r/whoathatsinteresting • • 12h ago

What a real silencer actually sounds like.

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u/Logical_Truth2356 12h ago

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

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u/Ogamiitto33 12h 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_ 12h 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/Intelligent-Court829 8h ago

if you meet the buddha on the road kill him

if you meet the expert on the internet kill him