Rifle barrel banana peeled after using potato as suppressor - GIF

[onebowtie]

OH NO!!! $200 ATF tax stamp per potato.

[baja]

OH NO!!! $200 ATF tax stamp per potato.

And it can take up to 14 months to get the stamp.

[meyer77]

Can you form one that?

[mlochala]

I made a suppressor one time for my favorite .22LR, back when I was very young. The intent was to use it for squirrel hunting, which I loved to do. It worked very well. You literally could only hear the action of the rifle when it fired, and just a bare "pffft" from the end of the barrel.

Not knowing how illegal it was to have such a thing at the time, I proudly told a game warden friend of mine about my successful creation. To my surprise, I got quite a scolding about it and was told very quickly to get rid of it immediately. Oh well....

[Frank S]

In regards to so called silencers, suppressors, or mufflers attached to the muzzle of a firearm, it is best to bone up on your state's firearm laws. Many states have ambiguous laws conflicting with the federal overreaching unconstitutional laws concerning firearms. Here in Texas for example we have HB957 which means I can make my own without any fear of repercussions from any state official it does not mean that the federal Gestapo cannot attempt to prosecute but they have no authority to force any Texas law enforcement to assist them in investigation or apprehension of a Texas citizen for possession of any unregistered sound suppressing device, excepting of course should such a device be used in the conduction a crime. I've seen them for sale in gun stores and I know a couple of custom rifle manufactures who make them. You have to fill out the normal forms as you would to buy a firearm but there is no registration or licensing required, you may or may not be asked or required to pay for the $200.00 tax stamp, Pawnshops generally will not purchase or resale them, but real gun dealers might but only after you fill out a questioner. Don't even think about trying to buy a sound suppressing device in Texas with an out of state ID or address

[astroscuba]

It would still need an FFA supressor permit.

[Frank S]

It would still need an FFA supressor permit.

There again a lot depends on the state and the state's interpretation of the continuality of the fed's law as opposed to how the state's constitution is written The BATF enforces the federal laws but in many cases does respect a state's laws