Posted on 01/24/2013 8:29:45 AM PST by marktwain
Charlotte, NC --(Ammoland.com)- The Wyoming Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee voted 4 to 1 in favor of a pro-hunting reform authored by Senator Ogden Driskill (R-1). Senate File 132 would repeal the state prohibition on hunting with sound suppressors (which are additionally regulated under federal law) while providing additional penalties for those who use them illegally. This bill is now eligible for a vote in the full Senate.
A date for this Senate floor vote has not been scheduled at this time but please call and e-mail your state Senator urging him or her to vote in favor of this meaningful hunting improvement legislation! Your senator’s contact information can be found here.
An identical version of this legislation was introduced earlier this month in the state House as House Bill 5. However, the House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee defeated it by a vote that was neither announced nor made public. Senator Driskill introduced SF 132 to accomplish what HB 5 was supposed to do before it was unfairly dismissed.
Noise complaints are being used more frequently as an excuse to close shooting ranges, informal shooting areas and hunting lands throughout the country. Increased use of suppressors will help to eliminate many of these complaints and protect hunting and shooting areas well into the future. Currently, more than half of the states across the country allow hunters to use suppressors. Recently Arizona, Oklahoma and Texas adopted new rules allowing for use of suppressors when hunting game. It’s time that hunters in Wyoming are able to enjoy the same opportunities available to sportsmen in more than half of the country. For more information on firearms and suppressors, click here.
In order to acquire a suppressor, a purchaser must submit the appropriate paperwork to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives where long wait times for approval are unfortunately common (four to six months). Also, purchasers must undergo a background check by the FBI, find a licensed dealer authorized to conduct the transaction and pay a one-time $200 tax for each device. While suppressors do not eliminate the sound of a firearm, they do reduce the muzzle report in a manner similar to the way that a muffler reduces exhaust noise from a vehicle. The benefits associated with suppressor use include increased accuracy due to reduced recoil and muzzle blast, protection from hearing damage and reduced noise pollution.
Thank you to those who contacted members of the Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee, and to the Senators who voted to expand the rights of law-abiding sportsmen. Your NRA-ILA will continue to update you once a date is scheduled for the Senate’s final action on SF 132. In the meantime, please continue to call and encourage your state senator to support this meaningful hunting improvement legislation!
Your senator’s contact information can be found here.
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It has all the advantages of a suppressed conventional rifle, but the BATFE doesn't have to know anything about it.
To be truly suppressed you have to use a subsonic round, which brings the velocity/kinetic energy down to airgun range anyway.
Free suppressor use is the most common sense reform that can be made to gun regulation
Turned out they do make a silencer that would cover 556 to 308 and then other models for larger calibers. They cost $800 with adapter and then you need the $200 federal license. A little too rich for my tastes, guess I'll continue to shoot when my neighbor heads outta town.
Do silencers lower muzzle velocity?
Depends on how the suppressor is built. An integral suppressor that ports the barrel can reduce vel. A suppressor that is attached to a full length barrel most likely not reduce vel.
Moderately, just like a muzzle brake.
You're basically diverting some of the gases that would propel the projectile into other directions.
The loss in velocity should be consistent from shot to shot, though, meaning accuracy should be consistent.
If you use a silencer with a hypersonic round (anything traveling over 1,126 ft/s) there will still be the crack of the projectile breaking the sound barrier. The explosion of the propellant will be muffled, however. The advantage of using a suppressor with a hypersonic round is that people in the vicinity cannot tell where the shot came from.
If you want to truly suppress most of the noise, you have to use a sub-sonic round traveling less than 1,126 ft/s along with the suppressor.
Better check your state’s hunting weapons regulations - this is for some, a grey area, for others a no-no.
I think its a cool idea.
Better check your state’s hunting weapons regulations - this is for some, a grey area, for others a no-no.
I think its a cool idea.
My state allows it as of a couple of years ago.
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