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PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FULLY BEFORE STARTING!

 

Step 1:  Create a Silencer Shop account.

• All customers, visit Silencer Shop on a computer (not your cell phone). If not done already, create an account with your full legal name and current address on their website.

  • Note:  Ensure your account address matches exactly the address on your government issued photo ID card.

• If you are having problems creating a Silencer Shop account, call them at 512-931-4556.

• Make sure to let them know in your profile if your registration will be as an individual, or, if not, which type of trust you'll be using. If you have an existing trust already, this is where you'll upload a PDF of it. The link for Silencer Shop's website is: www.SilencerShop.com.

  • Note:  Information on trust types and how to decide can be obtained by calling Silencer Shop Customer Service at 512-931-4556.

 

Step 2:  Download the Silencer Shop app on your smartphone.

• Log on using the same email address & password as your Silencer Shop account from the computer.

• Use the app to take the required passport-type photo. This will be automatically uploaded to your Silencer Shop account for the upcoming ATF Form 4. No Hats or Face Covering!

 

Step 3:  Create an ATF eForms account at https://eforms.ATF.gov.

• If not done already, visit the ATF's eForms website and create an account with the ATF.

  • Note:  MAKE SURE to use the same email address and full legal name as your Silencer Shop account, EXACTLY.

• Create the 4 digit PIN and write it down somewhere. After creating the account, the ATF will email you your account user name. Make sure to write it down; you'll need BOTH of your eforms.ATF.gov USER NAME which will be your first initial and last name along with a 5-digit number (sample for John Doe: jdoe12345) and ATF 4-digit PIN at a later step in the certification process. You cannot certify without these two items.

  • Note:  Failure to make sure all the information in your SilencerShop.com and Eforms.ATF.gov account match WILL stop the process at the last step and cause additional delays. Be consistent with your information on all associated accounts.

 

Step 4:  Have TR Bar order the silencer, or purchase directly from Silencer Shop online, the cost is the same to you.

• If registering your silencer with a trust, purchase the appropriate trust as well.

• Effective January 1, 2026 the $200.00 Federal Tax Stamp Requirement has been removed

 

Step 5:  Visit our store to perform fingerprinting on the Silencer Shop kiosk.

• After the above steps are done, if not already on file, you will receive an email from Silencer Shop asking you to visit our store with their supplied QR code to have your fingerprints digitally taken.

• If you've done this in our store at the kiosk in the last 365 days, you may not have to do this step again.

 

Step 6:  Visit our store or login online when prompted to certify your ATF Form 4.

• After all these steps are completed, you will receive an email from Silencer Shop for you to come back into our store or login online, to "certify" your pending ATF Form 4.

• Please contact TR BAR at 575-434-2995 to schedule a time to arrive and certify.

• BRING WITH YOU your ATF 4-DIGIT PIN # (not your password) and ATF eForms account username (again, not your password, your Eforms issued user ID “jdoe12345”).

• Plan on spending up to ½ an hour for this process. This can be completed remotely with good internet access. You will need to be on a phone call with TR Bar to certify remotely.

• When on site, or if certifying remotely, you will be asked to click on the Silencer Shop link sent via email asking you to join the online Form 4 certification session.

• Once in the session, DO NOT refresh or click “Next.”  This will happen automatically once the form has been certified. This is when you will need your eforms account info.

 

Step 7:  Visit our store to pick up your silencer.

• Once approved, you will be emailed a copy of the approved Form 4 from the ATF.

• You must keep a printed copy of the approved form 4 with the Class III item at all times, everywhere it goes. This is your Tax Stamp.

• Bring a printed copy of the approved Form 4 with you to pick up your item.

• Note:  All silencers and NFA Class III items purchased from a third party (not through Silencer Shop) will incur a $100.00 transfer fee. Silencers purchased from TR Bar inventory will be subject to a $25.00 Form 4 transfer fee. NM Gross Receipts Tax is applicable on all sales.

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*Updated February 2026