Why are suppressors so expensive in the US?

Spurchaser said:
Suppressors are one of those items you’re better off never shooting. They may seem expensive, but they end up costing you more!! Rifle not threaded, either get it threaded or buy a new rifle. Have a guest that wants to go, need another suppressor. Have 2 guests that want to go? Yep, might as well get another. Some rifles end up being “safe queens” because they aren’t threaded.
Like I said, the safest bet is to never shoot one or keep talking yourself out of one.
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Funny you would say that. The son in law likes to go on the weekends so had to get another one. The son is back in the area so I might end up with another one. Always gotta have a good excuse.
 
When cans first appeared over here, we went down the steel, then stainless steel and also titanium route, with the mindset of the can lasting many many years, but we soon found new lighter, more compact cans being developed and appearing on the market. So now it is common to use a mod for 3-5 years and get a new one or just replace baffles as many of these mods can be stripped, and baffles can be replaced where gas cutting has taken place. DPT from New Zealand offer titanium baffles to be fitted in the first part of the stack where gas erosion is most common.
 
The quandary of Gov rules and paperwork. Companies and purchasers must worry about all those CHANGING regs. What gun can it go on/who can use it - company making mufflers can be out-of-business due to regs. As popularity increases, so does competition. Get your $ while you can.
Personally, I don't 'need' one. If cost was a couple hundred and NO restrictions, might put one on a rifle.
 
They’re expensive because the government makes them hard to get and regulates them, serial numbers.
Ive ought the only two that I own this year. In January it took five weeks for approval. In May it took four days.
 
If one really wants to know WHY suppressors are so expensive in the US.
The answer is easy, start your own suppressor business, get a local /state business license and the corresponding tax / employer numbers, the type 7 FFL ($150.00 3 years), first then apply for a FEIN (Federal Employer Identification Number), then the S.O.T ($1000 + USD annually based /due on the month of july). This is even IF there is NO employees and is privately owned. This doesn't include the excise taxes, and the IRS higher taxation of being self employed.

Now for the hard part compliance which will cost either in manpower, or software, and last but not least research for new rules. Honestly that is what drives the price up and well as the materials cost, labor, tooling cost, etc.
 
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Sgt_Mike said:
If one really wants to know WHY suppressors are so expensive in the US.
The answer is easy, start your own suppressor business, get a local /state business license and the corresponding tax / employer numbers, the type 7 FFL ($150.00 3 years), first then apply for a FEIN (Federal Employer Identification Number), then the S.O.T ($1000 + USD annually based /due on the month of july). This is even IF there is NO employees and is privately owned. This doesn't include the excise taxes, and the IRS higher taxation of being self employed.

Now for the hard part compliance which will cost either in manpower, or software, and last but not least research for new rules. Honestly that is what drives the price up and well as the materials cost, labor, tooling cost, etc.
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Don't forget liability insurance, that's gotta be a chunk-o-change every year.
 
Suppressors are one of those things that once you have it you'll wonder why you never got it sooner. I don't hardly shoot my rifles or buy a rifle I can't thread a suppressor onto. The other thing is high resolution thermals. Don't look through one or its gonna cost you...lol
 
I don’t buy the greed part at all. Having been in manufacturing for over 15 years, it is amazing to see how much it really costs to make something. If you are then going to warranty a product for life, including user error such s baffle strike, there is a cost for that.

American regulations also add a ton of cost. I doubt other countries serialize suppressors since they are over the counter. Dealing with BATF paperwork is a layer of cost that is not insignificant.

R&D, American wages, L&I, Payroll Tax, etc. all adds up.

How many of you guys have $1000 chassis on your gun? Or a $500 barrel? Or a $2000 scope?

Cans are pretty cheap given the cost to manufacture stuff here in the US.
 
R/D and Mass Production plays a huge role.
I don't image a suppressor shop in the UK is cranking out hundreds of thousands per year. I don't suspect they are battling 100 cut throat competitors trying to innovate a superior product.
Most of the world is still running on 1950s suppressor technology.
 
Don_P said:
I really don't care what they cost, I just want to be able to own one.....or seven. :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:
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There are legal ways, they just....

1) COST (be FFL along with other requirements)
2) Needs to be in a trust where trustee lives in a state where they are legal, you added to trust, and you're good to use in any state they are legal :). (I'm no lawyer, but this is thie gist of it, work on the details with someone who really knows)
 
Boomstick said:
Needs to be in a trust where trustee lives in a state where they are legal, you added to trust, and you're good to use in any state they are legal :). (I'm no lawyer, but this is thie gist of it, work on the details with someone who really knows)
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Negative ghost rider, return to holding pattern, and rethink approach.

The multiple ones I have are NOT in a Trust... none of them.
They all was processed as a individual. So no a trust is NOT required.
Is it nice to have it in a trust in order to loan out, yes and no.
But I can still loan mine out, I just have to be present with the can. And is still just a inheritable as if in a trust. A trust is simply just not a requirement.
 
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