let say 1 day. There were 350 in the que which is a day or less work for the NICS unit…
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There was just a gun auction in Chesterfield on Friday. Guys are all coming back to fill out the forms today so there’s going to be a slowdown in the nics checks system because of volume.
I don’t think one auction will push it back that much…
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Perhaps, but a lot of guns were sold
Not sure how many buyers though
Thanks guys. Maybe we could make sticky of this so members have an idea. I remember the good old days when it was done over the phone while you (dealer) talked to nics you had an answer in 5-10 minutes.
Just got back yesterdays NICS checks - so 24 hrs as of today…
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Went today to Hackettstown Firearms to run NICS on this.
I just checked the NICS site and it says about 2 days.
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I have a Trump lower on my 300 BO.
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I haven’t decided on a build for this yet. I may do an “Other” to match my Glock clone that I built.
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Just got the call for NICS approval, so it was 26hrs in my case.
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NICS Submitted 3:30PM Thursday, Approved this AM.
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The State of NJ has trained us accept a few days for a NICS check as “normal.” But in reality, it is totally unacceptable, and an indication that they are unwilling to devote enough energy and manpower to fulfill their mandate of making the check “instant.” Other states, which presumably have more guns sales than NJ, are able to get it done in minutes, so why not in our godawful state?
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“Instant”
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I was told by an IT guy that consults for the state that we are still running 2000 era servers here.
Explains quite a bit if its true
Just to give you all an update. I did paperwork yesterday around 3pm and received a call at 9:40am today that I was approved. That is the fastest turnaround I have seen in a very long time.
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Well that’s definitely an improvement, but they still ensured that you had to make a separate trip to the point of purchase, which unless it’s around the corner from you, can be a small to a major inconvenience.
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Will update with turnaround time just purchased a zpap m70 this morning
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