If he's a really good buddy he can add you to his trust while you are waiting on the stamp. Then he gives you a copy of the trust and tax stamp and your good to go
i had one approved 12/22 and still haven't gotten the stamp. Also had another approved one day last week and it hasn't came back either. My last one took less than a week to be mailed.
i just called about two i had pending. I had the typical great NFA worker conversation and small talk session (sarcasm). I had a can that went pending on 8/17 that was approved today. 12/22 but he said it could be up to 30 days before the stamp got back to my dealer but im hoping for next week...
i called just a minute ago.
Purchase date was 2/21/2015
Check cashed 3/2 went pending that day
The guy i talked to said it should be in the next few weeks.