Selling a Form 1 Suppressor?

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monster
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Selling a Form 1 Suppressor?

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I would like to eventually get a tax stamp and build a suppressor using a form 1...
I have heard rumors that you cannot sell items you have created (form 1 items)...
Is this true? I hope I never have to move to another unconstitutional state in my life but, if am forced to, I would hate my only option to be to destroy my property vs selling it. Thanks for the input!
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Re: Selling a Form 1 Suppressor?

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I hope I never have to move to another unconstitutional state in my life but, if am forced to, I would hate my only option to be to destroy my property vs selling it.
Another option in that case above (or someone deploying overseas for a time) is that if you have a friend with a gun safe in your old legal State or another near-by legal State, you could put your silencer in a small locked box that would be inside your friend's gun safe. Your friend wouldn't have a key or combination for access to your locked box. And you might be able to occasionally make a conjugal visit to your silencer and use it during the visit. It's an option instead of selling or destroying it.
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Re: Selling a Form 1 Suppressor?

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Depending on the caliber you might be able to thread one of these through the bore.
https://www.etrailer.com/static/images/ ... 2_1000.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDtd2jNIwAU MUSAFAR!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI This is Water DavidW
Complete Form 1s http://www.silencertalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=79895
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Re: Selling a Form 1 Suppressor?

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You can sell Form 1 devices. Most people don't because the return is pretty low for most things, but between that and destruction, you can take a smaller loss.

One of the big deals is that if the sale is out of state, then there are 2 tax stamps involved, so just like used suppressors on form 4's aren't worth much, most things built on Form 1's aren't either, especially since they're a crap-shoot as far as function and reliability are concerned.
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