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What is the difference between a suppressor and a silencer? Is there a threshold where a suppressor becomes a silencer? Would it require a tax stamp to put something on a firearm to muffle the sound but not silence it.?
Would it require a tax stamp to put something on a firearm to muffle the sound but not silence it.
18 U.S.C. sec. 921(a)(24) "The term 'firearm silencer' or 'firearm muffler' means any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, and any part intended only for use in such assembly or fabrication."
Does that mean something like a cannon could be suppressed legally without paperwork?diminishing the report of a portable firearm
Does that mean something like a cannon could be suppressed legally without paperwork?
This must be some new definition of the word silence that I wasn't previously aware of...Silencer does just that; makes less noise when firing a round.
Thanks for the responses. It would be nice if one could bring the report of a handgun down to the point that it didn't damage your hearing. I fail to see why that is criminal activity.
It would be nice if one could bring the report of a handgun down to the point that it didn't damage your hearing. I fail to see why that is criminal activity.
Does that mean something like a cannon could be suppressed legally without paperwork
This must be some new definition of the word silence that I wasn't previously aware of...
Are the kiln cleaners considered firearms though? If it's just considered a tool it probably isn't regulated, like a nail gun isn't an AOW.It's my understanding that these silenced, permanently installed shotguns used for cleaning industrial kilns aren't regulated as silencers.
Plenty of other suppressors on the market are hearing safe.A GEMTECH HALO "silencer" fired with M193 ball ammo still requires ear protection on the firing line. Sounds about like an un-suppressed .22 magnum.
The ATF paperwork will absolutely describe it as a SILENCER, because that is what the law calls it.
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The ATF paperwork will absolutely describe it as a SILENCER, because that is what the law calls it.
I just got my Form 4 back (approved ) and in section 4.b. "Type of Firearm" mine says Suppressor.