How buying a suppressor works now
Order online, pick your local NFA dealer, and they transfer it to you on a standard 4473 and background check. No Form 4. Texas residents can pick up at our Dallas shop the same way.
Two ways to get your suppressor
Ship to your dealer. No Form 4.
- Buy it. Order online and pick your local NFA dealer (one with an SOT) at checkout.
- We ship it to your dealer and email you tracking. It usually reaches them within a few business days.
- Your dealer transfers it to you on a standard 4473 and background check, the same form as a handgun. No Form 4, no fingerprints, no ATF wait. Their fee is paid to them, and the federal tax is $0.
Dallas pickup
- Buy it. Order online and choose "Sherman & Rose — Dallas" as your dealer at checkout.
- We get it ready and email you to set a pickup time; pickups are by appointment.
- Pick it up. The same standard 4473 and background check at our counter, then it goes home with you. See what to bring.
Since October 9, 2026, ATF no longer requires a Form 4 to transfer a suppressor, anywhere state law allows one; the background check and the dealer’s paperwork stay. Short-barreled rifles and shotguns: we still transfer those on an approved Form 4 (the tax is $0). Traveling with your suppressor: some states only allow registered ones, so check the state you’re going to. What changed and what didn’t.
Federal transfer tax: $0. The $200 NFA tax on suppressors ended on January 1, 2026. Your total is the suppressor price plus shipping to your dealer (their transfer fee is paid to them), or plus Texas sales tax for Dallas pickup. Members pay no transfer fee at our counter; non-members are told the counter fee when they book.
What changed on October 9, 2026, and what did not
On October 9, 2026, ATF announced that, effective that day, it no longer requires its approval to transfer or make a suppressor. In plain terms: the Form 4, the fingerprints, the photos and the wait are gone for suppressors, nationwide, at any licensed NFA dealer, wherever state law allows one. The change followed a 2026 federal court judgment in Texas (Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF) that the government chose not to appeal.
What did not change: the background check. A suppressor still transfers from a licensed dealer on a Form 4473 with a NICS check, like a handgun, to a buyer 21 or older who can legally own one, and the dealer keeps the same records as for any firearm. State law still applies: nine states and D.C. do not allow civilian ownership, and a few others still require NFA registration to possess one. Short-barreled rifles and shotguns are not part of this change at our shop: we transfer those on an approved Form 4, and the tax is $0. Machine guns are unaffected.
ATF has said this is its current policy rather than a change in the statute, and that enforcement could resume if the legal picture changes. If that happens while your order is open, we complete your transfer under whatever process applies at that time, or refund you in full if you would rather not wait.
Last updated October 11, 2026. General information, not legal advice.
Where suppressors are legal
Suppressors are legal to own in 42 states. Texas is one of them. If you live elsewhere, check the American Suppressor Association’s state-by-state map before you order. We cannot ship a suppressor to a dealer in a state where you cannot own one, and checkout won’t let one go to California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island or D.C. Dallas pickup is for Texas residents; everyone else picks a dealer in their own state.
