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A bud just got his can, and his approval took 7 days.
They are printing the image of the tax stamp on the approved form. Where it used to say "200 Dollars", it now says "Zero Dollars".

Just in case @Racer88 changes his mind... ;)

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no4mk1t said:
A bud just got his can, and his approval took 7 days.
They are printing the image of the tax stamp on the approved form. Where it used to say "200 Dollars", it now says "Zero Dollars".

Just in case @Racer88 changes his mind... ;)

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It's not the cost. It's the REGISTRATION. Even if I could get the suppressor itself for free... If I have to register, it's a no.
 
Racer88 said:
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It's not the cost. It's the REGISTRATION. Even if I could get the suppressor itself for free... If I have to register, it's a no.
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Give it time. The lawsuit to repeal that is working its way through the process now. 🤞 ;)
 
Racer88 said:
My prediction: Never going to happen.

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That's what a lot of folks said about the $200.
The purpose of the registration is to have a record that you paid the excise tax. If there's no more tax, there is no longer a legal reason for the registration to exist.
If the antis were smarter, they should have said make the tax $1. That would have provided relief from the burdensome tax and still have a legal reason to keep the registry. But they didn't, thank goodness.

We'll have to wait and see whose lawyers prevail.

I predict that even if the registration goes away, suppressors will remain classified as firearms and you will still have to do a 4473 and B/G check. I think that's the best we can hope for.
 
no4mk1t said:
That's what a lot of folks said about the $200.
The purpose of the registration is to have a record that you paid the excise tax. If there's no more tax, there is no longer a legal reason for the registration to exist.
If the antis were smarter, they should have said make the tax $1. That would have provided relief from the burdensome tax and still have a legal reason to keep the registry. But they didn't, thank goodness.

We'll have to wait and see whose lawyers prevail.

I predict that even if the registration goes away, suppressors will remain classified as firearms and you will still have to do a 4473 and B/G check. I think that's the best we can hope for.
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Suppressors will never be off the NFA list, because the muggles think they go "pew-pew" and are the tools of assassins like in the movies.

It's. Never. Going. To. Happen.

I hope I'm wrong. But I'm not.

The deal breaker for me is registration. That's my line in the sand. It won't change.

Question: Let's say they take it off the list. And a bunch of us buy suppressors. What's stopping them from changing their minds and requiring registration after the fact? Saying they're legal, and then reversing... like they did with bump stocks.... "braces".... and 80% frames?
 
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Alex said:
We're already on a list.
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Bidet and Dettlebitch were scanning 4473s as fast as they could. :rolleyes:

The good thing is that there is strength in numbers, and firearms and firearms owners are quite numerous...

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PS: and regarding the searching of jpegs and other images, one "bad" use for AI is the ease of scanning pictures for data... :(
 
The prices already seem to be trending downward. Will wait to buy a pre-made when the prices come down to what they should be. Nothing high tech or difficult with a suppressor. If PSA gets to making them, we may see them around $100.
 
FrankenGlock said:
The prices already seem to be trending downward. Will wait to buy a pre-made when the prices come down to what they should be. Nothing high tech or difficult with a suppressor. If PSA gets to making them, we may see them around $100.
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Airgun suppressors run from about $125-$220 for a 22. 30 caliber air gun cans are $300+.
Keep in mind that is an aluminum can that is not user serviceable. So, you're not far off...if you're talking about low end 22RF cans.
You do not want an aluminum can for 22RF, or anything you want to shoot cast bullet through.

However, the tax going away doesn't change anything for the manufacturer. They still have all the regulatory stuff they have always had. Until that goes away, there won't be any meaningful price reductions.
 
I need to get into the suppressor business. Seems to be as simple as buying a CNC machine and lathe and creating a hollow metal tube and some metal baffles. Sell them each for 500$ and call it a day the profit would be insane.
 
Webley said:
I need to get into the suppressor business. Seems to be as simple as buying a CNC machine and lathe and creating a hollow metal tube and some metal baffles. Sell them each for 500$ and call it a day the profit would be insane.
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It's not expensive. All you need is a good drill press as the other parts are legal to buy pre-made. However, all the parts you need can be purchased already made but don't buy all of them without doing the ATF form first as once you buy all the parts they can say you possess a working suppressor without getting approval to build one.
 
FrankenGlock said:
It's not expensive. All you need is a good drill press as the other parts are legal to buy pre-made. However, all the parts you need can be purchased already made but don't buy all of them without doing the ATF form first as once you buy all the parts they can say you possess a working suppressor without getting approval to build one.
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Yeah I should have bought all those solvent traps on temu back in 2019.
 
Racer88 said:
uestion: Let's say they take it off the list. And a bunch of us buy suppressors. What's stopping them from changing their minds and requiring registration after the fact? Saying they're legal, and then reversing... like they did with bump stocks.... "braces".... and 80% frames?
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Yes. But if they have a database and then a meteor hits the Earth destroying all life as we know it, none of this matters.

Pfffft pfffft.
 
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