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[cassandra and sara's daddy]

has the gammo air rifles on sale  refurbished    1300 fps 149 bucks

[brimic]

Do want.
Wife and I were shopping for suppressed air rifles a year ago, but I ended up buying a non-suppressed pink Gamo air rifle off W00t last summer.

[brimic]

Do want. price seems pretty good.
Wife and I were shopping for suppressed air rifles a year ago, but I ended up buying a non-suppressed pink Gamo air rifle off W00t last summer. The suppressed models were over $200 IIRC.

[AJ Dual]

The suppressor barely works. It's better than nothing... but just FYI.

[Perd Hapley]

Suppressed air rifle? I haven't shot an air rifle in forever. They make noise?

[mtnbkr]

Suppressed air rifle? I haven't shot an air rifle in forever. They make noise?

The more powerful ones do.  Not as loud as a 22, but still noisy.

Chris

[AJ Dual]

Best is to do what snipers do, and simply set up well inside and away from a window or door, and let the room absorb the bulk of the shot's noise.

[Perd Hapley]

Are these suppressors regulated at all?

[bedlamite]

Yes, you had better have a tax stamp for your house.

[AJ Dual]

Are these suppressors regulated at all?

Yes and no.

A detachable suppressor for an airgun is an NFA taxed/regulated item the same as it is for a firearm. The existence of .17 caliber firearms makes even a .177 caliber suppressor "readily convertible".

An airgun (paintball or Airsoft too...) can have a suppressor if it's permanently integral to the barrel and action and then it's a non-NFA item. That's why the Gamo can have the expansion chamber and baffles.

However, I think the ATF might start making trouble if an integral airgun suppressor started working "too well", and they feared people would start cutting them off and trying to thread them etc. Most airgun makers who go for some suppression will go with a barrel shroud and an expansion space with no baffles to stay on the right side of things.