Posted on 09/25/2017 1:21:39 PM PDT by marktwain
SilencerCo, the innovative silencer company that produces most of the silencers for the United States market, has developed a revolutionary new product. It is an integral silencer on a modern muzzleloader, called the Maxim 50.
Josh Waldron of SilencerCo has been one of the strongest voices pushing for reform of the antiquated and poorly conceived National Firearms Act.
In 1932, when the Act was passed, no one gave any explanations for including gun mufflers, called silencers. The inclusion of silencers never made any sense. In the rest of the “developed world”, silencers are often regulated much less than guns. In New Zealand, a liberal mecca, anyone with cash can buy silencers over the counter. Even children are not barred from doing so. Most of Europe considers silencers to be a safety and noise pollution device. New Zealand has not had a rash of “silencer crime”. England has not suffered from an abundance of criminals armed with silencers.
Americans have suffered under the over-regulation and extreme taxes imposed on users of silencers for 70 years. Millions of people have lost hearing because of the public health blunder of the Roosevelt administration in the 1930's. Read more: https://www.ammoland.com/2017/09/silencerco-maxim-50-another-reason-to-reform-national-gun-law/#ixzz4tivZzZ6x Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Follow us: @Ammoland on Twitter | Ammoland on Facebook
The 1934 National Firearms Act has had small areas of common sense interpretation added over the years. Muzzleloading guns are considered antiques and are not regulated under the act. That is why a silenced muzzleloader is not burdened with the extreme red tape and taxes that ordinary silencers are. To obtain an ordinary silencer, a target shooter or hunter has to have his fingerprints taken, apply for a federal tax stamp, pay $200, wait six
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What a fascinating concept. Good support for the SHARE act.
Silencers wouldn’t bring down the murder rate in Detroit but the nights would probably be quieter.... (/cynicism)
Shoot squirrels in my back yard from 30 feet. Use a 30.06. Watch them evaporate. Neighbors won’t notice.
And just so the general public is aware, “silencers” do not make any gun silent as we’ve seen in the movies for decades. A better term is SUPPRESSOR.
This 50 cal muzzleloader is still pretty freaking loud.
So the standard ram rod doesn’t work. Do yo get a new one with it?
I wondered about that. Be interested in finding out.
I also wonder how you clean it.
They were included because of 1930s Hollywood gangster movies showing silenced revolvers going *piff* when assassinating a bad guy. Never mind that because of the cylinder gap, you cannot effectively silence a revolver (yeah, yeah, except for the Mosin Nagant.) Also not withstanding the fact that in real life, 'silencers' only lower a gunshot to around 110 dB on average, which is the sound level of a car horn at 3 feet.
Switchblades were banned because of the movies showing teenage gangs 'rumbling' with switchblades.
Like most gun laws, they're based on emotion, not facts.
P.S., weapons like short barreled shotguns and short barreled rifles were included in the NFA because the original NFA included all handguns, and the act included long guns cut down to resemble handguns.
Handguns were removed from the NFA before passage, but the SBR and SBS rules were retained.
I’m surprised the “government” doesn’t DEMAND we all have silencers because of hearing protection. Where are the “do gooders” when you need them? I have to carry about 20 pages of “legal” stuff around with me when I take my silencer to the range.
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