NFA Processing & Coronavirus

CountryGent · Mar 13, 2020

From the American Suppressor Association: NFA Processing & Coronavirus

Member 34319 · Mar 13, 2020

I'm close to filing for another SBS. Wasn't truly concerned.

If Tri County closes, I'll be a little upset.

wired · Mar 29, 2020

It actually seems to speeding up. I just got approval on an SBS after 3 weeks.

CountryGent · Mar 29, 2020

That would be a nice silver lining to all the chaos.

Member 34319 · Mar 29, 2020

Mailed out finger prints for a filed SBS last Thursday. So we will see if it is faster!

Nosferatu · Mar 29, 2020

I've been waiting nearly a year for 2 suppressors. April 8th will be official one year from purchase date, I figured Corona would push out their release time, hopefully not.

wired · Mar 29, 2020

Yeah, Ive pretty much given up on store bought NFA. Form 1 is the way to go.

CountryGent · Apr 3, 2020

Update from ASA here.

Nosferatu · Apr 3, 2020

I just got the call that one of my forms was just approved and ready for pickup. I figure the other should be a couple days away now!

Member 34319 · Apr 3, 2020

wired said:
Yeah, Ive pretty much given up on store bought NFA. Form 1 is the way to go.

I'm getting there. Haven't done a can yet. I know if I do, there will be no going back. That and all of a sudden I'll have 10-20 more.

CountryGent · Apr 3, 2020

Reno said:
I'm getting there. Haven't done a can yet. I know if I do, there will be no going back. That and all of a sudden I'll have 10-20 more.

It is weird; I seem to ping-pong back and forth between home made (F1) and store bought (F4) NFA. Eclectic tastes, I guess.

Oh, and you need to get a silencer. (Yes, they do multiple.)

Member 34319 · Apr 3, 2020

CountryGent said:
It is weird; I seem to ping-pong back and forth between home made (F1) and store bought (F4) NFA. Eclectic tastes, I guess.

Oh, and you need to get a silencer. (Yes, they do multiple.)

I've seriously been tempted to form 1 a can. It's just that right now, it seams like sourcing quality parts is very taboo and not very mainstream.

If more places made and sold kits like the one I posted earlier today. That would be the bees knees.

wired · Apr 3, 2020

Reno said:
I'm getting there. Haven't done a can yet. I know if I do, there will be no going back. That and all of a sudden I'll have 10-20 more.

I built my first form 1 can 25 years ago and it taught me how to do machine work. Now you dont even have to know that stuff. Its easier to build a silencer from mail order these days than to put an AR together.

wired · Apr 4, 2020

Reno said:
I've seriously been tempted to form 1 a can. It's just that right now, it seams like sourcing quality parts is very taboo and not very mainstream.

If more places made and sold kits like the one I posted earlier today. That would be the bees knees.

It depends what you are building it for. Ive got a Chinese 9" K cup "filter" . They advertise them as D cell tubes but they are not.They are 40mm OD with 1.25mm threads. Really well cast and machined "filter cups". Once the form 1 comes back it will literally be a half hour worth of machine work to make it usable. Bore the holes .280" and do some mousehole cutting on the mill. I'm doing one as a .22 for my dedicated 4.5 inch barrel 22 AR. Its about the size of an HK SD can. Should look and perform as well as any of my store boughts because its huge. And I have $27 in it. While I think it would work with 9mm but short of making my own adapter to fit a 3 lug I will be using one of the titanium "B" tubes and stainless K "filter cups" that coincidentally are the same thread pattern as Gemtech, Liberty, Silencerco cans so the $90 SD Tactical 3 lug adapters will bolt up. ( all my 9mm stuff is 3 lug ) Again a few minutes of machine work and its a deal.

I built one can years ago that took me days to whittle out of a 2" rod of 304 stainless and seamless vacuum tube. Not now.