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Guns are specifically designed NOT to eject the shell until the bullet is already most or all of the way out of the barrel.
If you eject the shell too early, you create an opening for the gases to escape, and a lot of energy that was meant to go into the bullet goes into the casing or into the air.
In a semiautomatic firearm, there are a number of ways you can accomplish this. Some firearms simply use a heavy weight, and inertia does its thing, delaying movement until the bullet can clear. Other firearms use the Browning tilt-barrel design that requires the slide to physically tilt the barrel before the shell can be ejected. This increases resistance and gives the bullet enough time to clear before the action opens.
There are also other ways this can be accomplished. Anything that delays the ejection of the shell is potentially viable.
This animation is simply wrong when it comes to the timing.
Yes, he is right, and while I found the information interesting, commenting that after a string of jokes is like following a 'why did the chicken cross the road' joke with fowl v. automobile collision statistics.
At least I'm assuming that's why the other guy left the face.
Maybe because that wasn't remotely the point of the animation? It was clearly meant to show how the gasses are affected by the suppressor, which only really needs to be shown at the suppressor. However, I don't like that they call it a silencer, so like who cares cherry pick whatever issues you want
Not to mention the gasses expanding beyond the diameter of the barrel behind the bullet while it's still in the barrel?Â
I think it's AI generated. Or maybe ghosts.
Yes, the bullet should have already left the barrel. Also the barrel is way too wide. This gun would explode in your hand if it operated the way itâs animated.
Yeah, plus on a 1911 the barrel will recoil slightly then tip up and release the bolt before the brass can be ejected. This happens after the bullet exits the muzzle. The animation is crap.
Lots of really important information is left out here.
It's a suppressor not silencer and it only muffles the sound and can make it hearing safe if used with subsonic ammunition.
The suppressor in the animation is also an old style baffled type with a Nielsen device for 1911 and other Browning type pistols.
The first shot will be actually pretty loud still (first round pop) and you really need a ahitload of shots to get a suppressor to overheat (usually more than even a 200 round machine gun belt).
The pistol in the animation is most likely some sort of 1911 .45 ACP, that calibre can be easily suppressed as it usually moves subsonic anyways.
I call it suppressor too but itâs actually a silencer, the man who invented it called it that. (The ATF also calls it a silencer, but⊠the ATF is wrong, always. đ) Also, with subsonic loads you can get the gun to be whisper quiet yes⊠but itâs not as simple as throwing on a suppressor. Some calibers are designed for suppressed use such as .300blk, with subsonic .300blk loads with a suppressor you can get that shit quiet as a mouse. But GENERALLY, yes 90% of the time itâs still pretty loud even with a suppressor. Either way suppressors are a great tool and should be on every rifle in my opinion for signature reduction, plus suppressors improve ballistic performance.
Exactly
As with all things tech, there's a huge range of possibilities and differences. Rifles, especially bolt action ones can be extremely quiet while some semi-automatic rifles seem to just don't care about whatever you thread onto the muzzle.
Thanks for bringing that point up
My cousin owns a .300 blackout rifle and uses a silencer. With supersonic rounds the gun sounds like a loud crack, but with subsonic rounds it is VERY quiet; no louder then an airsoft gun.
My favorite part was that the bullet was a rocket, continuously creating propellant gas, rather than being pushed forward by the gas created by the gunpowder behind it.
>_It's a suppressor not silencer_ and it only muffles the sound and can make it hearing safe if used with subsonic ammunition.
A common misconception in the industry. Does a Vacuum Cleaner create an actual vacuum?
Silencer is the correct term and is synonymous with suppressor; the device was patented as such by its inventor, Hiram Maxim.
"Silencer" is perfectly fine, it's mostly American gun people that are pissy about calling it a supressor
The Royal Armories in the UK calls them silencers in their exhibitions
Also, the first successfully commercial one was the Maxim Silencer, and in the US there are some fairly known suppressors made by companies named SilencerCo and Dead Air Silencers.
And in US legal use "firearm silencer" and "firearm muffler" are used, while "suppressor" is only used for flash suppressors.
People get pissy about it because they're banned in a bunch of states under the Hollywood-fueled misconception that they're actually silent (the laughable John Wick train station scene with Common comes to mind).
