PurdueRifleman
02-11-2011, 06:41 PM
In lieu of posting in my other gun thread, I figured I would start a new one since this is a bit of an oddity.
After paying the dealer, filling out forms, taking passport photos, getting the county sheriff to sign off on the paperwork, paying the BATFE the $200 for a tax stamp, and waiting 70 days, I finally own my first silencer. For those in the dark, these are 100% legal to own if you follow the proper channels. They actually require less paperwork than when buying a car.
In Europe they sell for $50 and don't require any of this silliness though. They're actually encouraged since they keep "noise pollution" down. But Europe also has some ludicrous self defense laws so it's kind of a trade off...
Anyway, its for one of the AR-15s I've been building since 2009. I can always find some way to improve it... kinda like the marauder! The model of silencer is an AAC M4-2000 6.8 and was worth every bit of what I paid for it. There's still the super sonic crack of the bullet when firing most ammunition, but it's still noticeably quieter than when shooting without the silencer attached. I loaded up some subsonic rounds though, using 11.5gr RL 7 powder to push a 130gr bullet with the gas system turned off, and the results were amazing. There's a bit of a dull, muffled pop, but the loudest thing is the bullet traveling through the air. I'll try and get a video up sometime comparing unsuppressed, suppressed, and suppressed subsonic.
Here are some pictures in the meantime:
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/9175/canss.jpg (http://img683.imageshack.us/i/canss.jpg/)
The can.
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/4517/canrear.jpg (http://img560.imageshack.us/i/canrear.jpg/)
From the rear.
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/57/arsideq.jpg (http://img41.imageshack.us/i/arsideq.jpg/)
From the side.
After paying the dealer, filling out forms, taking passport photos, getting the county sheriff to sign off on the paperwork, paying the BATFE the $200 for a tax stamp, and waiting 70 days, I finally own my first silencer. For those in the dark, these are 100% legal to own if you follow the proper channels. They actually require less paperwork than when buying a car.
In Europe they sell for $50 and don't require any of this silliness though. They're actually encouraged since they keep "noise pollution" down. But Europe also has some ludicrous self defense laws so it's kind of a trade off...
Anyway, its for one of the AR-15s I've been building since 2009. I can always find some way to improve it... kinda like the marauder! The model of silencer is an AAC M4-2000 6.8 and was worth every bit of what I paid for it. There's still the super sonic crack of the bullet when firing most ammunition, but it's still noticeably quieter than when shooting without the silencer attached. I loaded up some subsonic rounds though, using 11.5gr RL 7 powder to push a 130gr bullet with the gas system turned off, and the results were amazing. There's a bit of a dull, muffled pop, but the loudest thing is the bullet traveling through the air. I'll try and get a video up sometime comparing unsuppressed, suppressed, and suppressed subsonic.
Here are some pictures in the meantime:
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/9175/canss.jpg (http://img683.imageshack.us/i/canss.jpg/)
The can.
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/4517/canrear.jpg (http://img560.imageshack.us/i/canrear.jpg/)
From the rear.
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/57/arsideq.jpg (http://img41.imageshack.us/i/arsideq.jpg/)
From the side.