Hunting Rifle: Anyone Else Have No Desire for a Silencer?

As a Canuckistani, this entire debate is academic to me; the gummint up here has decreed that cans are evil and cannot be allowed. But I've had the opportunity to shoot rifles with cans a few times when out of country, and my opinions are mixed.

I'd love to have a can on varmint rifles, or dedicated range rifles, but otherwise I have no interest in them. Especially when on an important hunt...and that's all of 'em!...I want things the way I want them. That means walnut rather than plastic, singleshots and levers over bolts, no semis at all...and definitely no cans on a beautiful rifle. It's just a personal preference thing. I want my hunting rifle to be something that I can hold up and admire, something that makes me smile.

Most of the crap that people seem to love to tack onto rifles nowadays makes me laugh. :)
 
My biggest trepidation over buying a silencer is they're overpriced and I'm not going to support this ripoff. Compared to a whole rifle's cost and complexity which can be purchased for $350, a silencer shouldn't cost over $100, not $1000+. Compare the amount of material, strength, complexity, and machining required to design and build a safe rifle to what's required to build a flashlight housing with some baffles in it. Silencers are ridiculously overpriced. I'd rather wear electronic ear buds than overpay for a silencer.
 
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