Oil Filter Suppressor
ATF will no doubt classify oil filters as NFA firearms:
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November 16th, 2011 at 11:32 am
Dupe. search your own archives.
November 16th, 2011 at 11:36 am
I remember talk of that a couple years ago… I believe they decided the adapter piece needed to be serialed and treated as the “suppressor.”
November 16th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
What if there isn’t an “adapter piece”, and you just install a barrel that is an inch longer than the slide, and thread the barrel for the filter? You won’t need an adapter place if you can do thin-stock wire feed welding and weld a light plate over the filter to seal the base holes up (or maybe, epoxy would do the job).
November 16th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Riverdog: If you alter an oil filter to act as a suppressor ( weld the holes shut ), and happen to own a barrel with the same pitch threads, you’ve just turned that oil filter into a suppressor.
If you alter the barrel to block the ports on the oil filter, then that barrel is an integral suppressor.
And yes, this gets astoundingly stupid legally, as the ATF would now be required to consider any oil filters in your possession as “suppressor parts”.
November 16th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
I think the only thing saving this guy from harassment was that he did alter the filter itself, putting a hole through it, and attaching the plate to the filter.
November 16th, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Sight picture is little rough.
November 16th, 2011 at 9:44 pm
This adapter is allready available for sale, and the adapter is legally the silencer.
http://www.americanspecialtyammo.com/Class_III.html
(Not connected to the company, or suggesting you get it, just using google)
Quote from above link below:
The Econo-Can Patent Pending
This is a legal and registered silencer that is patent pending. It is an adapter that uses a removable expansion chamber aka a car oil filter. In our opinion this device is as quiet as any 22lr silencer we have ever tested. The is a registered silencer and must be treated as such. The adapter is threaded 1/2-28. This is a NFA item and all NFA rules and regulations apply. We are licensed by CGW to manufacture this suppressor.
Price-$55.00 Call for orders