2026 Really Is the Year of the Suppressor

2026 is the year of the suppressor. After the $200 NFA tax stamp was eliminated, demand surged and the market responded with a wave of new companies, rapid innovation, and more factory-threaded firearms than ever before. In this piece, an NFA dealer shares what he’s seeing on the ground, from the flood of first-time buyers to the industry-wide shift that has turned threading from a nice-to-have into a baseline expectation.