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Gun silencer sales are soaring
CNN Money ^

Posted on 07/30/2015 1:03:43 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA

Gun silencer sales are on fire.

The number of registered silencers surged 38% from last year to 792,282 in February 2015, according to the most recent figures from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. There were 571,750 licenses in March 2014.

"It's getting to be more mainstream," said Josh Waldron, CEO of SilencerCo, which makes and sells silencers.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


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To: The KG9 Kid

Am glad to hear that because that is how I am doing both of mine.


41 posted on 07/30/2015 3:49:47 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: cizinec

That would be Coburn - since retired. He did a good job until he came down with the Potomac Disease...


42 posted on 07/30/2015 3:53:45 PM PDT by aragorn (We do indeed live in interesting times. FUBO.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

You can convert an oil filter into a pretty good, cheap suppressor but you need a stamp for the adaptor. Go figure.


43 posted on 07/30/2015 3:56:57 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 223)
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To: Red in Blue PA

If they thought their idiot readers would understand what an SBR is they would really see some numbers.


44 posted on 07/30/2015 4:00:47 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: Red in Blue PA

And just for the record, 792,282 silencers sold in one year × $200 tax stamp equals $158,456,400.

Not a small chunk of change......for a poll tax, that is.


45 posted on 07/30/2015 4:24:22 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: Red in Blue PA

We ought to be able to walk into Walmart and pick from 20 different silencers hanging on pegs in the sporting goods section.

Having to jump through a bunch of hoops and pay stamps is silly. I say this as a guy with hearing loss and tinnitus from firearms among other things.


46 posted on 07/30/2015 4:27:26 PM PDT by Clay Moore (Keep JRandomFreeper in you prayers)
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To: Clay Moore

I am with you 100%.....absolutely no reason in the world these should be an NFL item. I would argue they don’t need any sort of background check either as the device is simply a hollow tube,

And forgot to add in my prior post that what makes the suppressor sales numbers so astounding is the fact that suppressors are legal in only 80% of the states.


47 posted on 07/30/2015 4:34:06 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: Red in Blue PA

NFL should read NFA


48 posted on 07/30/2015 4:35:00 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: Red in Blue PA
A guy I knew, who is long dead, used to snipe crows and other pests out his back door in his suburban complex. He had turned down the target barrel on a .22 LR High Standard, cross drilled it, added a sleeve and filled the space between barrel and sleeve with copper rivets, when Tandy still sold them. You could hear the snap when the pin hit the primer.

To the ATF. The guy is long dead, I have no idea where the gun went, and the guy who bought his collection is dead. There was also a boating accident, a house fire and a tornado.

49 posted on 07/30/2015 5:13:16 PM PDT by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted... This time, it's not.)
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To: jonascord
They watch TV so they know these things.

They also know that silencers on revolvers work. (Odessa File)

50 posted on 07/30/2015 7:14:28 PM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate. [URL=http://media.photobucket.com/user/currencyjunkie/me)
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To: Red in Blue PA; All

There are less than a million legal gun mufflers/silencers/suppressors in the United States.

Those numbers are just scratching the surface.

There are about 300-350 million firearms in the United States.

Realistically, there should be upwards of a hundred million suppressors in the peoples hands.

They should be purchased over the counter in hardware stores.

The over regulation of gun mufflers and the millions who have lost hearing as a result are a national disgrace. It is one of the worst government health caused disasters in U.S. history.


51 posted on 07/30/2015 8:20:34 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

My mistake. I read it as sales when the numbers actually represent total licensed silencers.


52 posted on 07/31/2015 3:21:38 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: marktwain

I once talked to a guy who went to New Zealand on a hunt. He showed me pictures of a cheap cardboard box containing a 22 suppressor hanging in a store display, with a sticker for 8.95 New Zealand moneys. He said it was considered being polite to your neighbors to have one on every gun.


53 posted on 07/31/2015 4:54:24 AM PDT by eartrumpet
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To: aragorn

I’m not sure his replacement is much better, but I’ll send an email and let you know how his office responds.


54 posted on 07/31/2015 6:26:27 AM PDT by cizinec (Liberty is the only political "party" that deserves our loyalty.)
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To: Oatka
There was, actually, a Russian revolver that could be suppressed. The Nagant M1895. It used an extra long cartridge, and the bullet was seated fully within the case. The end of the case actually protruded out of the front of the cylinder. When the piece was cocked, the cylinder was shifted forward so that the case of the cartridge entered the forcing cone in the barrel.

The thinking, (This was back when the Tsar still sat.) was that with a gas tight seal, you got more muzzle velocity.

They kept building them until 1945, and they were only retired, finally, in 2003 as an issue weapon. They had a 2,000,000+ production run, so it is remotely possible that every silenced revolver you ever saw on TV was a Nagant. The design allowed for a functional suppressor.

55 posted on 07/31/2015 2:02:35 PM PDT by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted... This time, it's not.)
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To: jonascord

Yeah, I knew about the Nagant, but their scarcity - plus Hollywood’s and most of the publics’ ignorance, allowed them to use standard revolvers and then dub in the Pfftf sound.


56 posted on 07/31/2015 2:43:58 PM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate. [URL=http://media.photobucket.com/user/currencyjunkie/me)
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To: Red in Blue PA

It is VERY nice. My XDm’s sights are about useless with it screwed onto the barrel, but I can still guesstimate where to aim it pretty good.

Shooting it at the range ALWAYS strikes up conversations, and I let anyone who wants to shoot it (Even the range safety officers) to do so.

Also, a word of caution.
The piston will make it blow crap into your face. Always wear eye protection, and keep your mouth closed. And, take a potholder with you. It’ll get quite hot after a couple of magazines.


57 posted on 07/31/2015 3:01:31 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (With the things that are about to come to light. People might just need a little old-fashioned.)
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To: Oatka
The magic of the Foley artist. There a any number of technologies that have other uses.

Motion capture, with a 3D headset. Tied to a robot, with a multiplexed signal system, on the bottom, next to the Titanic, or in a live volcano. No risk of life, no real bottom time limit, imagine the dexterity.

58 posted on 07/31/2015 4:11:17 PM PDT by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted... This time, it's not.)
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To: ncpatriot

do we need permit to get them?.......................... Not if you use an oil filter instead? Or a Steve Segal Pop bottle.


59 posted on 10/25/2015 7:48:23 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (In the words of Oliver Hardy; "Another fine mess you have gotten us into.")
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