Hunting With Suppressor in WA

[FALFire]

If one were to acquire a suppressor through other means and stamp a serial number on it, could one add it to the trust?

Yes but enjoying it in prison would not be much fun, Ya just might walk funny for a while 

 I would say since they are regulated by the BATF you would probably be better off just doing things legally.

[Swannytheswan]

If one were to acquire a suppressor through other means and stamp a serial number on it, could one add it to the trust?

If you are talking about making one because that requires another form and still the $200...if not you'll be walking funny

[JimmyHoffa]

I've heard before to manufacture one it requires a form, a background check, money, etc....  In the end it wouldn't have been worth the effort.  Although it is tempting due to how much they charge for suppressors.  A while back I was trying to get the Class 3 so I could get FAs and suppressors and other gadgets, but they said I would need to basically be a business so they could track and audit sales (collect taxes).  I didn't want to sell stuff....just get things at discount prices.  There was some method for taking something (homemade guns) to a licensed person and having them keep it until the paperwork was done and a serial number assigned/engraved-stamped.  At that point you could go pick it up and be legal.

[Swannytheswan]

Form 1 would work for manufacture...but you may want to call the BATFE to confirm I'm no lawyer

http://www.atf.gov/forms/download/atf-f-5320-1.pdf

[addicted]

If one were to acquire a suppressor through other means and stamp a serial number on it, could one add it to the trust?

If you are talking about making one because that requires another form and still the $200...if not you'll be walking funny

I wouldn't be making one, it's just that suppressors are no big deal in other countries.

[Swannytheswan]

really shouldn't be here but..... if you brought one from another country you would be in trouble if they found you with it and you didn't have a stamp

[FALFire]

You know there should be a provision in the law that would allow one to bring a suppressor into this country from another. Have a means of securing said device at a required location, holding it for a BATF approval of serial number and all paper work, pay the stamp tax then move on.

 Could you imagine the conflict of interest and the possible years of waiting that they would put you through. What is ridicules is one can be checked and approved in only minutes for a handgun purchase but yet a suppressor takes weeks to several months along with photos, fingerprints, voice recognition, eye scan, blood tests, kidney removal and then you give you left nut and your first born to the dealer that sold you one of these things. 

[whacker1]

If one were to acquire a suppressor through other means and stamp a serial number on it, could one add it to the trust?

If you are talking about making one because that requires another form and still the $200...if not you'll be walking funny

I wouldn't be making one, it's just that suppressors are no big deal in other countries.

Could he not set up the trust while on leave and then have the can shipped to a licensed dealer until which time the paperwork is all cleared?  It seems like there would be a way to accoplish this, but may not be worth it for a $300-400 can.

[addicted]

If one were to acquire a suppressor through other means and stamp a serial number on it, could one add it to the trust?

If you are talking about making one because that requires another form and still the $200...if not you'll be walking funny

I wouldn't be making one, it's just that suppressors are no big deal in other countries.

Could he not set up the trust while on leave and then have the can shipped to a licensed dealer until which time the paperwork is all cleared?  It seems like there would be a way to accoplish this, but may not be worth it for a $300-400 can.

it may be if the can only costs me 150 bucks to begin with.   

[JimmyHoffa]

$150!!!  Yeah, I'd say it would be worth looking into.  You can find some really great deals overseas....sometimes so great because other countries' laws create limited markets.  There might be a way to get it here assuming not too much if any red tape exists for the other country's export laws.  But $150, I think I've found a good deal here when I see them for 10X that.

[FALFire]

He could set up a trust any time anywhere so I suppose he could do it that way. Obviously he cannot take possession of the can until he is present any ways so why not wait until he gets another leave to pick it up. I'm certain a gun dealer would understand and hold it for him, not sure if the BATF have a limit on how long it can be held so it sounds solid to me.

[Caseyd]

Its the demand. Dont you think prices will go down over time?

[FALFire]

Its the demand. Dont you think prices will go down over time?

Not much if at all, suppressors have been legal in many other states for a long time.

[butcher98951]

so i have been thinking of getting a suppresor for my rifle to hunt yote's with, the problem is i cannot find out if it is legal in WA. i looked all through the 2011 big game regs but found nothing  . anyone know the regs on this. i have few farmers who are willing to let me hunt with a suppressor or bow (as not to spook there horses) i would like to have the reach of a rifle. thanks.

Ok im  sorry but why would you need one i hunt on and around horses and never worry about spooken them... ok we might have only taken 36 yotes last year but it was still a  good year and my 10 year old daughters shot 12 of there horses so save your money and if ya want yotes we will take the money you would spend on that suppressor..

[Swannytheswan]

my 10 year old daughters shot 12 of there horses

  :yike:Your daughters shot 12 horses I hope they were feral horses....