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Facts About Silencers (www.shithot.co.uk)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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At great looking infographic that provides interesting facts about silencers - Devices that suppress the blast created when a gun is discharged.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

So a silenced 9mm is slightly louder than THUNDER?

I won't say they are wrong, but that sure doesn't feel right.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are you telling me a silenced gun doesn't make a sneaky zipping sound? It can't be true.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Pew Pew!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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.

Edit: Here’s a silencer talk link that goes very in detail. For their chart, 125 db is actually very close to the low end, with many suppressed shots being louder.

https://www.silencertalk.com/results.htm

FWIW I believe those measurements are right at the silencer while the thunder measurement I find is “within a few hundred feet”. There can be quite a significant drop in perceived noise from silenced guns with a moderate amount of distance making them sound like a distinct but not overly loud“thwack”.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

I always try to go with "suppressed" rather than "silenced".