Hello all, I currently know absolutely nothing about NFA items other than a $200 tax stamp is required for pretty much everything and is obtained via ATF Form 4.
That being said, I would like to learn more and slowly get into the "other side" of guns. I would like to either have my current non-NFA GSG-5 chopped and threaded or buy another that is already set up as an SBR, preferably threaded so as to obtain the necessary stamp and suppress it. Which would be the better route? Use the current one and modify it? Or buy a new one?
On to the suppressor... What would be a (relatively) inexpensive, quality option? Are any changes required to the gun itself to operate reliably (well, as reliable as a .22 can be I guess) with a suppressor attached? Once I obtain all the stamp(s) required and buy a suppressor, can I still shoot the gun unsuppressed? Or does it have to remain as the paperwork says it is?
This will primarily be a plinking and rabbit hunting gun. My hearing is fading at a very young age and I want to protect it as much as possible while hunting rabbits (I hunt them a lot, about every three or four days) without having to constantly take my earplugs out to hear what everyone else is saying. That, and the added 'cool' factor of a suppressed SBR...
Sorry for all the questions and thanks in advance for your advice.
JG
That being said, I would like to learn more and slowly get into the "other side" of guns. I would like to either have my current non-NFA GSG-5 chopped and threaded or buy another that is already set up as an SBR, preferably threaded so as to obtain the necessary stamp and suppress it. Which would be the better route? Use the current one and modify it? Or buy a new one?
On to the suppressor... What would be a (relatively) inexpensive, quality option? Are any changes required to the gun itself to operate reliably (well, as reliable as a .22 can be I guess) with a suppressor attached? Once I obtain all the stamp(s) required and buy a suppressor, can I still shoot the gun unsuppressed? Or does it have to remain as the paperwork says it is?
This will primarily be a plinking and rabbit hunting gun. My hearing is fading at a very young age and I want to protect it as much as possible while hunting rabbits (I hunt them a lot, about every three or four days) without having to constantly take my earplugs out to hear what everyone else is saying. That, and the added 'cool' factor of a suppressed SBR...
Sorry for all the questions and thanks in advance for your advice.
JG