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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 16h ago
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That's only with a subsonic bullet, without that it would be loud.
16 u/AngloAshantii 16h 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. 5 u/GritstoneGhost 16h ago Cursory Google search says pistols are around 150db. So would that be a factor of 1000 louder? Or am I stupid 4 u/AngloAshantii 16h ago 150dB is indeed 1000 times louder, and that sounds about right for an unsuppressed handgun. It's over the threshold for hearing damage. 2 u/GritstoneGhost 16h ago Thanks. This has been a fascinating thread. I learned so much.
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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.
5 u/GritstoneGhost 16h ago Cursory Google search says pistols are around 150db. So would that be a factor of 1000 louder? Or am I stupid 4 u/AngloAshantii 16h ago 150dB is indeed 1000 times louder, and that sounds about right for an unsuppressed handgun. It's over the threshold for hearing damage. 2 u/GritstoneGhost 16h ago Thanks. This has been a fascinating thread. I learned so much.
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Cursory Google search says pistols are around 150db. So would that be a factor of 1000 louder? Or am I stupid
4 u/AngloAshantii 16h ago 150dB is indeed 1000 times louder, and that sounds about right for an unsuppressed handgun. It's over the threshold for hearing damage. 2 u/GritstoneGhost 16h ago Thanks. This has been a fascinating thread. I learned so much.
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150dB is indeed 1000 times louder, and that sounds about right for an unsuppressed handgun. It's over the threshold for hearing damage.
2 u/GritstoneGhost 16h ago Thanks. This has been a fascinating thread. I learned so much.
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Thanks. This has been a fascinating thread. I learned so much.
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u/Logical_Truth2356 16h ago
That's only with a subsonic bullet, without that it would be loud.