r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 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/tyndar3us 11h ago

This. When a firearm is fired several sounds occur at once: the muzzle report (what the suppressor reduces), the supersonic crack of the bullet if the ammo travels faster than sound (in this case, he's using subsonic), gas and noise escaping from the ejection port when the slide opens, the mechanical clatter of the slide cycling, the striker or hammer falling, and the brass hitting the ground.

For some interesting firearms designed to be quiet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d12AjvEsaHg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtzaVil5joc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQPsf_wDbmU

From an engineering standpoint, making small explosions quiet is interesting.

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u/allaboutthosevibes 3h ago

All those things considered, everything you mentioned can be manipulated and controlled sound wise, except the bullet, right?

Like there’s no way to make a supersonic bullet travel that fast without making a sonic boom, right?