Car fuel filter? Uh huh...sure...

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LOL, they're not fooling anyone...

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Shades of Preacher Al!...
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There is a whole group dedicated to Form 1 suppressors, taking these and legally manufacturing a suppressor from it. I shot next to a guy who had one on a 300 BO and it was as quiet as my high end commercial can. Only real difference is mine had a better mounting system, rated down to an 8" barrel, and rated for Machinegun. His cost $19, the tax stamp was the most expensive part.
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I'm in to try it...been thinking of Form 1'ing a DIY suppressor for a while. $30 + t $200 tax stamp is worth the effort and learning experience before sinking $300 + $200 into a titanium setup.
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There are places that sell the parts so you can get a titanium tube and stainless baffles that are not drilled or stainless freeze plugs and a forming tool. That combination will make it very much like my commercial can which should handle an SBR easily.

Some places even sell end caps that will work with 3 lug or LMT QD mounts.
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YNOTAZ wrote: August 22nd, 2019, 6:07 amI shot next to a guy who had one on a 300 BO and it was as quiet as my high end commercial can.
Wow. :o
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A friend of mine even has a nifty little side business buying freeze plugs, forming them, then selling them on ebay and Amazon. They are undrilled, so totally legal.
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wanna be careful with the alum units, and what unit it goes on due to pressure the threads i've heard sometimes do not hold up and you end up with pieces flying every where, just a rumor i heard.
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Back to the top for a relevant update (from Massachusetts...):

https://www.enterprisenews.com/news/201 ... zJwOgx1g-o

A 41-year-old East Bridgewater man was arrested at his 157 Plymouth St. home by Homeland Security Investigations agents on Wednesday.

EAST BRIDGEWATER — ...Federal agents say they learned on Oct. 19 that a silencer originating from China, addressed to Sartwell and his East Bridgewater home, had been seized by Customs Border Protection at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The shipment had been declared a fuel filter with a value of $0.78.

Agents reviewed importation records, which revealed 65 shipments from Asia (with more than 55 coming from China) to Sartwell’s residence since Dec. 25, 2018, the affidavit states. A review of importation records to Sartwell’s former address in East Bridgewater revealed another 35 shipments from Asia between June 28, 2013 and Oct. 19, 2018, it states.

On Wednesday, the package containing the silencer was the subject of a controlled delivery by a member of the United States Postal Service, under surveillance by federal agents. Sartwell accepted and signed for the package and began walking through his enclosed backyard toward his garage with the package, along with two other packages, the affidavit states. Agents then approached Sartwell and he admitted to receiving a silencer in the mail, but claimed it was an airsoft suppressor and he received similar ones “every day” from the Wish app.

The agents told Sartwell it was deemed to be illegal and he said he bought it on an open app and the app shouldn’t sell such items if they are illegal, the affidavit states. He told agents all the items in his garage were airsoft.

Agents then executed a federal search warrant and found at least a dozen “large airsoft style weapons that had the appearance of real weapons” in his garage.

In a workshop area, agents found a hidden compartment with two milling plates, which serve “as a template to drill out a receiving for a firearm,” :roll: the affidavit states. They located a buffer spring, a firearm part used to assist with recoil of a rifle, and buffer tube, a piece of a rifle that the buffer spring fits inside, it states.

In a hidden compartment, agents say they found an AR-15 styled rifle “ghost gun,” one without any manufacturing or serial numbers to allow it to be traced.

On a work table, agents located an air-powered water dremel :roll: polisher, which is “used to cool a gun after milling,” the affidavit states, and a drill press.

In a hidden drawer on the work table, investigators say they found another silencer.

Inside the Plymouth Street house, agents located multiple black powder rifles and guns, the affidavit states. Agents located a box containing about 150 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition in the home, which are compatible with the AR-15 style rifle found in the garage, it states.

In the basement, agents say they noticed a floor-length mirror against a wall. They moved it and found a hidden storage area, where there was a safe with silencer parts and an instruction book on how to mill out an AR-15 weapon, the affidavit states.

Sartwell also received a package Wednesday addressed to him that contained “Level Three ceramic breast plates,” or body armor, it states.

Sartwell was arrested and charged in U.S. District Court with unlawful possession of a firearm not registered to him under the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.

During an initial appearance in court on Wednesday afternoon, Sartwell was held without bail and remanded to the custody of the United States Marshals Service.

His next appearance in court has not yet been scheduled.

-WRM
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So, you used a "fuel filter" as probable cause to arrest a felon with an unregistered firearm. Why bother mentioning he owns a couple common garage tools and other misc. bullshit?

-WRM
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Can we donate to that heroes legal fund?
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