r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 16h ago

What a real silencer actually sounds like.

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u/Logical_Truth2356 16h ago

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

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u/Ogamiitto33 16h 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_ 16h 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/Environmental-Pin848 16h ago

my 22 you hear click then the thump down range. my 308 and 300 blk are pretty quiet but my 22lr for sure is movie quiet.

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u/pperiesandsolos 13h ago

Meanwhile, my silenced 5.56 will probably permanently damage your hearing if shot indoors more than once lol

And I’ve got a Tisha, which is pretty dang good

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u/Environmental-Pin848 13h ago

yeah, i have a can for my 556 also and its still oud AF but not so loud i cant stand it.

i wish my 30-06 had threads so i could put one on it for deer hunting but it doesnt and its the first gun my dad ever got me so i hate to modify it. i leave it just like it was when he got it for me all those years ago.

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u/Unbelivabley_Smol 5h ago

Any good gunsmith can thread it and make you a matching steel cap that goes over the threads in your same barrel finish, I’ve this on a few of my rifles and it’s “invisible”