Silencerco has recently found a gap in the law, and it seems the BATF has approved the notion that since black powder guns are not legally considered firearms, an integral, non removable silencer that is not capable of being attached to a "firearm" does not require a NFA tax stamp. SUPPOSEDLY, the Maxim .50 will hit shelves soon, although various states have files lawsuits.
As someone with almost no experience with black powder rifles, I wonder how difficult it would be to charge a rifle through a silencer permanently attached to the end of the barrel, if that indeed is how it is to be done...
Also, since you can't remove the can, and I assume black powder would be pretty dirty, how would you clean such an apparatus?
As someone with almost no experience with black powder rifles, I wonder how difficult it would be to charge a rifle through a silencer permanently attached to the end of the barrel, if that indeed is how it is to be done...
Also, since you can't remove the can, and I assume black powder would be pretty dirty, how would you clean such an apparatus?