Prince Yamato
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For those of you who are regulars on the board, you probably have seen my posts about wanting a 9mm suppressor. I've pretty much narrowed my choice to a YHM Cobra with 1/2x28 threads. I'm now shopping around for the lowest possible price on this item. Currently, buying online from Major Malfunction seems to be the cheapest. The problem now is that I can't find a Class 3 dealer in Central Texas (Austin area) who will transfer the item without charging me $100-200 for the transfer. This pretty much bumps the price back up to retail or eliminates the advantage of not having to pay sales tax. It seems that with a lot of the dealers, you have to "grease the wheels" so to speak or pay for the "privilege" of owning one of these items. It's like I'm "insulting the family" by not buying the item from them. It's really very "goomba" if you ask me. Is that the normal transfer fee for these items? Other than the $200 tax and the LEO sign-off, these items aren't really that different than title 1 guns, so I call B.S. on these dealers. Of course, maybe I'm just not in the proper financial position to buy one of these items, but if I see something listed for $499, I shouldn't end up paying twice that price by the time the sale is done. Again, I'm not talking about the NFA tax. I can live with that. I can swing the $500+tax, but when they're bumping prices to $700-900 sans tax, that's a little too steep.
Another question: are there any other hidden costs that I need to be aware of? I think a lot of what these dealers tell me sounds like a load of elitist garbage. "Oh, you need a special adapter for the 1/2x28 threads... that's about $200 extra..." The suppressors are available from the factory in 1/2x28 threads. They also seem to want to charge me extra for the Nielson device... which is integrated into the Cobra. They seem to be overcharging for an aluminum tube with bent metal inside of it. Folks, tell me if I'm wrong here and if possible, can I get the names of Class 3 dealers who won't break my bank to transfer a weapon from out of state?
Another question: are there any other hidden costs that I need to be aware of? I think a lot of what these dealers tell me sounds like a load of elitist garbage. "Oh, you need a special adapter for the 1/2x28 threads... that's about $200 extra..." The suppressors are available from the factory in 1/2x28 threads. They also seem to want to charge me extra for the Nielson device... which is integrated into the Cobra. They seem to be overcharging for an aluminum tube with bent metal inside of it. Folks, tell me if I'm wrong here and if possible, can I get the names of Class 3 dealers who won't break my bank to transfer a weapon from out of state?
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