The idea of paying $200 for a Federal Tax Stamp bothers me, when it should just be another weapon accessory. Then the idea of waiting 7 to 8 months (Form 4) to get approved for a suppressor...AFTER paying the $200, really bothers me. 
My "adjusted" train of thought is... "If I'm going to purchase/build a suppressor, $200 is part of the cost." Then I read about Form 1 and building your own suppressor with minimal wait time. So, I did some research on building one, found a couple of good companies from which to order the parts and got busy with what works and what doesn't work.
The online Form 1 required me to take a selfie, make up my own serial number, model number and "snail mail" 2 copies of finger print cards. The Allen County Sheriff's Dept. wanted to charge $20 for finger prints. Nutz! I went to Ottawa Ordinance Gun Shop and they gave me the finger print cards. Then I went to the Putnam County Sheriff's Dept. and they finger printed me for free.
I put it all together and got approved in 16 days!
I had about $380 in parts, through Solvent Traps Direct. Titanium tube and end caps with stainless steel spacers and cones for the internals. I had a machinist help me with shaving down one of the spacer tubes for a tight fit and drilling out the holes in the cones. I "rattle canned" it with some high temp engine paint. The same machinist threaded the barrel on my Savage Axis ll XP with a heavy barrel, in 22-250. So far, my Savage only had 2" of correction, from left to right, to be dead on at 200 yards. I intend to use this on my AR-10 in 243 for coyotes, but haven't finished my reloads to test it, yet. (I've been bowhunting deer and goose season opens tomorrow.)
I highly recommend going the Form 1 route, if you're interested in a suppressor. No hearing protection needed. The coyotes hear it, but can't figure where it came from, which allows you time to kill more of them. It doesn't wake the neighbors at 2 a.m.
Bowhunter57
My "adjusted" train of thought is... "If I'm going to purchase/build a suppressor, $200 is part of the cost." Then I read about Form 1 and building your own suppressor with minimal wait time. So, I did some research on building one, found a couple of good companies from which to order the parts and got busy with what works and what doesn't work.
The online Form 1 required me to take a selfie, make up my own serial number, model number and "snail mail" 2 copies of finger print cards. The Allen County Sheriff's Dept. wanted to charge $20 for finger prints.
Nutz! I went to Ottawa Ordinance Gun Shop and they gave me the finger print cards. Then I went to the Putnam County Sheriff's Dept. and they finger printed me for free. I put it all together and got approved in 16 days!
I had about $380 in parts, through Solvent Traps Direct. Titanium tube and end caps with stainless steel spacers and cones for the internals. I had a machinist help me with shaving down one of the spacer tubes for a tight fit and drilling out the holes in the cones. I "rattle canned" it with some high temp engine paint. The same machinist threaded the barrel on my Savage Axis ll XP with a heavy barrel, in 22-250. So far, my Savage only had 2" of correction, from left to right, to be dead on at 200 yards. I intend to use this on my AR-10 in 243 for coyotes, but haven't finished my reloads to test it, yet. (I've been bowhunting deer and goose season opens tomorrow.
)I highly recommend going the Form 1 route, if you're interested in a suppressor.
No hearing protection needed. The coyotes hear it, but can't figure where it came from, which allows you time to kill more of them. It doesn't wake the neighbors at 2 a.m.Bowhunter57
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