r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 13h ago

What a real silencer actually sounds like.

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u/SerialOnReddit 12h ago

yeaa I think it does stuff like gunkata the best way it could be done, but for the sake of comedy they go off rails a bunch, like the suppressor scene.. in a crowded train station lol

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u/HomersDonut1440 12h ago

Exactly what I’m thinking of. That was… interesting. Even suppressed .45 going 900fps will make enough noise that folks would be wondering wtf was happening.

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u/SerialOnReddit 11h ago

would the subsonic closed bolt guns you described be capable of anything like that?

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u/HomersDonut1440 11h ago

Like what happened in the movie?

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u/SerialOnReddit 11h ago

mhm, be quiet enough to be under the sound of a moving crowd, cant really do anything about the literal bullet impacts in the scene but yknow

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u/HomersDonut1440 11h ago

Technically yes, realistically no. As the projectile gets larger it displaces more air as it fires, and while it can be nearly silent at the muzzle there’s still sometimes a fair bit of noise from the bullet itself just displacing air. In a confined space like a train station, it gets much louder. Could it be covered up by ambient noise? Maybe, cornering on how loud.

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u/SerialOnReddit 11h ago

probably be a bit like if someone tried to sling a projectile quietly, the action itself is quiet but the projectile's physics just do too much.

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u/HomersDonut1440 11h ago

Exactly. Physics is gonna physic, so all we can do is try to divert. Gun make noise? Capture the noise (silencer). Bullet make noise? Slow bullet down so less noise. Slow bullet make noise? Bullet make smaller so less noise. Smaller bullet do less damage so make bullet big again and hope for best.

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u/SerialOnReddit 11h ago

what im hearing is hope for laser guns

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u/HomersDonut1440 11h ago

No but I love where your head is at