Looking for the 2022 AFMER Final Report? Click HereEach January, ATF publishes its Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report (AFMER), revealing all firearms produced and sold or distributed into...
FIC 2023 Agenda: FIC On-Air (April 27-28)
After a successful debut last year, the 9th annual Firearms Industry Conference (FIC) will again feature a series of virtual learning sessions in 2023. Organized by Orchid and Williams Mullen’s Firearms...
FIC 2023 Agenda: Pre-Con Workshops (May 1)
This spring, the 9th annual Firearms Industry Conference (FIC) will take place in Atlanta, Georgia for the second consecutive year. Organized by Orchid and Williams Mullen’s Firearms Industry Group, FIC 2023...
FIC 2023 Agenda: Main Event (May 2-3)
This spring, the 9th annual Firearms Industry Conference (FIC) will take place in Atlanta, Georgia for the second consecutive year. Organized by Orchid and Williams Mullen’s Firearms Industry Group, FIC 2023...
ATF eForm 4 Wait Times Only 45 Days Faster Than Paper
In January 2022, ATF updated its eForms platform with the goal of modernizing the system to reduce the time and effort required to review and process applications. Included in the update was the relaunch of...
ATF AFMER Pistol and Revolver Caliber Groupings
Each year, federally licensed firearm and destructive device manufacturers (Type 07 and 10 FFLs) are required to submit a production report of manufacturing and export activity to ATF. Submitted by April 1...
7 New Firearms from Orchid Clients Seen at SHOT Show 2023
The 2023 SHOT Show has come and gone, but not without introducing a long list of new firearms, ammunition options, and shooting accessories to the market. And while there was plenty to ogle over across the...
ATF Compliance Inspection Update: Q4 2022
Happy New Year! That is, if you weren’t one of the 50 FFLs who received a warning conference or revocation following an ATF compliance inspection in the last three months of 2022. Now armed with one full...
25 Major Orchid eBound/e4473 Enhancements Made in 2022
Orchid eBound is the firearm industry's simplest, most compliant, and most trusted cloud-based acquisition and disposition (A&D) bound book and electronic ATF Form 4473 application. Used by FFLs small and...
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