Poll: If the Hearing Protect Act Passes, what will you do ....

[Wombat of Doom]

My post was mostly "tongue in cheek".
I mostly shoot and collect original muzzleloaders.
Also I try to shoot like Daniel Boone and Kit Carson ... So since they didn't have a suppressor , none for me , thanks.

That said one on a modern gun ( rimfire or centerfire ) might be neat.
Andy

Oh, I know, I was thinking it would be a hoot if done. And if it were to be legal, yours truly might have to make a suppressed single shot percussion cap pistol, just because I could. I always stay within the law, but the sheer lunacy of it attracts me.

 

[The Heretic]

So What Happens if the Hearing Protection Act Passes? - My Opinion - The Firearm Blog

 

[HB of CJ]

There are cans and there are cans. Our Elite Iron Echo 6" .22rf cans are $high end$ and are likely to be the best on the market based upon empirical scientific sound reduction tests? What other can maker can claim that? Dunno for sure.

Pop, pop, pop. All one hears on our heavily modified Ruger 10-22 short barrel rifle using the also excellent Green Mountain Ruger Charger 8" SS 1x9 twist barrel is the hammer dropping, a POP, the bolt cycling, then the bullet hitting the target.

Our Suppressors come apart for cleaning. Only necessary if we feel like doing so. The engineering in the baffle stack represents some extensive research and development. All parts are available from the factory? So far spares not needed.

These are only .22rf cans. They are not the bigger heavier high power rifle cans, including up to and including the big .50 Browning. $Expensive$. Will the $price$ on this quality come down? Hopefully. We will see one way or the other.

I do not think home building a high power rifle can is that doable by the average home end user. Too much tech. Too much exact close tolerances. Elite Iron has a barrel threading service? At least they did. Expensive also. Very precise.

My feeble point here is that through experience using the mundane .22 rim fire cans, precision and tech is needed to let them work properly. Looking at ours, I do not think cans could be made successfully by the home individual.

My opinion only. Respectfully. All Oregon, US Code Laws and NFA Rules Apply

 

[bbbass]

Potato can.

2l Pepsi can.

Solvent trap can.

Whatever. But I would love to have my 10/22 suppressed and my .308. Can I get a suppressor that is also a muzzle brake?

 

[The Heretic]

Can I get a suppressor that is also a muzzle brake?

Suppressors in and of themselves function as a muzzle brake/flash hider to one degree or another, in addition to being a suppressor.

 

[bbbass]

Suppressors in and of themselves function as a muzzle brake/flash hider to one degree or another, in addition to being a suppressor.

Nice! I would like to shoot one someday. New bucket list item.

 

[The Heretic]

My feeble point here is that through experience using the mundane .22 rim fire cans, precision and tech is needed to let them work properly. Looking at ours, I do not think cans could be made successfully by the home individual.

Suppressors can be made by individuals successfully.

The question would be how effective they would be? As you said, there are cans and there are cans.

Except for any "booster" device, there are no moving parts in most suppressors, so all one needs to do is have some machining skills and the tools to make one. The design? Designs can be copied easily enough. Patents/etc.? For the individual, this is a non-issue as the typical individual will not be advertising and selling their homemade suppressor.

I am not advocating the individual make their own, just saying that depending on the individual, it is certainly possible.

 

[Member 5605]

Option 6:
Get out the drill press and the welder and drill some holes and weld some stuff.