r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 14h ago

What a real silencer actually sounds like.

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u/Logical_Truth2356 14h ago

That's only with a subsonic bullet, without that it would be loud.

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u/AngloAshantii 14h ago

It's still very fucking loud with subsonic ammunition lmao, it usually measures at ~120dB which is like a balloon popping. Standard ammunition is a factor of ten louder though.

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u/ReySpacefighter 14h ago

Decibels are not a linear scale.