Friday, December 03, 2010

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nj_larry said...

My guess is that a drive to make suppressors more accessible is going to meet considerable resistance. Another industry has popped up in the last decade which could be directly impacted. The gunshot detection systems (like Sentri and ShotSpotter) that more and more urban areas are installing at the cost of millions of dollars. They and the left wing pols are going to push back that suppressors will endanger the population. If you have any info on the use of suppressors and these systems please tell us.

Remember "it's all about the kids".

rpm64 said...

Funny you should mention suppressors. I have had one ordered (22lr) since April of 2010. The Sherriff's background check went through quickly. One local judge wouldn't sign the papers,fortunately the second one did. Now it is stalled at the BATF. My dealer is being told it takes from 6 to 12 weeks for them to start processing it. Aren't liberal bureaucracies wonderful?

Sobiloff said...

I'd think that ShotSpotter et al. would still work just fine as they can key off the supersonic crack of the bullet (which a suppressor does nothing about). I don't think they rely much on the sound the burning propellent makes.

Machiavelli's Window said...

Just checked the Cheyenne Regulators site, Mike... it sho-nuff is cancelled! Hope you didn't last-minute throw it all in the truck and go!

Anonymous said...


Watch out for that Trail Boss powder, it is very temperature sensitive at light loading levels. I have been shooting it for 5+ years, recently with some cold weather I had a couple of train wreck stages. Pistol primers not reseating because of low pressures, rifle squib. I mean temps in the 30's and 40's. I am shooting 44-40s so expect similar issues with the 44 mag.

Turquoise Bill
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nj_larry said...

Blake, spent some time this morning web surfing on your comment about the supersonic crack. First a lot of pistol rounds are sub sonic (less than 1100fps). 45acp ball for instance (750fps). So if these systems did key off of that, it would miss many shots. The best I could find for now is a video clip that goes into how shotspotter works. Seems to recognize the total signature of the impulse. Link is below. Like I said I don't know if a suppressor will change this signature and "fool" the system. Be interesting to see if there is some official statement from these companies or anyone else has info.

Jeff said...

I think the tax is less of an issue than the CLEO sign off. Even if you believe that background checks for an inert object like a suppressor are useful, the computer data bases like NCIC etc make the local yokel's sign off obsolete.

It's not like the olden days when the county sheriff or police chief kept manila folders in a filing cabinet. The CLEO doesn't have any information about the prospective purchaser that isn't available to the Feds. All the CLEO is is an impediment to lawful people based on his own uninformed or anti-gun prejudices.

Dave S. said...

"that means I'll probably lock myself in the basement and pull the lever on the Big Blue Machine."

Hey, what you do in the privacy of your own home while watching late night Cinemax is your business, pal. TMI.

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seeker_two said...

Since we have an advantage in the system thanks to the courts and the TEA Party, why don't we push to have supressors moved down further to the same NICS check as any firearm?

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