• chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    I think I read that the noise reduction from a suppressor is actually pretty minimal, and it’s still in the same “incredibly painfully loud” ballpark as a regular gunshot

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      9 months ago

      Depends. As long as the bullet doesn’t break the sound barrier, a gun can be made reasonably silent with a good suppressor, to the point where the sound of the semi-automatic mechanism operating is louder than the gunshot itself. If the bullet is supersonic, then it will still be painfully loud.

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        9 months ago

        They did test them on mythbusters.

        For hand guns they work really well ans aren’t much louder then a nail gun.

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          9 months ago

          I’ve got a suppressed Ruger 10/22 (22LR) that’s about as noisy as a stapler.