i own one but don't know much. waited 10 months total for the whole thing to close. if one wishes to sell,i assume the paper work and wait is even worse than buying from a dealer. right? talking rimfire here. anyone have any experience with having a barrel threaded for suppressor use? POI changes for sure but what about affect on previous accuracy? i can't help but think that an affect wouldn't be inevitable,especially with a "heavy" barrel. thanks for any info.
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Paperwork to sell is the same as long as you and the buyer are in the same state. Just fill it out as usual and send it to the ATF. When it is approved the forms goes back to the seller who turns over the approved copy and silencer to the buyer. If the buyer is in another state then the silencer is transfered to a dealer in your state ($200 tax) sent tax free to the dealer in the buyer's state then finally transfered to the buyer (another $200 tax).
Most barrels are easy for a gunsmith to thread. Exceptions might be oddly shaped ones. Point of impact will change a bit due to the weight of the silencer at the muzzle. The heavier than barrel or lighter the silencer the less change. My experience is that accuracy remains unchanged as long as there are no baffle strikes.
Ranb
Most barrels are easy for a gunsmith to thread. Exceptions might be oddly shaped ones. Point of impact will change a bit due to the weight of the silencer at the muzzle. The heavier than barrel or lighter the silencer the less change. My experience is that accuracy remains unchanged as long as there are no baffle strikes.
Ranb
I've had two .22 rifle barrels threaded and one .308 threaded. I sent my Ruger 77/22 off to ADCO and had it back within a couple of weeks. It shot as good after being threaded as it did before. Took my CZ 453 to a local GS and wasn't quite as lucky. I'm pretty sure he messed up the crown. No baffle strikes but it took quite a bit of shooting before it settled down. Now it seems to be ok. Probably not as accurate as before.
Took my .308 barreled action to GAP in KC since I'm fairly close to them. Turned out great. Took them about 8 days to do it, although they tell you 4-6 weeks.
The nice thing about the Rugers 77/22 and 10/22s are you can take the barrels off and send them somewhere to be threaded without the hassle of shipping a firearm. I think you can send a firearm to the manufacturer and receive it back from them without involving a FFL but, at least with handguns, it's fairly expensive. Using a local gunsmith is a crap shoot, unless they are well established in the business of machine work.
As far as selling a can, I bought mine knowing that it would be way too much trouble to ever sell one so, even if I don't ever use them again, I plan on keeping them forever. I just can't imagine getting enough out of either one of them to make it worth the hassle.
Took my .308 barreled action to GAP in KC since I'm fairly close to them. Turned out great. Took them about 8 days to do it, although they tell you 4-6 weeks.
The nice thing about the Rugers 77/22 and 10/22s are you can take the barrels off and send them somewhere to be threaded without the hassle of shipping a firearm. I think you can send a firearm to the manufacturer and receive it back from them without involving a FFL but, at least with handguns, it's fairly expensive. Using a local gunsmith is a crap shoot, unless they are well established in the business of machine work.
As far as selling a can, I bought mine knowing that it would be way too much trouble to ever sell one so, even if I don't ever use them again, I plan on keeping them forever. I just can't imagine getting enough out of either one of them to make it worth the hassle.
thanks. any other input? i have about figured that if i don't keep the "can" gun i'm gonna eat the can. a WHOLE bunch of BS to sell one.
A rimfire suppressor is usually almost as expensive as the tax stamp. Unless you got it for a steal of a price, it most-likely won't be worth it to sell it (monetarily for you or the buyer, or time and hassle for housing it and waiting on the BATF).
Centerfire suppressors are a different story. They are usually more expensive, and therefore, you have a "slightly" better chance that you got it for a good price and just want to break even. In that case, you might take an over-all loss of a couple hundred bucks, but if that means you re-coup $800 or more, then maybe it's worth it to you.
Personally, my NFA items are planned to stay with me and my descendants until the metal rots away from the ravages of time.
Centerfire suppressors are a different story. They are usually more expensive, and therefore, you have a "slightly" better chance that you got it for a good price and just want to break even. In that case, you might take an over-all loss of a couple hundred bucks, but if that means you re-coup $800 or more, then maybe it's worth it to you.
Personally, my NFA items are planned to stay with me and my descendants until the metal rots away from the ravages of time.
rimfire-yea i'm gonna eat it or get a HG pre threaded or get my single shot threaded
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