Sound moderators should be legalised

[NukeBOMB88]

I reackon with this report we surely must have a chance of getting sound moderators legalised for general shooters:

http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cg ... uworks2011

Maybe the Liberal Democratic Party should get David Leyonhjelm to put this forward as a change?

[AusTac]

What? Are you serious? We can't have these dangerous things in society people will be having silent contacts on the street, and we won't know where the rounds are coming from! Geeez didn't you do your suppresor research? They are just way to dangerous for us regular plebs

[NukeBOMB88]

Eh it'll happen sooner or later. It just makes sense to make them legal

[knowsnothin]

report was written in 2011.

[on_one_wheel]

It's a well known fact that sound moderators turn perfectly normal people into stealth murderous assassins. .

Along with that, if they were to become legal, criminals would suddenly have access to them because as we know, moderators don't exist on the black market.

It's also worth noting that criminals would prefer to attach something to the muzzle of their firearm to make it up to ~10" longer and reducing that massive BANG BANG BANG! noise would make drive by shootings all the more intimidating.

Information source; The Australian Green Party, Gun Control Australia and John Howard.

[bigfellascott]

I don't know why they call em silencers, ain't nothing silent about them, I still hear a muzzle blast when they are used, the reduce the blast but it sure as s**t ain't silent!

And the even funnier part is we all own one now, it called a muffler, the thing attached to your exhaust system was a result of the first silencer believe it or not!

[NukeBOMB88]

report was written in 2011.

Yeah I know I'm just wondering why no one has put it forward to the government

[bigfellascott]

report was written in 2011.

Yeah I know I'm just wondering why no one has put it forward to the government

How do you know they haven't.

[wade06]

Hopefully one day it will happen... the problem is that the general public thinks that a silencer will make a colt 45 sound like a quiet cough and everyone who has one is a hitman....

Would love one on my 22 for knocking off Indian mynas

[HulkFury]

I'm sure eventually, like 20 years or so (assuming guns aren't banned or silent propellant is invented) , that sound moderators will become compulsory like seat belts and motorcycle helmets.

[GLS_1956]

Suppressors are getting more and more popular in the USA. Many states, my home State of Oklahoma being one of them, now allow them for hunting. There is a move to have them removed off of the Class 3 category.

[NukeBOMB88]

Would love one on my 22 for knocking off Indian mynas

I can't even begin to describe the depth of my dislike for those bloody flying rats!

[Ed9362]

In fifty years the only things that will will be legal in Australia will be coffee and TV so we can stay up all night and day watching what the media and government want us to think

[Squiddy]

In fifty years the only things that will will be legal in Australia will be coffee and TV so we can stay up all night and day watching what the media and government want us to think

They'll ban coffee because of the caffeine and TV will be so heavily restricted it will basically be the teletubbies reading the news.

[MR. WINCHESTER]

In fifty years the only things that will will be legal in Australia will be coffee and TV so we can stay up all night and day watching what the media and government want us to think

Unfortunately, the Guvmint has proved itself way less subtle than that which you suggest.

Fines / penalties, are the order of the day ....

[Tank]

In fifty years the only things that will will be legal in Australia will be coffee and TV so we can stay up all night and day watching what the media and government want us to think

I'm not so sure.
Since JWH's great crusade 20 years ago Licencing take up in SA has increased by 29%......we're a growing minority. With that growth comes greater weight to lobby government.
Proactive and positive action by shooters including all facets of shooting sports is what's needed to get stuff over the line. Sitting on our hands bitching won't solve any thing.
Join the SSAA, join your local club, whatever they shoot. Growing numbers is what's needed. Instead of eating our young we need to encourage them!
My two cents.
Regs,
Tank.

[on_one_wheel]

SSAA

[Tank]

:lol: SSAA

Join anyone you like....
If it's pro shooting sports....get on it.
Laugh all you like but being a part of something is better than bitching and doing nothing or would you advocate against memberships in general?
Thought not.
Tank.

[Releb]

Suppressors are getting more and more popular in the USA. Many states, my home State of Oklahoma being one of them, now allow them for hunting.

Heaps of hunters would love them here, I'm sure.

Including me.

[bigfellascott]

Suppressors are getting more and more popular in the USA. Many states, my home State of Oklahoma being one of them, now allow them for hunting.

