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View Poll Results: Would you buy a silencers?

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  • I would never buy a silencer, they're dumb.

    9 3.78%
  • I would buy one if they were like buying a handgun, background check, etc,

    106 44.54%
  • I would buy one only if they were sold as an accessory, like grips, or a sling.

    98 41.18%
  • I already own one and have gone through the NFA paper chase.

    56 23.53%
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    poll for silencers.

    Poll for Abitnutz!

    Just wait a minute Hatch! I'm trying to type on my darn tablet!
    Last edited by Handloader109; 07-15-2017 at 07:38 PM.

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    Um, I guess I take choice 1

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    They need to be treated like firearms.
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    In sc FTF transactions is fine

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    I don't consider them dumb, just not for me.
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    No paperwork, no license, no tax stamp.
    More "This is what happened when I,,,,," and less "What would happen if I,,,,"

    Last of the original Group Buy Honcho's.

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    ear protection should not require government permission,nuf said Ed

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    "Shall not be infringed" Period. Govt has been doing all kinds of infringing and we have been letting them get away with it. Time to stop it, roll it all back to where it belongs.

    And if we have any smarts we will get rid of the Fed Reserve and the Income tax while we are at it. And if we want to control this wild beast we call government. We need to make it impossible for them spend money they do not have, that we don't send them.

    Like a crack or meth addict that learns how to get a big pile of cash out of an ATM every 10 minutes. It ain't gonna be pretty what he does.

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    You're missing an option:

    "NO, as I have no interest in owning one."

    Used them in the military and in LE. No interest in them nor need for one. However, I am 100 freaking percent in favor of them not being an NFA item and believe there should be zero background hassle checks for the purchase of one.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Hamish View Post
    No paperwork, no license, no tax stamp.
    Quote Originally Posted by Recluse View Post
    You're missing an option:

    "NO, as I have no interest in owning one."

    I am 100 freaking percent in favor of them not being an NFA item and believe there should be zero background hassle checks for the purchase of one.
    And they would need to be much more affordable.
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    silencer OR suppressor ?

    You can't silence faster than sound, IOW muzzle velocity of about 1,100 feet per second.

    Yes, I buy one to avoid annoying the neighbors - no paperwork of any kind- like a tractor muffler.

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    Its not an option here at all. But if it was it would be good to not worry about annoying noise for myself or others.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ascast View Post
    silencer OR suppressor ?

    You can't silence faster than sound, IOW muzzle velocity of about 1,100 feet per second.

    Yes, I buy one to avoid annoying the neighbors - no paperwork of any kind- like a tractor muffler.
    They are Silencers per ATF regulations and per the original patent from Hiram Maxim. No need for silly wordplay.

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    Shouldn't be any paperwork. Should be able to make your own too.

    Also, call it what you wish either silencer or suppressor. Either is correct.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Minuteshaver View Post
    Legalising them for hunting large animals is the dumbest thing they've done inmichigan.

    Used to be the .270 going off at 2 am was a dead give away...

    now its dump a 30 round magazine in a silenced AR using a bump fire. really makes walking in the woods at sunset a "carry large automatic" proposition
    What you carrying? UZI, AR, FAL ? you did say automatic not a semi right?

    You know I lived in Rural Oregon

    - we never heard 270 or any other large rounds from the local poachers

    But we did from the City folk.

    Arrows or a 22 LR was all that was needed to feed your family.

    The other problem with City Folk was just taking back straps and leaving the rest to rot.

    Still makes me angry.
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    I voted never buy one. I dont consider them dumb, but they aint my cup of tea.

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    Option 2 wouldn't bother me. I need one to shoot cats.

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    Silencers are off the shelf items here and everyone uses them. They are just no big deal at all. It makes no sense to me why they are restricted in your country, its like running your car without a muffler.
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    Noise pollution causes global warming, that's the ticket.

    Should be an accessory, like say replacement grips or a flashlight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Minuteshaver View Post
    Legalising them for hunting large animals is the dumbest thing they've done inmichigan.

    Usedto be the .270 going off at 2 am was a dead give away...

    now its dump a 30 round magazine in a silenced AR using a bump fire. really makes walking in the woods at sunset a "carry large automatic" proposition
    I don't believe a word of what you typed. Silencers have been legal for hunting here and there are no issues because of it. Poachers have always used 22s. And they only fire once. You can't triangulate a single shot. Gun owners are their own worse enemy.

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    I would like it to be treated like any other firearm accessory but would buy one if it the restrictions were to get to the point of a simple 4473. Not perfect but I'd purchase for noise control at a couple places that I shoot.
    Sometimes it takes a second box of boolits to clear my head.
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