OK....I am one of the guys that bought a $99 silencer just before 41P went into effect. Over a year later, my paperwork finally came in.
So I go to my FFL on Saturday to pick it up. He gets it out of the safe, brings it over, I open it up and think...WOW...this suppressor is super light! So I take off the end cap and.....
NO BAFFLES!!! Just an empty can with end caps. I am shocked.
So...I finally get in touch with the manufacturer today and speak with one of the guys there. He says...."hahah...I was wondering when we might get one of these calls. I guess it is a year later and you are the first. We were so slammed with orders we knew we screwed up and sent out a few cans without any baffles. Sorry, man."
So...I don't know if that makes me feel any better but I ask...so what are you going to do about it?
He says "well...we can just send you out the baffles if you want. But for your trouble, if you send the can back to us, I will actually replace it with one of our newer versions which I think is a much better can. Just send yours in and I will send you back the updated one with the same serial number." I said...OK...let me get back to you on this.
I have so many questions.
1. Can he really just send me out a newer version of the can with the same serial number? I kinda think that is a BIG no no.
2. The new version of their suppressor has a different name than the one I have, so if he did replace it, even with a unit that had the same serial number, the names would not be the same so my paperwork would not match and I think that is a BIG no no.
3. If I pass on his offer to send the new version and just want baffles for the one I have (the safest route I think), can he really just mail me out the baffles for the one I have? Or do I need to send the can back to them and have them install the baffles?
Seriously here....I have never been in this position before, my goggle fu has not turned up any definitive answers and I DEFINITELY want to keep in line with the law and keep myself out of the pen.
Please help.
So I go to my FFL on Saturday to pick it up. He gets it out of the safe, brings it over, I open it up and think...WOW...this suppressor is super light! So I take off the end cap and.....
NO BAFFLES!!! Just an empty can with end caps. I am shocked.
So...I finally get in touch with the manufacturer today and speak with one of the guys there. He says...."hahah...I was wondering when we might get one of these calls. I guess it is a year later and you are the first. We were so slammed with orders we knew we screwed up and sent out a few cans without any baffles. Sorry, man."
So...I don't know if that makes me feel any better but I ask...so what are you going to do about it?
He says "well...we can just send you out the baffles if you want. But for your trouble, if you send the can back to us, I will actually replace it with one of our newer versions which I think is a much better can. Just send yours in and I will send you back the updated one with the same serial number." I said...OK...let me get back to you on this.
I have so many questions.
1. Can he really just send me out a newer version of the can with the same serial number? I kinda think that is a BIG no no.
2. The new version of their suppressor has a different name than the one I have, so if he did replace it, even with a unit that had the same serial number, the names would not be the same so my paperwork would not match and I think that is a BIG no no.
3. If I pass on his offer to send the new version and just want baffles for the one I have (the safest route I think), can he really just mail me out the baffles for the one I have? Or do I need to send the can back to them and have them install the baffles?
Seriously here....I have never been in this position before, my goggle fu has not turned up any definitive answers and I DEFINITELY want to keep in line with the law and keep myself out of the pen.
Please help.