Silencers in Montana

This article can be read directly at Montana Talks.

the interesting part is the actual Montana State law:

  1. MCA Contents
  2. Title 45
  3. Chapter 8
  4. Part 3
  5. 45-8-336 Possession of silencer

Montana Code Annotated 2025

Title 45. Crimes Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order Part 3. Weapons

Possession of Silencer

45-8-336. Possession of silencer. (1) A person commits the offense of possession of a silencer if the person possesses, manufactures, transports, buys, or sells a silencer and has the purpose to use it to commit an offense or knows that another person has such a purpose.

(2) A person convicted of the offense of possession of a silencer is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not less than 5 years or more than 30 years or by a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $20,000, or both.

History: En. 94-8-209.4 by Sec. 75, Ch. 359, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 94-8-209.4; amd. Sec. 1715, Ch. 56, L. 2009.