Suppressor Tax Elimination- Follow Up

[Hawg Rider]

My son manages a large local gun store, and we were discussing the elimination of the $200 tax stamp for suppressors, etc. beginning in 2026. He's afraid that it might affect his near term suppressor sales if buyers decide to wait until the first of the year to make their purchases to save the $200. His solution is to look at his store absorbing the $200 tax for the remainder of the year to keep his inventory moving in the hopes that suppressor/sbr/sbs/AOW sales explode in 2026. If you're thinking of buying one of these items, you might want to check with your lgs to see if they're offering any deals for the remainder of 2025.

But you never know what will happen...a couple of years ago I took advantage of the BATF's tax stamp hiatus on Pistol Braces and registered my SIG MPX as a SBR. Now it looks like that wasn't necessary but the deed is done.

 

[s&wchad]

Here's an excellent article about the lawsuit challenging the inclusion of suppressors, SBR's and short barreled shotguns in the NFA, after the tax is dropped.

Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF: The Big Beautiful Lawsuit - Survival World

On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the "One Big Beautiful Bill," which included a significant provision slashing the $200 tax on suppressors,

www.survivalworld.com

 

[OutAtTheEdge]

But you never know what will happen...a couple of years ago I took advantage of the BATF's tax stamp hiatus on Pistol Braces and registered my SIG MPX as a SBR. Now it looks like that wasn't necessary but the deed is done.

I did the same with an AR pistol and a Ruger PC9 Charger. I rather suspected that the "ruling" might be reversed making the registration unnecessary, but I saw it as an opportunity to mount actual buttstocks on my pistols without incurring the $400 total in fees.

 

[dockmurgw]

Silencer Central has been running specials waiving the $200 tax charge for a while now. They started soon after I bought from them and paid the tax...just my luck.

 

[Hawg Rider]

Silencer Central has been running specials waiving the $200 tax charge for a while now. They started soon after I bought from them and paid the tax...just my luck.

Same here...I paid the tax for my SilencerCo Omega 300 (for my .300 BLK 8" "pistol") just before that offer came out.

 

[redbanks]

The local Nosler store is paying the $200 tax also for their suppressors. I've seen other retailers offer the same. IMO, they are still way overpriced. I have a 22lr one. It's a royal pain to clean so I don't use it much…

 

[venomballistics]

about a month has passed, and while the elimination of the tax has yet to take effect, the massive hole in the taxation power argument is currently being well exploited with 15 states joining the charge against the NFA.
It's a bit soon to buy stocks for my AR pistols, but I feel good about setting aside some cash for stocks and possibly optics

 

[Phenix]

about a month has passed, and while the elimination of the tax has yet to take effect, the massive hole in the taxation power argument is currently being well exploited with 15 states joining the charge against the NFA.
It's a bit soon to buy stocks for my AR pistols, but I feel good about setting aside some cash for stocks and possibly optics

Rest assured the entire NFA is NOT going away.

 

[venomballistics]

Rest assured the entire NFA is NOT going away.

It most definitely wouldn't. Destructive devices alone would keep it alive in a less intrusive form.
Aside from my immediate aspirations in the AR platform, I'm anticipating a shift in hunting arms. That what we might call the brush gun might be an exciting segment for development.

 

[duke2002]

Hopefully it brings down prices. Still i would rather buy another revolver then spend the money they get for suppressors.

 

[wood714]

I'm worried when/if the $200 tax is gone that the ATF will slow approval times.

My first was a 22 silencer on a form 4 in 2011, it took 4 months for approval. In December of 2011 I registered 2 AR lowers that took 5 months.

Not long after that the wait times were around 12 to 14 months. Then they came out with the eForms. Approval times went from months to weeks, last one I did was last month and it took 3 days. I did finally get digital prints which moved things a lot faster.

 

[WCCPHD]

I don't think they will intentionally slow approvals, but it will be an unintended consequence of the sheer number of Form 1 and 4's they will receive. That's the reason that I recently "bit the bullet" and paid the $200 to register a short barrel shotgun because I did not want to wait.

 

[Greyman50]

Class 3 and class 6 are very different. Hopefully changes to class 3 items will happen.

 

[Rick Leslie]

One of our local shops is pushing lay-aways. Buy now and take delivery 1-2-2026. I too took advantage of the SBR/brace forbearance with no regrets. But I am putting off any suppressor buils until next year.

 

[oldcorps76]

I bought one earlier this year, a Rugged Obsidian .45. Plan to get a .223 version for my pistol-brace carbine but next year.

 

[wood714]

Class 3 and class 6 are very different. Hopefully changes to class 3 items will happen.

Class 6?

"
Type 06 Federal Firearms License (FFL), which authorizes the licensee to manufacture ammunition for firearms other than destructive devices or armor piercing ammunition. It does not permit the licensee to manufacture firearms themselves.
"

 

[Greyman50]

Friend has class 6,3 and more. He loads MG ammo and non explosive cannon ammo.

 

[cromag27]

msrp will increase $200.