Thank You to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission and NRA Members!

Today, after hearing your support for this NRA-backed common sense hunting reform, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to legalize suppressor use while hunting.  The benefits associated with suppressor use include increased accuracy due to reduced recoil and muzzle blast, protection from hearing damage and reduced noise pollution. 
Prior to the adoption of this rule, lawfully-possessed suppressors were permitted for all other shooting activities besides hunting game animals, including the taking of nuisance species.  The adoption of this common sense proposal by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department helps in other states where the NRA is involved with similar pro-hunting measures.  Legislatures in Oklahoma and Georgia are currently considering similar measures and Arizona has recently passed one which would enhance hunting opportunities because of the many benefits that suppressors provide. 
The NRA strongly supported this regulation change to allow for the use of lawfully-owned suppressors for hunting in Texas.  There is an incredible amount of misinformation on what suppressors do and how they may be acquired.  Suppressors are not "silencers," as depicted in typical Hollywood action films.  While suppressors do not eliminate the sound of a firearm, they do reduce the muzzle report in a manner similar to the way that a muffler reduces exhaust noise from a vehicle. 
Noise complaints are being used more frequently as an excuse to close shooting ranges, informal shooting areas, and hunting lands throughout the country.  Increased use of suppressors will help to eliminate many of these complaints and protect hunting and shooting areas well into the future.

Woo Hoo! (Homer Simpson version)

I've been wanting one for a couple years anyway. Guess I better get on the list with the ATF.

Very nice!!! I will be hunting with mine this coming season! I can't wait!

yippie yi freaking yea!

When does it take effect

Where is the press release at? I checked TPWD but I couldn't find any info there!

I guess I'm glad but don't know what difference it makes one way or the other.

Great, now Ive got the thread the barrel on my 270 bolt action

I own a company that helps people set up a NFA Gun Trust, This is the best way to own a suppressor. PM me if you would like more info.

Thanks,

Ryan

3....2....1..... And the waiting time to get a stamp just went to 2 years. This ought to be fun.

Good now will have to put some thought into which rifle, the 308 or the 270?

I've never had one animal complain about the noise from one of my
rifles..Dirt

You can use one suppressor on both rifles very easy. You can use QD's which makes it very easy. Call Scott Bittner at SilencedAmerica.com and get the best deal on any suppressor out there. Great guy and he is President of the ASA which represents the makers of suppressors.

Probably because they appreciate that first missed shot and run away. Alive.

Yup, i was starting to make plans to setup a trust and get one too.
I guess I better move faster

Thanks for the info and will do...I have already shot out most of my hearing wish I had used earplugs hunting/shooting but now am looking at expensive hearing aids for both ears. Now I remember a doc telling me shooting without hearing protection is like taking a few pennies a day from a piggy bank...one day it will be empty...my hearing is pretty near empty. My .270 has a muzzle brake, guess that will have to be removed huh?

Does a suppressor hinder the velocity/accuracy of a typical rifle round?

It typically increases both.

Watch as the roadside deer population decreases.

I highly doubt that. People that can own one are law abiding citizens. Therefore they will most likely not break the 100' from any road rule. Just like they wouldn't have prior to the suppressor being legal for game animals. There have been many a hog and coyote taken by suppressed rifles already. And the same folks that have done that have taken the suppressor off to shoot a deer.

This is no different than the fact that more gun laws only suppress law abiding citizens. The criminals are going to do what ever they want no matter what the law says.

It's always funny when people comment on something they obviously know nothing about.

Whats your point if we both agree with the law?

You trolls took a benign comment I made and are trying to make a
problem out of it.

I own suppressed weapons but don't care to use them for hunting and if one does, more power to them. Its a free country.
Funny indeed.