In a previous thread, months ago, someone stated that suppressors are useless because all the parts are regulated, so they can't be legally repaired, since replacing parts would make it legally a whole different suppressor. Then about 10 other people said that no, only the assembled suppressor (or the complete parts to manufacture one) are regulated, and that getting a busted suppressor fixed wouldn't be a problem.
So if that is indeed the case, would it be legal to buy a single suppressor housing, but then get multiple sets of "innards" for that housing, so you can use it on different calibers? It would only be physically possible to use one set at a time. And it wouldn't be that much different from using a single suppressor on multiple guns. It's even possible to use the same suppressor on guns of smaller calibers anyway, though it doesn't work as well.
All I can find on the ATF's website is:
So that could mean any part other than ones that are actually a part of a suppressor (assembled or not). Or it could mean that if you take your suppressor apart, you commit a felony by manufacturing suppressors without a license, since each individual part, once seperate from the whole, is another suppressor. I wouldn't put it past the ATF to do something dumb like that.
I should probably just e-mail them, but I figured I'd ask here first.
So if that is indeed the case, would it be legal to buy a single suppressor housing, but then get multiple sets of "innards" for that housing, so you can use it on different calibers? It would only be physically possible to use one set at a time. And it wouldn't be that much different from using a single suppressor on multiple guns. It's even possible to use the same suppressor on guns of smaller calibers anyway, though it doesn't work as well.
All I can find on the ATF's website is:
Some examples of the types of firearms that must be registered are:
Silencers and any part designed and intended for fabricating a silencer;
So that could mean any part other than ones that are actually a part of a suppressor (assembled or not). Or it could mean that if you take your suppressor apart, you commit a felony by manufacturing suppressors without a license, since each individual part, once seperate from the whole, is another suppressor. I wouldn't put it past the ATF to do something dumb like that.
I should probably just e-mail them, but I figured I'd ask here first.