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[V-Tach]

If the AHA actually passes, there will be innovation out the proverbial ying yang.....integrally suppressed firearms will be a big seller, initially there will be a rush, but due to stiff competition, prices will drop.

I can see major manufacturers like Ruger saying......buy a 10/22 and get a free suppressor.....

jmho...

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

Brian C,

I'm afraid you've got it backwards.

If suppressors start flying off the shelves if the AHA passes, competition will bring the cost down dramatically.

 

[Renegade]

If suppressors start flying off the shelves if the AHA passes, competition will bring the cost down dramatically.

The cost will not go down significantly relative to what the same can sells for now. But the opening of the market will bring new players in who will make cheaper cans.

 

[Dawico]

The cost will not go down significantly relative to what the same can sells for now. But the opening of the market will bring new players in who will make cheaper cans.

I agree. I think they will come down just from a competition standpoint.

 

[TX OMFS]

Or we'll see very little change as the subsection of the already small active gun community that cares about suppressors won't be enough to really effect the market.


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It's only a small community because of government regs. Take the regs away and lots of people will buy cans. If a can costs $100 OTD people will buy.

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[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

Are you of the pessimist view, equating lower cost cans with lower quality?

It's been my experience when there's a big demand, not only does cost go down, but often quality goes up. That's what happens when there's a mix of free enterprise and competition.

As to what's currently on the can market and their costs, I think they're pricing is what the market will bear. In other words, very high..

Once demand goes up (assuming AHA passes) and competition seriously kicks in, I think you pessimists will see the truth.

 

[Renegade]

Are you of the pessimist view, equating lower cost cans with lower quality?

Yes,I find that to be generally true.

Example we have already seen ACOGS & Aimpoints vs NCStar and other Chinese knockoffs.

The post-HPA market will be similar. Today's high-end will still be there, but an incredible market of low-end knockoffs will be created.

 

[Younggun]

Mag lights and oil filters.


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[V-Tach]

Mag lights and oil filters.

+ freeze plugs............

 

[41magnut]

Some say "buying & waiting forever isn't worth it"

Well, I was one of those.
My son talked me into, doing the dance, jumping through the hoops, biting the bullet, what have you.

After 10 months and plenty of second quessing, buyers remorse, it finally arrived. Got the barrel threaded on my 308W, out to the range.

Gentlemen, I am a believer, convert, and have a rimfire supressor sitting in ATFE purgatory.

I will welcome the passage of the HPA, look forward to the innovations, pricing that competition, and increased demand will bring.

If nothing else, a suppressor will automatically discounted $200.00

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[Dawico]

Some shooters in other countries use $20 disposable Chinese 22lr suppressors.

Nobody will buy something like that with a $200 stamp, but with no stamp we could very well see them here.

 

[Younggun]

And a lot more factory threaded barrels being offered.


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[diesel1959]

Yes,I find that to be generally true.

Example we have already seen ACOGS & Aimpoints vs NCStar and other Chinese knockoffs.

The post-HPA market will be similar. Today's high-end will still be there, but an incredible market of low-end knockoffs will be created.

The thing is that there's top-of-the-line cans and they cost accordingly. There will be cheap cheap cheap too; however, there are lots of folks who will go for value-priced cans that are good enough when it comes to sound suppression and will cost less than what you see today. Value-priced doesn't necessarily mean garbage.

 

[Renegade]

Value-priced doesn't necessarily mean garbage.

Agreed. I have a $99 Simmons Scope on my 10/22 for 20+ years and it works great.

 

[easy rider]

If the law passes I may just start making them myself.

 

[40Arpent]

The increase in cost from the increase in demand will be more than the tax.

You're forgetting the supply side, which will explode.

 

[40Arpent]

I will never succumb to the temptation of doing the paperwork to get a silencer. If passed, the new law will change that and I'll probably pop for several cans. (Note the pun?). Until then....sorry I can't be of any help.

Flash

I liked the pun!

I completely get what you're saying about the paperwork, but I consider every one of my suppressors well worth the hassle, wait, and cost. I've enjoyed them immensely, and will feel no remorse if the day comes when the same cans are half the cost with no paperwork and no tax...only joy!

 

[orbitup]

I thought about buying a few solvent traps now and just waiting.

 

[40Arpent]

I thought about buying a few solvent traps now and just waiting.

LOL!

 

[Dawico]

I thought about buying a few solvent traps now and just waiting.

Oil filter thread adapters are the future.