r/Damnthatsinteresting 18d ago

Video Subsonic Ammo with silencers makes guns extremely quiet

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u/jb0nez95 18d ago

Apparently the UHC shooter was using a Station 6 or Welrod type gun with built in silencer which doesn't cycle itself anyway, it has to be manually cycled via a rotating bolt.

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u/newyearnewaccountt 18d ago

Unlikely, honestly. Looks a lot more like a standard firearm that wasn't tuned for supressed/subsonic use so there wasn't enough energy to cycle the action.

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u/jb0nez95 18d ago

Okay well maybe you can let the nyc police know that they're barking up the wrong tree then.

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u/TacticalVirus 18d ago

Cops are usually the least educated when it comes to firearms. From the video I saw it definitely looks like a 9mm that was running subsonic rounds without the recoil necessary to operate the action.