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11/13/2013 8:18:23 PM EDT
I've been thinking for a while now why no suppressor companies offer a suppressor that is compatible with all calibers.  Lets be completely honest for a second. Suppressor physics are relatively simple. Their designs are similiar, its essentially a tube with baffles to slow down/cool expanding gases.  Now I understand that it can be complex as well dealing with the heat and pressures. All things considered...

Why hasn't a company come up with a design that comes with interchangeable baffles to match caliber selection.  The outside diameter and length would stay the same. But have baffles with unique center holes for each caliber. One suppressor for all calibers.  The only thing people can do now is buy a big caliber suppressor to fit calibers of the same size or smaller. Personally I think its very doable.
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11/13/2013 8:38:06 PM EDT
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I've been thinking for a while now why no suppressor companies offer a suppressor that is compatible with all calibers.  Lets be completely honest for a second. Suppressor physics are relatively simple. Their designs are similiar, its essentially a tube with baffles to slow down/cool expanding gases.  Now I understand that it can be complex as well dealing with the heat and pressures. All things considered...



Why hasn't a company come up with a design that comes with interchangeable baffles to match caliber selection.  The outside diameter and length would stay the same. But have baffles with unique center holes for each caliber. One suppressor for all calibers.  The only thing people can do now is buy a big caliber suppressor to fit calibers of the same size or smaller. Personally I think its very doable.

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Because you aren't allowed to have extra baffles




 





As you are aware, the terms "firearm silencer" and "firearm
muffler" mean any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing
the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of
parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling
or fabricating a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, and any part
intended only for use in such assembly or fabrication.  Thus,
certain internal components, intended only for use in a silencer,
are silencers as defined.


If an individual made one of these parts, even for use as a
replacement part, the individual would be making a silencer.  Under
the provisions of the National Firearms Act, any person must apply
for and receive permission to make a silencer and pay the making
tax for each silencer made.  This would require the individual
owner to file an ATF Form 1 application for each silencer part to
be made with the payment of $200.00 for each application prior to
making any replacement part.

In regard to the two parts in your cited example, we consider a
baffle to be a silencer
, but a wipe, which is usually nothing more
than a rubber or plastic disc with a hole in it, is generally not
considered to be a silencer.  Thus an individual owner could
replace a wipe.
11/13/2013 8:49:09 PM EDT
[#2]
^^this, and why would you bother buying other silencers???
11/13/2013 8:52:36 PM EDT
[#3]
So the only way around that would be to offer "welded" stack of baffles per different caliber. Then you would need to pay the $200 tax per  "welded" stack of baffles. I'm saying welded because who would pay for each baffle.  Interesting,  that would still be cheaper than 4-5 different suppressors.
11/14/2013 2:11:35 AM EDT
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So the only way around that would be to offer "welded" stack of baffles per different caliber. Then you would need to pay the $200 tax per  "welded" stack of baffles. I'm saying welded because who would pay for each baffle.  Interesting,  that would still be cheaper than 4-5 different suppressors.
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You need papers for each NFA item. Since when does cheap ever come into the picture?
11/14/2013 8:14:58 AM EDT
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Also, a supressor acceptable for larger callibers would be oversized for the smaller ones.  I've got a Surefire .308 can that I use for 5.56mm also and that's bad enough.  I wouldn't want the weight of a .338 supressor hanging off of an AR, even if the ATF letter went away.
11/14/2013 8:55:03 AM EDT
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Possible to make? Yes. Legal? No. Even if it WAS legal, i'd rather have my multiple cans of various sizes/calibers that could be used on different guns simultaneously than ONE can that you had to take apart to switch calibers/hosts. YMMV.

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