Daryll
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Here in the UK, getting a sound moderator for a rifle is much simpler than in the US... no tax stamp, extended wait, etc.
We do have to have them listed on our Firearm Certificate (FAC), but you can request a sound moderator when you ask for permission to buy a new rifle.
(I recently sold my Mossberg MVP LC in .308, and the sound mod. I then filled in a form to have those taken off my FAC, and "permission to buy" slots for a 6.5 CM rifle and 6.5 sound mod added. This was free, as I wasn't increasing the number of firearms, and took a couple of weeks.)
The UK Government are now doing a "consultation", (which means they're thinking about it...), on removing sound moderators from FAC's. This means we'll be free to go out and buy a sound mod for any rifle we own.
As they'll be easier to get, more LGS's will stock them, more companies will make them, and (hopefully) the prices will drop. (In the UK rimfire moderators cost from £50 to £200, Centerfire mods cost £180 to £500.)
Removing them from FAC's will also reduce the workload of the Licencing authorities, which should speed up the renewal and variation processes.
One of the questions on the survey does give some people concern... basically it asks whether you agree that sound moderators are beneficial for health and safety for hearing protection. The concern is, if the government goes too far, this could mean that sound mods become compulsory...! OK for most people, but not for those shooting historic rifles....
Heres hoping that they decide that moderators can be removed from FAC's, and leave it at that..! We probably won't know until the end of the year.
We do have to have them listed on our Firearm Certificate (FAC), but you can request a sound moderator when you ask for permission to buy a new rifle.
(I recently sold my Mossberg MVP LC in .308, and the sound mod. I then filled in a form to have those taken off my FAC, and "permission to buy" slots for a 6.5 CM rifle and 6.5 sound mod added. This was free, as I wasn't increasing the number of firearms, and took a couple of weeks.)
The UK Government are now doing a "consultation", (which means they're thinking about it...), on removing sound moderators from FAC's. This means we'll be free to go out and buy a sound mod for any rifle we own.
As they'll be easier to get, more LGS's will stock them, more companies will make them, and (hopefully) the prices will drop. (In the UK rimfire moderators cost from £50 to £200, Centerfire mods cost £180 to £500.)
Removing them from FAC's will also reduce the workload of the Licencing authorities, which should speed up the renewal and variation processes.
One of the questions on the survey does give some people concern... basically it asks whether you agree that sound moderators are beneficial for health and safety for hearing protection. The concern is, if the government goes too far, this could mean that sound mods become compulsory...! OK for most people, but not for those shooting historic rifles....
Heres hoping that they decide that moderators can be removed from FAC's, and leave it at that..! We probably won't know until the end of the year.