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Figure that they will still have an 11% P-R excise tax on them that all shooting and outdoor related products have.

You know more about metallurgy and machining than I do but I don't see suppressors selling for $20 stateside.

I can buy lots of things in foreign countries for cheap. Those prices don't translate in the US.

I would not assume that legislators will allow for the importation of the products. If "deregulated." Which is a serious misuse of the word in my opinion.

They're still going to be serialized and require a 4473.

Start schitting $50 22LR cans that keep you out of the red.

I'd love to see them.

suppressors are going to continue to be a luxury item bought in this country as an accessory by gun people not just the average fudd with a few long guns. I doubt they ever get to the point that they cost the same money as a cheap pocket knife or a box of ammo.

Nor do I.

But, I do have a CNC machining background, and once upon a time worked with a fully licensed individual on some can research. I got to see what went into some of the more volumetrically efficient cans of the 90's, as well as some legacy cans at that time.

IMNSHO, Stainless cans for centerfire rifles, could easily be available at retail for less than $100. They'd be on the large size volumetrically, and they wouldn't be the most quiet, but they'd work pretty darn well for most peoples desires. Two end caps, some spacers, some flat baffles of varying thicknesses and a 9" long tube. Weld'em together in a fixture for alignment purposes and call it good. Not much to it. Want smaller, quieter or lighter? You're going to pay more. Chevy vs Cadillac, VW vs Mercedes Benz...

Removing the NFA designation also makes it easy to legally DIY cans. No more Form 1 (if memory serves) needed.

So why is nobody making them?

Because if you're willing to go through the year wait, the $200 stamp and the transfer fee you want a can that will last your lifetime?

There will never be over the counter suppressors.

Actually they will be handled as firearms. Manufacture of them without a license will be illegal just like manufacturing a gun is illegal. They will be on a 4473 and have a NICS check.

So if they have the 4473 and NICS check at POS, is it then treated like a firearm that is bought new, then sold down the road, say locally, that no 4473/background check needed? Dependent of course on which state or locality you live in?

Or does the sale have to go through an FFL dealer?

You can make your own firearm at home as long as it is not sold.

Scott is saying you may be able to do that with a can if the bill passed.

My understanding is that they will be treated the exact same as a firearm. All state laws apply.

Interesting concept, and probably not far from the truth.

I'm sure there are a handful of idiots that will want to thread an oil filter onto the end of their Glock but I'm pretty sure that market will dry up real quick.

Having purchased suppressors I want something that is functional. Not some 7th grade shop project hanging off the end of my barrel.

And I'd love to see the $100 can that handles .300 Win Mag. If you guys have that figured out and can turn a profit you might want to start looking for investors.

I would think most gun owners would have a better grasp of supply and demand after eight years of Obama but it would appear not. Everybody still seems to think you can just "ramp up" production.

The tax stamp is actually the biggest spur that sticks in my craw. I don't believe for a second the scat that's been talked about returning that cost to the consumer on every can bought after 2016. I'll believe that when I see it.

I would have no problem doing 4473's for suppressors, with processing the same as a firearm. To me, the tax stamp is nothing but a ripoff and has been since the '30's.

And, I also don't have a problem paying more than $50 for a quality suppressor. None of mine were less than $400.

Not at all interested in something mass produced in somebody's back yard.

I'd sacrafice my early expenditures, as long as we get the suppressors off the class 3 or whatever they are on soon, and no tax stamps, and all the paperwork.

YES costs will come down. ANd you'll have a choice of a kia or a benz and all in between.

Will they be 20 bucks, dunno, but if they were 100 or 200 for most cans and double that for the big rated cans I'd be happy as heck...

I believe that if they are deregulated, more mfrs. will get into the game the price will decrease a certain amount.

But the $64,000 question is...…. isn't the safe hearing act about dead ? I don't think discussing this is too much of a thread drift, because the entire thought of lower priced cans depends on it.