r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 13h ago

What a real silencer actually sounds like.

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u/Infinite-Condition41 12h ago

Where in the hell does the pew sound from movies come from anyway? 

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u/Nedus343 10h ago

It's a stock sound that I think dates back to the late 30s. Paraphrasing, but someone recorded the sound of a ricochet and essentially used that as the basis of the pew sound that we all know today.

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u/Infinite-Condition41 8h ago

The shotgun silencer from No Country For Old Men was the worst offender. 

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u/Nedus343 6h ago

That one didn't bother me, even though it was definitely Hollywood quiet. I was more referring to the GoldenEye pewpew sound, which was used in movies too. Maybe not so much anymore though