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An ATF Attorney on NFA Trusts

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https://www.silencershop.com/gun-trust.html The surprise hit of the National Firearms Law Seminar (for me, anyway,) was the last presentation of the day by William J. Ryan, from the Office of the Chief Counsel of the Bureau of...

Who is a ‘Responsible Person’ on an NFA Trust?

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This post is by Ryan Cleckner , an attorney who specializes in firearms law. It's republished from ryancleckner.com with the author's permission. I recently posted an article exploring the new rules by the ATF concerning NFA trusts. One of the multiple changes...

Ask Foghorn: What’s With the Silencer “Fad”?

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Sam writes: Suppressors ("silencers") have become a big topic here. And recently at that. But why? While I understand that argument can be made that suppressors shouldn't be prohibited, or highly regulated accessories, why the...

Turning a JK Armament Modular Solvent Trap Into a Suppressor

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  Solvent traps are designed to catch cleaning fluids and patches that come out the business end of your barrel...if you're one of those weird people who actually cleans his or her firearms. While that...
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New From JK Armament: Modular Solvent Trap Kits — Silencers in Weeks, Not Months

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Before building your own NFA item, you have to file an ATF Form 1. That involves the same $200 tax and registration process as the Form 4 that's filed when purchasing an NFA item...

I Generated a Barcoded Form 4 for A Silencer: Here’s What Happened

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The folks at Dead Air Armament, Gemtech and Silencer Shop have gotten together with ATF to create a Form 4 generator. The process automates some of the data entry involved with ATF processing forms. Makes...
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Gear Review: $39 ‘Fule Filter’ Form 1 Silencer Build [VIDEO]

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With an e-filed ATF Form 1 (the application to manufacture your own NFA item) taking only three to five weeks (ish) for approval these days, as compared to about nine months for a Form...
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The Hearing Protection Act Should Get Bipartisan Support…Right?

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By Larry Keane Prospects for any sort of pro-gun bill moving in Congress are dim, but that doesn’t mean Congress shouldn’t try, especially when it’s a bill to make recreational shooting and hunting safer and...
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The Hearing Protection Act is a Common Sense Gun Safety Reform Bill

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By Larry Keane Prospects for any sort of pro-gun bill moving in Congress are dim, but that doesn’t mean Congress shouldn’t try, especially when it’s a bill to make recreational shooting and hunting safer and...

Silencer Review: Dead Air Nomad-LT Supressor

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Dead Air's new Nomad-LT is the latest offering in one of my favorite suppressor model lines, and this time around it's exclusive to Silencer Shop. In June of this year I reviewed the Nomad-Ti, which...

Why Do Silencers In Video Games Make Guns Worse?

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I've been playing a rather unhealthy amount of the new Cyberpunk 2077 video game this week, much to the delight of my wife, who has been using this time to catch up on all...

The Guns of Welwyn: Five Incredible Weapons of the British Special Operations Executive

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By Justin Black of Spycraft101 At the onset of the Second World War, the British Special Operations Executive formed several different research and development branches spread throughout England. One branch, Station IX, was located at...