Lo and behold a glimmer of progress at ATF. A Federal Register notice of requests for comment on changing the Form 1 to accept credit and debit cards! And combine information collected on other forms. I am told that Form 4 is already queued up for the same treatment...

https://www.federalregister.gov/arti...cation-to-make

Make sure that you send your comments to Gary.N.Schaible@usdoj.gov regarding this proposal. You might want to let him know that moving this form to an 8.5" x 14" format is a BAD idea!