If you paid $180 for a suppressor and sell it for $80 you are out $300. If you buy a $400 suppressor and sell it for $300 you are out $300. The problem is you're not going to sell a silencer for more than what someone can get it for new. A used $180 suppressor won't sell for $80 because the FFl is going to charge the purchaser $50-100 to do the transfer on that used silencer. So that $80 is now $130 or $180. That purchaser could have purchased the silencer new from the dealer for $180.edteach wrote:I paid 180 for my suppressor that many pay 230 to 350 for. If I sold it for 100 I am out 80, I buy a 400 or 500 dollar suppressor and don't like it and sell if for what 300 I have lost 200. As an entry level suppressor for 180 that sells for 230 to 350 I don't think I am out all that much to see what it’s like to own a class three item. If I don't like it, and keep it I am out 380 all in, and if I don't like it and buy a top shelf one I am out 700.
A good quality .22lr suppressor is only $400-500, plus the tax. It makes no sense to go 1/2 way on a purchase where the tax is a flat $200 no matter if the suppressor is $200 or $400.