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It’s very fast and easy to set up the single shot trust with Silencer Shop. It’s a single can trust with one person as owner. Can do as many of those as you want, and can amend the trust to add trustees after you receive the tax stamp. IIRC it was like $25.

My 16 year old son shot a cow elk at a little over 500 yards this afternoon, with a suppressed .260 Rem. The cow dropped at the shot, and never twitched.... the rest of the 200+ elk didn’t do much at all... until we stood up and started walking down there. Big game animals KNOW what a rifle shot is... typically they have no clue what a suppressed rifle shot is.

Yikes, definitely an eye opener, I had never even looked at what suppressors cost. Rifle and scope cost I understand, kind of need those to shoot the riflle of course, but had no idea guys were paying that much for the cans.

Suppressors are WAY cheaper than hearing aids.....

Another "vote" for the Single Shot Trust, and Silencer Shop. I went this route for my last "can" - a rimfire version for a Ruger .22 semi-auto pistol, and will be using this method for a .45 "can" in the near future.

Mike Holmes

Plugs and muffs are cheaper than both!...grin

I can see their benefit in certain circumstances , I just can’t believe that they cost that much. I figured $300-$400 for something like that , not a grand.

You can get suppressors that cost that....but they arent worth it. Its a lifetime investment, the cost is easily justified with use.

Remember, these things are built to last forever.

Nobody wants to go through all the hassle and spend $200 tax on a disposable item.

If we could ever get rid of the tax & paperwork, you'd see silencers priced like lawn mower mufflers.

$300-$400 is a good price range for a high quality .22 LR suppressor. It's a little on the low end of the range for a decent 9mm suppressor, most of those are another hundred or two more. Quality centerfire rifle suppressor prices go up from there.

Suppressors may look and seem simple from the outside, but a good suppressor has a lot of intricate machining inside that has to be held to very tight tolerances. That drives most of the cost, although material cost is significant too. I've spent as much as $200-$250 just on materials (mostly titanium) to machine my own; that doesn't include any machining time or other costs for coatings and engraving.

While there are/were some companies building very cheap suppressors, those companies typically don't do well and don't last, because nobody likes the end result of a cheaply built suppressor. Once you buy a cheap one and decide you don't like it, you're stuck with it too, since another tax stamp (or two) is required to sell it which means a cheap can has virtually no value on the used market.

Well there won’t be any heading my way anytime soon, not my thing for that much money. I remember meeting a guy in Texas that worked in a CNC machine shop that was making these things for himself and he said that all the cost in them is tied up in the stamp, if it didn’t exist there would be tons of the things available for cheap. I just never even inquired what they actually cost.

I have a rimfire Can -NO TRUST- what happens to the Can if I unexpectedly 'kick the bucket' ?

Can I Will the Can to my nephews/neices who will be getting my guns ? Then whoever wants it gets approved - pays $200 gov't rip-off charge - Can is theirs ?

DF,

My bud has the Thunderbeast Titanium and uses it on all his rifles. He shot his 270 Weatherby mag Ruger number 1 with that can and it was impressive on noise level reduction but what really impressed me was that the rifle didn’t feel muzzle heavy with that can on! I was sold on it right away.

My FFL talked me out of a trust because the stamp gets one free ownership transfer up on your death to the person you will it to.

For the OP The best deal in rifle suppressors these days is the Yankee Hill Machine Resonator. They can be had for sub $400. They are QD mounted if that is what you want. The consensus seems to be direct thread here. The Resonator gets good reviews but I’m only 5 months into my wait so I cannot give you first hand information.

Good luck buying just one! I’m already planning #2

Thanks I'll read my paperwork again .