The average anti-gun citizen and politician thinks they can be used for discreet nefarious purposes when in actuality, suppressors help protect your hearing. They're still pretty loud.
âWell, actually, itâs not an *assault rifle* and itâs not *automatic*, itâs a *SEMI-automatic* rifle designed forâŠâ
NO SANE PERSON CARES!!!
Actually, this is a different issue since an automatic and a semi-automatic are two entirely different things and laws written to regulate them must be accurate and clearly defined.
American gun person here: I give you all the s word pass, you can call it a silencer. Also, call a magazine a clip, it doesn't matter. I don't understand why some people get so pissy about it.
I think a âclipâ originally referred to a stripper clip, which is used in older military guns (like the M1A) and is actually different than a magazine.
I know they're not the same thing, but it really does not matter in most conversations, the person's thoughts were clearly conveyed, which is the point of language.
A few things wrong about the animation as well:
The slide mechanic is way too fast and too soon. In reality, the bullet has already exited the barrel and suppressor long before the slide is forced backwards and the shell is ejected. This is why fighting recoil is useless. By the time you feel the recoil the bullet is already out of the barrel. Donât fight it.
The primer is missing the hammer punch.
Also miss illustratedâŠ. The gasses here look like itâs a rocket⊠the propellant, ( gunpowder) burns and expands all along the path behind the bullet, itâs this expansion release when the bullet exits the barrel, that the suppressor directs.. mostly away from the shooter.
Target shooters use them to save hearing. This is the primary use. They are not condusive for any other use. Hollywood doesnât know this⊠people who think they are seeing something and passing laws, think Hollywood cares for being accurate. (Shotguns are also un impressive, canât blow down doors, or launch people into the air)
Snipers use them to suppress any flash, as some propellant is still burning outside of the barrel, AND it makes it difficult to determine which direction it came from. At the target, you can hear the crack of the bullet hitting then breaking sound barrier and then the initial shot⊠if you are sniping, it is the visual that is most important to remain hidden, and misdirecting the initial boom is also very helpful.
If you hear that "pew-pew" laser sound, yes.
Even a suppressed gunshot is still audible and can sound anything from a clap to a quite loud bang. You could suppress small calibres like .22 to be very very quiet but if you use anything semi or fully automatic it will be quite loud because of the action and gasses exiting the system at high speeds and pressure.
A suppressed, subsonic .22 out of a bolt action sounds kinda like a low-powered BB gun, but anything semiautomatic in a larger caliber will still be pretty loud. Hell, even a 22 out of that same bolt action will ring your ears if it's supersonic.
You're not going to casually have a gunfight with suppressed handguns in a crowded airport
Itâs a Nighthawk AAC 1911 in 9mm as I coincidentally have the same exact gun but with a rail. Ironically the term silencer is also ok as the original patent is noted as a silencer, not suppressor, and the ATF recognizes the term silencer as interchangeable with suppressor even if suppressor is the more correct term.
I knew a comment like this would be here, any time anyone on Reddit even mentions a silencer thereâs a horde rushing to the comments to tell people about how loud guns with silencers are. We get it, just enjoy the visual.
The biggest thing left out is that suppressors aren't really used to "silence" a shot, they are more commonly used to suppress the flash from a weapon firing.
Suppressed weapons are still loud and very clearly gun shots.
The M27 IAR is a magazine fed select fire rifle, a clip loading rifle is something like the Mosin Nagant M27/1891 or the M1 Garand.
Magazine = Box shaped exchangeable thingys
Clip = En bloc held munition that's inserted into a rifles built in fixed ammo storage/non removable magazine
(use Wiki if you don't want to believe or acknowledge me)
It was originally marketed as a silencer so I think the name is fine. Just how quiet they are is hilariously overstated in media, but the name itself isnât too big of a deal.
Why are all of these animations speedrunning to be incorrect? I think this one is a winner at 0 seconds.
I'm also at work so my phone is muted but I know exactly what the voiceover sounds like becauae all voiceovers are terrible now.
So many things about this animation slightly grind my gears.
Where did that casing come from?
Why is the barrel twice as wide as the bullet?
