Suppressor should not cost this much!

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How much would it cost you to make it? Do you know what all the manufacturing steps are? Do you know how to do any of the manufacturing steps required? Now go a step further, do you know how to do all the manufacturing steps required?

Yes? Then you know why it’s so pricy.
No? Then that’s why it’s so pricy.
 
While I do believe R&D, labor, materials, and equipment is a portion of the cost, the overall general design is simplistic.

I believe a majority if the cost is legal protection and ATF compliance.

This is 100% my uneducated guess. I have no background in the suppressor manufacturing process. I just see how the gov likes to railroad folks across all industries.
 
Mark_Mark said:
After getting my supressor from Silencer Central. My review on the experience…

* * * Supressors should not cost $950 + $100 in adaptors ****
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I agree, WAY OVERPRICED for what you actually get! Which is why I don't own a suppressor even though I would like to. To me it seems stupid that suppressors are controlled in the first place! A really stupid law that does absolutely nothing to protect the public from violence.
 
Mot45acp said:
While I do believe R&D, labor, materials, and equipment is a portion of the cost, the overall general design is simplistic.

I believe a majority if the cost is legal protection and ATF compliance.

This is 100% my uneducated guess. I have no background in the suppressor manufacturing process. I just see how the gov likes to railroad folks across all industries.
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The manufacturers of the cheapest suppressors also have the legal protection and ATF compliance to worry about. We can figure out how much that is if we take the cheapest rimfire can and subtract R&D, labor, materials, equipment, overhead, advertising and whatever else I forgot from that cost.

Even if we took the total cost of the cheapest (legal) rimfire can and subtracted it from $1000, we are not subtracting the majority of the cost. There's no question in my mind that it would be cheaper if the ATF didn't exist. But your $1000 can is not the simple suppressor of the 1950s.
 
Mauser lover said:
The manufacturers of the cheapest suppressors also have the legal protection and ATF compliance to worry about. We can figure out how much that is if we take the cheapest rimfire can and subtract R&D, labor, materials, equipment, overhead, advertising and whatever else I forgot from that cost.

Even if we took the total cost of the cheapest (legal) rimfire can and subtracted it from $1000, we are not subtracting the majority of the cost. There's no question in my mind that it would be cheaper if the ATF didn't exist. But your $1000 can is not the simple suppressor of the 1950s.
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I got 2 …

Banish 45
Free .22 22k ( thing that what it’s called)

I perfer the cheap free simple mono-core design. The Banish is kinda cluttered
 
The $200 tax drives the market away from low cost suppressors. If suppressors were not an NFA item and thus an easily replacable item with respect the the bureaucracy/paper-work, you would see many more low cost suppressors on the market. The high cost of suppressors allows the manufactures, for the most part, to offer great warranties and repair policies, since its not easy to replace a suppress but rebuilding existing one is much easier given NFA regulations. But when you pay a $200 tax on the item no one is going to buy a cheap $200 suppressor that will not be fixable and has a relatively short life span.
 
Mauser lover said:
How much would it cost you to make it? Do you know what all the manufacturing steps are? Do you know how to do any of the manufacturing steps required? Now go a step further, do you know how to do all the manufacturing steps required?

Yes? Then you know why it’s so pricy.
No? Then that’s why it’s so pricy.
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Yeah… a got a useless paper from a college say Manufacturing Engineering

but you really learn everything in the field. Tell you what… I works in Semiconductor Fabrication background and we did way more involved manufacturing and the end product didn’t cost as much as a suppressor (sepcalizing in High Vacuum plasma etching and metrology… But that was decades ago
 
@mcb is right. The tax and the wait time limit the market for cheap suppressors. When you have to pay an additional $200 tax and wait 6-9 months just to get permission from the crown to possess your property, you want something that will last and that has a good warranty. Several of the big name manufacturers have a no-questions-asked warranty. Even if you screw up the mounting and blow a hole through the side, they will fix or replace it. A lot of the cost for suppressors is to cover that warranty. The reduced demand caused by government restrictions also increases the price. You used to see solvent traps for $20-50 before the ATF cracked down on them. They can be made cheap, but few people want to put in the effort and tax cost for something that won't last.
 
MikeInOr said:
I agree, WAY OVERPRICED for what you actually get! Which is why I don't own a suppressor even though I would like to. To me it seems stupid that suppressors are controlled in the first place! A really stupid law that does absolutely nothing to protect the public from violence.
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I had that thought once…….
8 stamps ago…………… :D
 
If there were no NFA, a suppressor with premium materials due to economies of scale, demand and lack of governmental regulation would be in the $400-500 range if not cheaper.

Especially, as more and more manufacturers are going towards 3D printing suppressors and muzzle devices. Primary Weapons is one such example.
 
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MikeInOr said:
I agree, WAY OVERPRICED for what you actually get! Which is why I don't own a suppressor even though I would like to. To me it seems stupid that suppressors are controlled in the first place! A really stupid law that does absolutely nothing to protect the public from violence.
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it it was like $350 for a quality supressor, would you pull the trigger?
 
Buzznrose said:
I did the same deal, but Banish 30.

But through Silencer Central, we are also paying for convenience…
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lol!!! they literally ship to your door !

I’m complaining but I’m looking to the Yankee Machine with the break adaptor. $600 is still expensive but you get extra stuff
 
mcb said:
The $200 tax drives the market away from low cost suppressors. If suppressors were not an NFA item and thus an easily replacable item with respect the the bureaucracy/paper-work, you would see many more low cost suppressors on the market. The high cost of suppressors allows the manufactures, for the most part, to offer great warranties and repair policies, since its not easy to replace a suppress but rebuilding existing one is much easier given NFA regulations. But when you pay a $200 tax on the item no one is going to buy a cheap $200 suppressor that will not be fixable and has a relatively short life span.
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that’s what I’m thinking why they charge so much. Warranty is worth it.
 
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If there were no NFA, a suppressor with premium materials due to economies of scale and demand would be in the $400-500 range if not cheaper.

Especially, as more and more manufacturers are going towards 3D printing suppressors and muzzle devices. Primary Weapons is one such example.
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I could see a Supressor that comes with a 3-D printer so you can print different baffle designs ! that would be COOL
 
Sorry to hear about the cost of the supressor.

Want one for hunting but cant part with that much cash to have it sit around that much .

My public range it would not get much use as there are always other people there so you need ear protection all the time .

To those that have one or a couple congrats , maybe one of these days I jump the fence .
 
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