GunsNstuff
Sharpshooter
As of today, April 2024, are solvent traps legal to own and eventually turn into a suppressor after approval? I was talking to someone earlier about how I wanted to eventually make my own suppressor on a form 1 or 4 or whatever the form is. He started telling me about solvent traps. I told him that I believe the ATF made those illegal. Maybe they are legal, but I'm not sure and I haven't found any good information on the subject, nor have I really looked too hard. I just recall hearing that they were illegal. So, he showed me some websites that are selling some really nice "solvent traps" made of stainless steel, titanium and aluminum. Some even come with pistol boosters and tri-lug quick attach adapters. I told him that I may be wrong and solvent traps may be legal, OR that's a website setup by the feds to entrap people (is there such a thing?) OR it's an illegal operation in another country and they don't really care if you go to prison for buying something that's illegal.
I looked at their address and it's in Hong Kong. Big surprise! I looked at their website more, trying to get some information on the legality of their product, but I didn't find that. What I did find for sale on their website are full auto Glock switchs, M16 auto-sears, lighting links, etc. Things that I know are not legal to import or buy, but the website promises free shipping to the US on orders of $199 or more. These machinegun parts even have lots of good 5 star reviews written in perfect English. I buy a lot of FPV drone parts from China, so I'm pretty good at spotting Chinese people that write in English very well, but aren't native speakers because they always screw some word or phrase up at some point. This website appears to be written and managed by a native English speaker and the reviews seem to be from native English speakers.
I've been aware of so-called solvent traps for a long time now. I've seen them at gun shows several years ago, so I was able to handle some, which is why I was never interested in building a suppressor out of one. They were made of soft 6061 aluminum and would not hold up to a 22lr for very long by my estimation.
I don't know if the ATF considers solvent traps, unregistered suppressors or not, but I'm pretty sure anything bought off of the website Vitowhisper dot com is not legal and will get a person put on a watch list at some US government office.
I looked at their address and it's in Hong Kong. Big surprise! I looked at their website more, trying to get some information on the legality of their product, but I didn't find that. What I did find for sale on their website are full auto Glock switchs, M16 auto-sears, lighting links, etc. Things that I know are not legal to import or buy, but the website promises free shipping to the US on orders of $199 or more. These machinegun parts even have lots of good 5 star reviews written in perfect English. I buy a lot of FPV drone parts from China, so I'm pretty good at spotting Chinese people that write in English very well, but aren't native speakers because they always screw some word or phrase up at some point. This website appears to be written and managed by a native English speaker and the reviews seem to be from native English speakers.
I've been aware of so-called solvent traps for a long time now. I've seen them at gun shows several years ago, so I was able to handle some, which is why I was never interested in building a suppressor out of one. They were made of soft 6061 aluminum and would not hold up to a 22lr for very long by my estimation.
I don't know if the ATF considers solvent traps, unregistered suppressors or not, but I'm pretty sure anything bought off of the website Vitowhisper dot com is not legal and will get a person put on a watch list at some US government office.