At great looking infographic that provides interesting facts about silencers - Devices that suppress the blast created when a gun is discharged.
At great looking infographic that provides interesting facts about silencers - Devices that suppress the blast created when a gun is discharged.
So a silenced 9mm is slightly louder than THUNDER?
I won’t say they are wrong, but that sure doesn’t feel right.
Silencers are very badly named honestly. A “silenced” gun is still very loud, it’s just moderately quieter than an unsilenced one. People watch movies and TV shows and play videogames that make it seem like a silenced gun barely makes any noise at all and think that’s reality. That is very much not reality, it just makes for a more entertaining story.
Are you telling me a silenced gun doesn’t make a sneaky zipping sound? It can’t be true.
Pew Pew!
Subsonic rounds though! I’ve seen videos of subsonic 9mm and .22LR where all you heard was the action cycling.
I don’t have a suppressor, but I got some subsonic .22LR to play with. Couldn’t tell any difference.
I could be full of it… but I think that’s because those rounds are intended to travel below the sonic boom threshold resulting in less noise when using a suppressor.
A unsilenced 9mm out of a handgun is normally around 160db (assuming common ammunition and a common type of handgun). A reduction to 125db with a silencer seems about right.
That graphic is very simple. It doesn’t include important variables like the ammunition type, and the design features or the volume of the silencer.
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Absolutely. To add perspective, typical firearm hearing protection reduces sound by 25-35dB.
I’m sure the full story is more complicated when taking into account frequencies, duration of the spike in sound, etc.
I always try to go with “suppressed” rather than “silenced”.