Heck, last time I picked up some suppressors at Capitol Armory (7 day turnaround on filings for a trust), the guy in front of me had bought his as an individual *the day before,* and had his tax stamp and picked up his can within 24 hours!

Now, with 150,000 befing filed since the 1st of the year, there’s going to be some delays, but methinks the bad old days of 18 month sentences in NFA Jail are gone forever . . . . .

Agreed that they need to come off the registry, and I predict the ASA/FPC test case will eventually succeed on that.

I do not know if the consumable / disposable cans in Europe are serialized, but obviously as long as they have to be registered on this side of the pond they will have to be serialized. But that’s hardly a major imposition.

“I think the biggest game changer of the year will be when someone starts rolling out $35 aluminum cans that are essentially consumables; e.g., they are only good for a couple thousand rimfire shots / few hundred centerfire pistol shots / several dozen full-power centerfire rifle shots. That’s what you see in many European countries.”

A serious question on that –

Are those ‘disposable’ cans serialized in Europe? We are going to have to still account for every one we own. I can foresee some folks not being able to account for every form 1 they own and being in very hot water.

We need to get them off the registry entirely.

As for myself, I’m filing for a number of form 1s, and just stashing them in the safe

Just to mention, for new people in the gun world, that one is only required to notify (as stated in the rules) the local CLEO and not wait for an OK from them to pick up your NFA item.

That CLEO will also have the opportunity to present disqualifying material to the ATF, if any, but is not required to respond to you nor are you required to wait for an OK from the CLEO to pick up your suppressor after ATF approves.

I mention this because some people think you have to wait for the CLEO to make a determination before you can pick up your suppressor after ATF approves it. This had never occurred to me that people actually thought this until a few years ago. I helped a at-the-time new gun owner not familiar with all the in’s and outs, I helped him complete his paperwork and send it in to purchase a suppressor and a copy went to the local police chief’s office. He was approved by ATF but did not pick it up. I asked him why, he said “The police chief hasn’t told me he approved it.” We then sat down and had some lunch and a short lesson on the NFA, finished lunch and he went to pick up his suppressor.

And they would make sense for most people. Take, for instance, your deer rifle. How many rounds do you actually put through it each year? For most folks, a super-cheap can that is good for 150 or so shots would last a decade or more.

The $200 tax stamp meant this business model wasn’t viable, and thus everyone wanted cans that would last essentially forever. But with the tax stamp gone, uber-cheap consumable cans (and parts kits so that you can easily Form 4 your own) are coming, especially if the ASA / FPC’s test case succeeds.