Heaps of hunters would love them here, I'm sure.

Including me.

Taken em or leave em for me, happy either way and ain't interested in having to pay a fee of some sort just to reduce the noise a bit, I don't care how much noise I make when out hunting

[deadkitty]

I'd like one, then my neighbors would be happier when I'm working up new loads...... They are an OH&S requirement in the UK and it's considered very rude not to use one in Germany and many other places in Europe.....sigh...one day....

[bigfellascott]

I just modified the "Silencer" on my chainsaw (did the Muffler Mod), it's louder now

[Gwion]

Why on earth would you want a LOUDER saw, BigFella???

Quieter the better, in my book. Gets on my nerves after a few hours cutting.

[Lorgar]

Taken em or leave em for me, happy either way and ain't interested in having to pay a fee of some sort just to reduce the noise a bit, I don't care how much noise I make when out hunting

I would love one, and would/will buy if they're legalised.

It's not about noise while hunting... I'm not worried about startling the grass I'm worried about my hearing.

If it was 25% quieter at the range (that f-ing tin roof at Little River) and it reduced the peak enough I could walk around hunting without ear muffs that would do me just fine.

[Gwion]

Just looked up the Sauer 100. Has an optional suppressor to suit. If and when we are ever allowed ready access to moderators, i want one of those!!!
http://www.sauer.de/en/products/bolt-ac ... tures.html
***see mid page on link!

[bigfellascott]

Why on earth would you want a LOUDER saw, BigFella???

Quieter the better, in my book. Gets on my nerves after a few hours cutting.

Not so much that I wanted a louder saw as such G, just that when you do the Muffler Mod (allows more air in and out so you get a better more usable saw with more grunt when needed) it's not hugely more noisy just a little more noticeable I guess and muffs or plugs will see that it's not an issue anyway.

I didn't go crazy with the holes (some put them in the baffle too but that really does make them very loud then and I figured I would just try this out first and if need be put a few more holes in (easier to add more than remove em so to speak) I quick carb adjustment (make it run richer) as it will run lean if you don't and the end result will be a stuck piston G'teed (we usually tune them in the wood that way you know you have them running right when under full load and seems to give the best results tune wise anyway.

Standard Muffler


Modded Muffler


Front Plate before


Front Plate Modded

[bigfellascott]

Taken em or leave em for me, happy either way and ain't interested in having to pay a fee of some sort just to reduce the noise a bit, I don't care how much noise I make when out hunting

I would love one, and would/will buy if they're legalised.

It's not about noise while hunting... I'm not worried about startling the grass I'm worried about my hearing.

If it was 25% quieter at the range (that f-ing tin roof at Little River) and it reduced the peak enough I could walk around hunting without ear muffs that would do me just fine.

Only time I wear ear muffs whilst out hunting is when sitting off a rabbit warren where I know I will be doing a high volume of shooting, other than that I generally don't bother with them unless shooting out of the vehicle where the noise can be amplified to some degree but for stalking or whistling type hunts I don't bother as I know I'm only shooting maybe once or twice anyway.

I had a hearing test the other day and all good, very good in fact and all within normal hearing levels for my age or slightly better which was good to hear!

[Norton]

They have a health/hearing benefit and contrary to movies don't make centrefire rifles whisper silently.

That's all the debate should be. Not all our stupid polly / nanny state nonsense.

If you personally don't want one don't buy one.

[bigfellascott]

They have a health/hearing benefit and contrary to movies don't make centrefire rifles whisper silently.

That's all the debate should be. Not all our stupid polly / nanny state nonsense.

If you personally don't want one don't buy one.

That's my thoughts on it too, sadly we don't really have an option to buy one and personally I wouldn't waste the $$ on one anyway for the types of shooting I do ($300-$400 or more no doubt by the time that add some sort of license and purchase fee etc to em) as we know the Gov't love screwing people out of their hard earned at any given opportunity.

We are probably lucky we don't have to pay a fee or some sort of license to have the suppressors we have now

[Mr.Seacucumber]

If you want them write into your local pollies, get a few more people to do it, ask Hanson if she could possibly try and give it a shot. I dunno people really need to be more proactive if you want s**t done.