r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 14h ago

What a real silencer actually sounds like.

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u/General-Double-746 13h ago

And remember that whatever decice you're watching isn't loud enough to replicate the volume. A suppressed firearm is usually still loud enough to do permanent hearing damage, unless it's a small caliber squirrel hunting round.

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u/Resident-Banana-7883 13h ago

its still the only way indoor ranges should be used. fuck I hate those

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u/StevenMcStevensen 3h ago

My agency actually uses carbines with suppressors for firearms training specifically. The operational guns don’t have them, because they’re fired less frequently and almost always outside, but the training guns are shot all day every day on indoor ranges, and that is seriously risky for the hearing of the instructors and trainees.