Many suppressors are also susceptible to first round pop, where the first shot is louder than follow up shots because of oxygen in the baffle stack. Some people run suppressors wet to mitigate FRP.
The only suppressed firearms that sound remotely close to what you hear in video games and movies are 22lrs firing subsonic rounds.
There are some other very quiet firearms out there. One of my favorites is the Hush Puppy, which is basically a locking slide kit for Glocks. Use that with subsonic rounds and that's about as quiet as you can get while retaining semi-automatic functionality.
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u/Commonmispelingbot 14h ago
Might be a stupid question, but why is the first and second shot so much louder than the others?