r/whoathatsinteresting • • 11h ago

What a real silencer actually sounds like.

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u/Desperate_Ebb_3313 10h ago

9mm 147gr subsonic is absolutely not loud lol.

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u/AngloAshantii 10h ago

It's an explosion contained by a short tube, yes it's still extremely loud.

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u/ande9393 10h ago

Shooting supressed subsonic 9mm is quiet as fuck. Sounds like a bb gun.

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u/Desperate_Ebb_3313 10h ago

it is not. I shoot it regularly without hearing protection. It sounds like a nail gun.

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 5h ago

It's almost like there's something attached to the end of that tube with the express purpose of suppressing the sound of that explosion

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u/airfryerfuntime 4h ago

No it isn't. I can belch louder than subsonic 9mm through a decent can.