Maintaining peace while shooting

[C4Ranch]

My boys and I love to shoot. But I've never liked the disturbance it caused to the peaceful country atmosphere. Plus the use of hearing protection is a hassle.

So I fixed that by making my own nfa compliant suppressor. Amazing that all parts ordered off the internet.

It's also perfectly legal to hunt with in TX.

Ahhhh, quiet as a mouses fart.

 

[kidr]

Good for you. If more shooters used silencers it would be better for the sport. Do you need a permit? Be legal.

 

[hutchman]

$200 tax stamp per NFA item. It is an absolute racket. You fill out paperwork, get your chief law enforcement officer to sign off on it, then send it to the black hole in Clarksburg WV (ATF) an in almost a year you'll get a tax stamp. The NFA is a joke.

 

[hutchman]

... Amazing that all parts ordered off the internet. ... View attachment 438645

Bought yourself a 'solvent trap' A?

 

[hutchman]

Hopefully you went about it the 'right' away. If not, I was going to say you need to delete the pictures and posts of every public forum and beg the admin to delete this thread but if you bought the stuff on the Internet they already know how to find you.

https://www.guntrustlawyer.com/2015/04/solvent-traps-and-gun-trusts-making-a-suppressor.html

 

[gsganzer]

When I hunted in Ireland, almost all the people had "moderators" (that's what they call them) on their hunting rifles. I hear it's the same with most of Europe. They believe it's the safe and courteous thing to do when shooting. You can't really argue with them.

I wonder why they got a bad rap in the US and what the rationale was for restricting them. Poachers, criminals?

I think it would be nice to have one. I've been researching them a bit.

 

[C4Ranch]

Easy now

Yes, as stated it is NFA compliant so I'm legit. Have my ATF approval, paid my $200 fee and waited about 100 days to get it. I don't actually "own" it. It's held as Corpus which allowed me to eFile my form 1 and avoid the need for local LEO signature.

 

[hutchman]

In Europe you can walk into a hardware store and buy them. In the US, they go crazy over them ... I think probably part of the problem is people watch too many movies and think they are 'Hollywood' quiet and the only people who would want them are up to no good. I like to keep my hearing while hunting. Also for self defence ... fire off one round inside a building without one and your situational awareness is pretty much shot (pun intended)!

 

[dodge man]

I've been reading about them a lot lately, they seem like a good idea to me. Why all the crap to get one in the U.S.? They are pure evil, used by hit man, mafia, and other bad people. (Thats a joke)

 

[hutchman]

Easy now

Yes, as stated it is NFA compliant so I'm legit. Have my ATF approval, paid my $200 fee and waited about 100 days to get it. I don't actually "own" it. It's held as Corpus which allowed me to eFile my form 1 and avoid the need for local LEO signature.

Good to know ... just trying to keep a brother out of hot water. The ATF is worse than a moody woman ... one day they will write a determination letter and the next go totally against it with another person. As long as you got the stamp you're good to go although if you read that link they are now saying buying parts and making one requires a Form 4 because "any part of a suppressor IS a suppressor". I'm a hobby gunsmith so I made my own from scratch on a lathe so that's Form 1.