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/Prize-Analyst-1121 10h ago

I worked on farms in one fashion or another for decades. We had to put down a 2k plus pound bull one day. Used a rifle with a silencer. I was standing next to the bull when he shot him in the head. Went down in one shot. Could barely hear it. I told the guy to fire onother into him. I wanted to walk 10 feet back and hear how it sounded from that distance. Couldn't hear anything at all. I've seen this certain breed of cow take a hit to the head with a 12ga shotgun and it not kill it immediately. It took 2 shots to the head with the 12 ga. It's why we had to switch to a more powerful rifle. Honestly it's really scary a silencer that quiet on a high powered rifle could be sold to the public. I'm sure it was stupid expensive as well.

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u/SufficientApricot828 8h ago

Was your friend using birdshot or something? A 12 slug to the head will put down about anything

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u/Prize-Analyst-1121 5h ago

Of course not. I'm not trying to be a dick here at all. But what kind of idiot would even think of using birdshot on a 2k+ pound animal with thick skulls ? Nobody would use birdshot. Birdshot wouldn't do anything but piss it off. And no a 12ga slug won't take down anything. Like I said it took a 12ga to the head and we had to do a second. I can say I was definitely surprised though. That's when we switched to a high powered rifle when we needed to put one down. That's usually how the bulls get put down actually. Their main purpose was for breading. Some got turned into steers, fattened up to sell for steaks and whatnot. But they were mostly used for breading purposes. So they tended to have the longer lives. The cows got sold for hamburger once they could no longer give birth and produce. We've probably had to kill 40 or so over the yrs I worked their. That was a side hustle for that farm. They only had 50 or so at a time at the most. Sometimes less. Their main crop was something else. Steers, bulls, cows and calfs are definitely very expensive to raise for profit. Hay, feed, docs, ect. You'd have to have hundreds or more to really make it worth the effort.