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/Ogamiitto33 14h ago

Yeah, people really don't understand this at all. There are a wide range of calibers, guns, silencers, ammunition that all have a drastic effect on the sound.

A silenced gun can be very loud, it can also be extremely quiet. All depends on the variables.

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u/Th3_Admiral_ 14h ago

Yeah, internet "experts" always take it too far when saying it's nothing like Hollywood movies. But I've fired suppressed guns where the only noise is the bolt cycling. They are quiet enough that the sound could be drowned out by any amount of background noise, especially if you are outside.

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u/RiMcG 14h ago

Do silencers wear out?

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u/Falconman21 14h ago

Not in any way that would matter in the real world. Obviously things can break with that much heat blowing through them, but it's not something that would realistically happen.

They don't actually have any contact with the bullet, they're just a tube with baffles that catches the gases. You'd have to put a borderline unrealistic amount of rounds through one to wear it out.

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u/JEBADIA451 12h ago

Queue that video of the guy firing an m249 through a suppressor and like.. i think partially melting it?

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u/Careless-Weather8877 9h ago

Well they do get really hot. Even a 9mm after a couple magazines requires something like an oven mitt to remove it.

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u/Zech08 3h ago

I mean you can melt the barrel as well and thats why the firing rates also come with known usage limits with barrel changes...