I had a DELAY from state on a receiver. After several days, no word, so we transferred. A full month later, state calls with a PROCEED. OK, well, we did that a month ago, duly noted. The very next day, state calls again and now says it's a DENIED and want his address so they can sic ATF on him. He's a repeat customer, with prior approvals, so I call him and tell him what happened and to get his butt over here ASAP with the receiver. He does. I take possession and call state and tell them I have possession. State says OK. State also supposed to send this guy a letter about it. As of weeks later, they still hadn't done it.
About 2-3 months later, ATF calls and they only just now got notified about it by state. I tell them I have possession. That's all they want to hear. No issue. I don't know what happened with the guy. He said no new issues since his previous approval. Dunno. Last thing I told him was when he gets issue with state straightened out, come by and fill out a new 4473.
That was last summer. I still have the receiver. Haven't heard from the guy.
NH dealers tried to get redundant and poorly done state system tossed in favor of NICS a couple years ago, but our RINO governor vetoed the bill. Gotta protect that bureaucracy!