Suppressors Airsoft Can!?!?

[Dirty D]

So this guy at my office today is telling me about his Airsoft suppressor for his Airsoft replica Walther P22 that will screw right onto his real Walther P22! I ask (knowing the answer) if he has a tax stamp for the suppressor and he says he does not need one because he has the receipt and that Airsoft should not be making suppressors that will screw onto a real P22! Am I just crazy or is this guy volunteering for an extended stay at club fed? I told him he needs to at a minimum loctite the AS can onto the AS P22 and he blew me off, good luck buddy...

 

[bcw1284]

Re: Airsoft Can!?!?

The question is, does it actually suppress any noise?

...because there are "mock" supressors out there that would, in my mind, be pretty much the same thing as for an airsoft. ATF does not regulate these so long as they are non-functional.

Is it ported inside? If so, then it's an absolute no-no. If not, then it would probably fall under "barrel extensions". Some handguns even come with fake cans made by MFI and other outfits.

Personally, I wouldn't store it in the same place as the real guns, i'd keep it on an airsoft and not try to represent it as anything but.

 

[coldboremiracle]

Re: Airsoft Can!?!?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bcw1284</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The question is, does it actually suppress any noise?

...because there are "mock" supressors out there </div></div>

^^^this, my brother bought a dummy suppressor for a pistol many years ago. In a crazy turn of events, the FBI showed up at his house one day looking to see the gun(I have no Idea how they had any way of knowing what he had) but they didn't say anything about it.

 

[Emouse]

Re: Airsoft Can!?!?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Training Wheels</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So this guy at my office today is telling me about his Airsoft suppressor for his Airsoft replica Walther P22 that will screw right onto his real Walther P22! I ask (knowing the answer) if he has a tax stamp for the suppressor and he says he does not need one because he has the receipt and that Airsoft should not be making suppressors that will screw onto a real P22! Am I just crazy or is this guy volunteering for an extended stay at club fed? I told him he needs to at a minimum loctite the AS can onto the AS P22 and he blew me off, good luck buddy...</div></div>

SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006
He's going to jail!
by Tom Gaylord
Michael A. Crooker was found guilty on Wednesday, July 15, 2006 of illegally manufacturing a silencer. He faces a mandatory sentence of 15 years.

Crooker made a silencer for a Korean Big Bore 909, a .45 caliber air rifle. In 2004 he sold the rifle and silencer to another party and he shipped it through the U.S. Postal Service, where it was intercepted.
When ATF tested the silencer on a firearm, it silenced the report. That is the legal definition of a silencer.
Making a silencer is a violation of several counts of the same law. Because a silencer is considered to be a firearm by federal law, the maker has just made a firearm without a license to manufacture - count one. Firearms that are sold are required to have serial numbers, and this one didn't - count two. And possession of an unregistered silencer is also a crime - count three.
The jury did ask for additional clarification on what constitutes a silencer, but the judge was unable to give them anything beyond the law. I have written an article about silencers for Pyramyd Air. It should be up on their web site soon. I included the definition of a silencer in that article, so you can read it for yourself. When it goes up, this is where it will be:
For 12 years I have maintained that silencers and airguns do not mix. People who play with the law open themselves to prosecution. Even if you win your case, the experience will not be pleasant. Now that BATF has a win under their belts, I expect them to prosecute other silencer violations more vigorously.
This was a jury trial.

 

[jakhamr81]

Re: Airsoft Can!?!?

Look fellas,

http://www.gem-tech.com/store/pc/OUTBACK-II-Inert-Display-Silencer-8p75.htm

 

[woogie_man]

Re: Airsoft Can!?!?

You should call your buddy out. Because the threads on the vast majority of airsoft toys are usually 14 mm negative threads. There are a few out there that are 14 mm positive, but not very many.

Even if the airsoft replica is a "true clone" of the host rifle, the threads on the barrels are always going to be 14 mm.

I have many MANY of them in my basement, and have used them on air rifles before. Yes they do look cool, and yes there are some out there that you can take apart and put washers in to make work. But like what was said above..... that is a big no no unless you have the tax stamp for it.

 

[Dirty D]

Re: Airsoft Can!?!?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: woogie_man</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You should call your buddy out.</div></div>

You are assuming I care enough to bother, I warned him once and he did not listen so he is on his own now.