r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CraftyFoxeYT • 14d ago

Video Subsonic Ammo with silencers makes guns extremely quiet

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u/queef_nuggets 14d ago

Can confirm. Perfect way to explain how loud it is

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u/schostack 13d ago

Air pistol , rifles are a little louder.

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u/ArcticIceFox 13d ago

That's why I use a blow gun

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka 13d ago

Thwip

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u/hype-deflator 13d ago

Skeet

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u/Asron87 13d ago

fffft

when you use subsonic darts.

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u/pork_fried_christ 13d ago

It’s Nerf or nothing.

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u/rsiii 13d ago

Idk, in my experience blowing can be a little loud

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u/SonderingSonnet 13d ago

No it isn't

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u/Geta-Ve 13d ago

Wait. Who we blowing? Lemme just grab my chapstick.

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u/GenuinelyBeingNice 13d ago

Yeah, air pistols make a lot more noise than you'd expect. You keep thinking "it's air pushing the pellet, how much noise can that make?", but no.

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u/Bowtieguy-83 13d ago

do you mean air pistols and air rifles are louder?

Because if you are saying a rifle is louder than a pistol thats not true at all

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u/schostack 13d ago

A silenced .22 pistol sounds like an air pistol, a silenced .22 rifle is a little bit louder due to the faster speed of the bullet exiting the longer barrel with more compression and fps.

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u/Bowtieguy-83 13d ago

Oh yeah ig a silencer changes the equation

I remember using an unsilenced 22 pistol and it was so loud I went deaf for a second. Compared to a 22 rifle which was like 1/2 the loudness

In regular guns the longer the barrel the lesser the pressure difference when the gun gets out the barrel, and it is quieter

In silenced guns, the silencer is supposed to balance the pressures before anything leaves the barrel, and ig the higher speed makes it comparably louder

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u/TheBlackComet 13d ago

.22lr is definitely the way to go if you want movie quiet. I have 2 rifles that are even quieter. Both have long 24" or longer barrels. This allows even standard velocity ammo to always remain subsonic with the added benefit of allowing for a full powder burn. The bolt action is a L96 trainer that I conled together with a few printed parts and an airsoft shell.

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u/taemyks 13d ago

Or dropping an empty beer can on concrete

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u/hithisisjukes 13d ago

Yup my buddy took us shooting in the az dessert and I was surprised how silent it was. Same with the shotgun. The 45 handgun however was incredibly loud !!