Dakota Silencer has no interest in combative or argumentative discussions. Our goal is simple, grow the silencer/suppressor market. When the market expands, everyone wins… other dealers, firearms owners, 2nd amendment advocates, etc. We are members of MN Weapons Collector’s, American Suppressor Association, and send monthly donations to GOCRA; all in pursuit of our goal of market expansion.
Dakota Silencer has been working gunshows up and down the western boarder of MN in SD and ND for many years (Grand Forks, Fargo, Watertown, Brookings, and Sioux Falls). We are the market leader in both these states. We assured MN residents at these gunshows, once approved, we would help them with their Class 3 needs.
We are not new to the silencer/suppressor market. We have six locations in six states and I serve on an ATF NFA national advisory board in DC, one of two class 3 dealers on this ATF advisory board; other members are Class 3 manufactures and wholesalers. 90% of our business comes from referrals and repeat customers; our business has doubled every year we have been in business.
When Gov. Dayton first signed the MN suppressor bill, there was much confusion on when the law went into effect. ATF NFA branch was using the Aug 1st date, this came from their local ATF office in St. Paul, which obtained this information from the MN Attorney General’s Office. We worked with attorney David Feinwachs to get the attorney general’s office to update local ATF and then NFA Branch of ATF to the correct July 1st date. Dakota Silencer had a FFL/SOT license in 2015 and renewed July 1st for 2016; we have been submitting form 4s through our MN license to ATF since early June. Sorry for any confusion, ATF gave us verbal permission to send before the July 1st date because of the delay in approvals.
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We are a class 3 dealer and can sell any NFA item to customers. We do have our own line of products built to our specification, which are very popular. By eliminating the wholesaler, we can keep prices lower and transfer times in to us are speed up by 2 to 3 months. Our Varminter 3.0 is 100% titanium and comes apart to clean, market leading suppression in a multi-caliber application. The firearms manufacture that makes these for us are the exact same manufacture that make Badger Ordinance and GA Precision. Ask anyone in the firearms industry or military their thoughts on quality of GA Precision and Badger Ordnance… we are confident “top of the line” will be the feedback.
Dakota Silencer owns a milspec sound meter, there are only two brands that meet the milspec standard. Testing is done in accordance with MIL-STD-1474D using our B&K 2209 SPL meter with B&K 4938 1/4” pressure microphone, about a $15k setup. I suspect we are the only dealer in the Midwest with this type of setup. We test 15 to 20 different .223 and .308 silencers each year, our tests are for helping customers make buying decisions, a value add in dealing with a company that owns a milspec sound meter. You may have seen our meter on the Son’s of Guns TV show.
Dakota Silencer is working to grow the Class 3 market and everyone will benefit from this effort. We have employees in MN and look forward to meeting and working with you. Meet our team
http://www.dakotasilencer.com/about-dak ... -3-dealer/Brandon L. Maddox, Pharmacist, MBA
Owner, Dakota Silencer
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