Geoff PR,

I checked my e-mail history. I received an e-mail from ATF stating that my tax stamp submissions were “in progress” 6 days ago. Now I get to hurry up and wait.

Geoff PR,

Yes, I went the e-File route using the Silencer Shop kiosk at my local gun store. And I created a single-item trust for each suppressor. The beauty of a single-item trust is that I can add trustworthy family members and friends to the trust if I desire to do so in a fairly simple process.

I filed a week ago. Prior to my filing, ATF processing times for single-item trusts was averaging around two months. And because this is my first filing ever, my local gun store thinks that it will take ATF even longer to process mine. On the plus side, though, ATF may process mine much faster than two months because I submitted two at the same time and ATF is prioritizing “batch jobs” of multiple submissions. Time will tell.

I think it would be kind of amusing if ATF approves my filings and issues my tax stamps before any of my firearm barrels can actually use them!

Congrats on your application, did you use E-File?

You should get your approval in short days…

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention another significant use case for suppressors: home defense. In that regard Hi-Point firearms have a reputation for being extremely reliable assuming that you take reasonable care of them. If reliability is of utmost importance and you don’t care about size, weight, nor concealability (since we are talking about home defense), why not use a Hi-Point? Add the fact that cops would confiscate your firearm for potential charges and evidence purposes if you defended yourself in your home and a Hi-Point makes even more sense. (Would you rather that cops take your $900 super-duper pistol into evidence where they may scratch it up, allow it to rust, and possibly even break it? Or would you rather that cops take your $180 Hi-Point the same may happen?)

One of my primary use cases is neighbor-friendly (e.g. quiet) plinking. And when it comes to plinking for leisure purposes, shooting a Hi-Point handgun could be as relaxing and fun as shooting a much more expensive platform. Furthermore, if I end up plinking a LOT, a few thousand rounds of plinking could cause a failure on any handgun platform–and Hi-Point fixes their handguns forever at zero cost whereas other manufacturers often charge around $200 to repair them.

Decisions, decisions.

If someone could wait an extra week, they could look into intermittent fasting and have enough extra cash to buy a Ruger Security 380. (You don’t need three meals per day – save your money.) They’re going for $260. Lighter, 1.5x capacity, better sights, and probably better pretty much everything else. Having a threaded barrel on a rock bottom priced pistol is odd.

If you are on a budget, save your money for another week and get a Taurus G3c or G2c