MThuntr
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Do it! Personally I don't think I'll use Silencer Central again. The extra time for them to process stuff will likely add at least 2 months to the wait.
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Scott85
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Agreed. It added 15 days to the front end of my application.
I don’t know a single person that regrets buying a suppressor. Most all say they wish they had sooner
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MThuntr
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You live in Conifer? You could walk into any of a handful of shops in Denver to do the paperwork. They will run you through the process. It's actually quite easy. Silencer Shop has kiosks in some shops so you can buy your suppressor on their website (they have some good deals sometimes) and go into their shops to do the electronic paperwork and transfer. I recommend setting up a trust with Silencer Shop (basically a fill in the blanks paperwork) that'll speed a lot up.
Silencer Central was very easy but their process is starts out with back and forth mailing fingerprint paperwork then they schedule a phone call like 2 weeks out after they get your fingerprints. It's a month to get that done. They do your 4473 but it seems to take them a month to mail your suppressor. I got their cyber week bogo deal and they screwed up my order and added an additional 22lr suppressor for free so I'm ok with the extra time but adding 2 months onto an 8-10 month process is a bit excessive.
BackofBeyond
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This is all true, but if you go through Silencer Shop be prepared to spend another $250 for them to provide provide the Gun Trust paperwork (I believe.) The Gun Trust is included with Silencer Central.
I would recommend them for your first, they make it easy and it’s an all in price, but it is a longer wait. Now that I have my trust in place I’d just order direct from whomever.
MThuntr
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$24.95
EDIT that's for their "single shot" so per suppressor or they have a $125 for unlimited. I finally looked it up and didn't realize that was for just 1 serial number.
Your second suppressor through them is much faster. About 5 minutes
morgaj1
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How does the ordering process go once you have a trust? For example, I just placed an order with Silencer Central. Once I have a trust from them, how do I order from another vendor?
Scott85
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You can print the trust document off their website.
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How do you use that to order from someone else? Dumb question, I know...
p_ham
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You file as a trust instead of individual and upload your supporting documents when you do the form 4.
BackofBeyond
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Just got the approval e-mail. Submitted 5/31, approved 2/28.
matthausarchery
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Update. Its been a month since I received my stamp. Still waiting for my local sheriffs office. Apparently they lost the paper copies for notification that was mailed. Silencer Central is resending the paperwork… What a pain!
BackofBeyond
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Just got tracking info for my can. Shipped out today, will be a local dealer Saturday. Then it will ship to me.
FAIR CHASE
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Did you use SC? Curious about not shipping directly to you.
You lie. The people at the BATF told me 3 months to my face at the SHOT show. The would not lie
turbobrick
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That seems very strange. Since 41p and it just being a notification rather than a sign off like it used to be, I haven't heard of anyone having issues. As long as the notification was sent, the CLEO would have to contact ATF directly if they had some issue with the application. I hope it gets sorted out ASAP for you though.
BackofBeyond
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I did Silencer Central. They ship the can from South Dakota to a local dealer, who then will ship it to me.
