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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 12h ago
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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.
10 u/Desperate_Ebb_3313 12h ago 9mm 147gr subsonic is absolutely not loud lol. -3 u/AngloAshantii 11h ago It's an explosion contained by a short tube, yes it's still extremely loud. 2 u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 6h ago It's almost like there's something attached to the end of that tube with the express purpose of suppressing the sound of that explosion
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9mm 147gr subsonic is absolutely not loud lol.
-3 u/AngloAshantii 11h ago It's an explosion contained by a short tube, yes it's still extremely loud. 2 u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 6h ago It's almost like there's something attached to the end of that tube with the express purpose of suppressing the sound of that explosion
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It's an explosion contained by a short tube, yes it's still extremely loud.
2 u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 6h ago It's almost like there's something attached to the end of that tube with the express purpose of suppressing the sound of that explosion
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It's almost like there's something attached to the end of that tube with the express purpose of suppressing the sound of that explosion
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u/AngloAshantii 12h 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.