Comments on: This is a Really Good Time for Gun Companies to Think Smaller https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/nfa/this-is-a-really-good-time-for-gun-companies-to-think-smaller/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:24:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: LKB https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/nfa/this-is-a-really-good-time-for-gun-companies-to-think-smaller/comment-page-1/#comment-53535 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:24:29 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=26109#comment-53535 I’m hoping for some manufacturers will start thinking outside of the box. How about an oversized slide/barrel that converts a G17 or G21 to intregally-suppressed? Or something similar for the 1911 / 2011 platforms?

How about intregally-suppressed O/U barrels (maybe a single shroud / baffle stack that surrounds both?) for skeet/trap/sporting clays? (Creative use of carbon fiber would help with the weight /balance issues.)

And with the tax out of the way, “two stamp” guns are now a lot more doable. How about a short-barreled, intregally-suppressed, magazine-fed 12 gauge (preferably semiauto but pump will do). That would be the ideal home defense weapon.

Or a short-barreled, intregally-suppressed, .458 SOCOM upper?

]]> By: JimB https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/nfa/this-is-a-really-good-time-for-gun-companies-to-think-smaller/comment-page-1/#comment-53458 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 02:07:00 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=26109#comment-53458 The tax is gone…but the rorms, fingerprints, and registration is still required.

I’m sure the “Tactical Timmy” crowd will cause a brief buying spree… but I think intelligent gun owners will wait for NFA removal.

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