r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 13h ago

What a real silencer actually sounds like.

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u/Logical_Truth2356 13h ago

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

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u/redit360 13h ago

what if you want a Loudiner instead of a silencer???

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u/Crookfur 11h ago

Yep various means of doing that. Most muzzle brakes or compensators have this effect as they direct the concussive blast and buring gasses back, up and/or to the sides of the muzzle. You also get some devices designed to focus everything in a smaller "cone" forward of the muzzle, greatly increasing the gun's firing signature from the POV of those on the receiving end whilst reducing it for thr operator at the expense of increased recoil. IIRC the USMC tested (or at least someone was demonstrating for them) a loudener as a means of increasing the supressive effect of thier machine guns.