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Rifle silencer

elkcrazyfredelkcrazyfred Member Posts: 181 ✭✭
edited April 2008 in Ask the Experts
hi, does anybody know how to make a good makeshift silencer for a rimfire rifle, that doesnt require drilling?
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  • elkcrazyfredelkcrazyfred Member Posts: 181 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    This may sound a bit naive, but a friend wants to know if it's possible to have a silencer put on his rifle so his gun doesn't scare off other game for the others in hunting party if he shoots his first. I told him it would look too much like a poacher gun to be legal, but anyone else have any advice for him as to whether it's physically possible or legal?
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    He can purchase a silencer, but he'll have to jump through a few Federal hoops first.

    BTW, check your local hunting regs, it may be (most likely is) illegal to hunt with a silencer, even if you own it legaly
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  • NwcidNwcid Member Posts: 10,674 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Tailgunner1954
    He can purchase a silencer, but he'll have to jump through a few Federal hoops first.

    BTW, check your local hunting regs, it may be (most likely is) illegal to hunt with a silencer, even if you own it legaly


    Very solid info.
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  • MooseyardMooseyard Member Posts: 2,541 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Very few states allow hunting with suppressors. I'm lucky enough to live in one of them[:D]
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  • HandgunHTR52HandgunHTR52 Member Posts: 2,735
    edited November -1
    From your profile I see that you are in Kansas. I just looked over the KS regs and didn't see anything that specifically prohibited the use of a suppressor for deer and elk.

    My suggestion would be to contact your local Game Warden and ask them if it is legal.

    Oh, BTW, I have shot plenty of deer that were not alone and the shot did not * the other deer. They really can't tell where it is coming from. I have also watched deer that were close to me while the guys on the lease next to mine (about 300 yards) were blazing away. The deer under my stand didn't even flinch. So, I would tell your buddy not to worry about it. It isn't worth the $200 plus cost of the suppressor.
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  • FWAdditFWAddit Member Posts: 918 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Another reason your friend might as well keep his money: a suppressor does nothing to mute the sharp supersonic crack of a bullet, which is all a deer will hear if the bullet passes close by. Besides, HandgunHTR is correct; many deer don't * at the sound of a shot, anyway.
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