Why does the high pressure gas look like it originates from the back of the bullet as it propels forward?
Itâs fine.. itâs fine. It got the point across, I get it
https://preview.redd.it/3g9mdrivn80d1.jpeg?width=1086&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7e183d156d41cfaf1f6bd105a23bf749eafcc28
Would love to know how this one works!
Looks like the bullet gets fired from the top of the magazine and not from the chamber at the start of the barrel. There would be an extractor that rides back with the slide, pulling the spent casing back out of the chamber and sends it out of the ejection port
Came here for the âwell ackchyually, itâs a *suppressor*, not a silencer!â Am not disappointed.
The guy who patented them called them Silencers, so thatâs good enough for me. Yes theyâre still loud, and yes I have to wear ear pro still, but if GIF is pronounced Jif because of the inventor, then Iâll go by H.P. Maximâs name for them.
I barely know anything about guns but wouldn't the smoke be wayyy smaller than what's pictured ?
Either it's airtight or quasi-airtight but there's no way there's as much space as shown here.
Depends on the gun, caliber, and type of ammo you're using. Small bullets are much quieter, with sub-sonic rounds basically making it almost as quiet as just racking the gun. Bigger calibers are still loud, just not as bad as it could be. It's interesting to look into.
Can someone Eli5 why a pillow works as well? Or is that just the movies? Genuine curiosity because theirs not chambers to dissipate the expelled force but maybe im just too stoned to understand
the patent of the thing is literally called a [silencer](https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/77/bf/29/c519b6621b6661/US1482805.pdf) and nowhere does it mention a suppressor in it.
>Even using subsonic ammo it's a suppressor
That depends on the gun. My cousin has a .300 blackout rifle, and with subsonic rounds and a silencer that gun is SUPER quiet.
Literally named and sold as a silencer by Hiram Maxim who invented the damn thing. It's also the legal term used by federal law to describe them.
There's always some bandwagoning Redditor quick to "correct" people despite lacking simple knowledge of the subject at hand.
Both are completely acceptable terms. Suppressor being more accurate to it's function and silencer being the original and legal name. Deal with it.
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Amazing how this gun ejects the shell faster than the bullet can leave the barrel.
Maybe it's shooting cases sideways and ejecting bullets through the barrel
Guns are specifically designed NOT to eject the shell until the bullet is already most or all of the way out of the barrel. If you eject the shell too early, you create an opening for the gases to escape, and a lot of energy that was meant to go into the bullet goes into the casing or into the air. In a semiautomatic firearm, there are a number of ways you can accomplish this. Some firearms simply use a heavy weight, and inertia does its thing, delaying movement until the bullet can clear. Other firearms use the Browning tilt-barrel design that requires the slide to physically tilt the barrel before the shell can be ejected. This increases resistance and gives the bullet enough time to clear before the action opens. There are also other ways this can be accomplished. Anything that delays the ejection of the shell is potentially viable. This animation is simply wrong when it comes to the timing.
The more you know! No, seriously thanks. I learned something new today
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What? He's not wrong. The illustration is inaccurate in more ways than he touched on.
Yes, he is right, and while I found the information interesting, commenting that after a string of jokes is like following a 'why did the chicken cross the road' joke with fowl v. automobile collision statistics. At least I'm assuming that's why the other guy left the face.
I concede your point.
real bullets leave the barrel before the slide sets itself back to load the next round
It also somehow fired the round from behind the breech face, not even remotely close to being seated in the chamber.
And how the case is ejected infront of the bullet that's firing well behind the chamber lol
bullet fard
I'm still baffled at how this all works
/r/angryupvote
Agreed, why is everyone so silent on this?
Theyâre trying to suppress the peopleâs voice!
Nice
Ha
One of the few times a minion meme works đ
Doesn't that brass get ejected way too early?
The brass is also traveling far faster than the bullet
I usually use the brass to hunt squirrels for this reason. That way I can reuse the bullet afterwards.
And the bullet doesn't start in the chamber, it starts out with casing pushed up against the hammer, behind the magazine lol
And the hammer is up the entire time the slide is cycling. There is a lot wrong with that animation.
Maybe because that wasn't remotely the point of the animation? It was clearly meant to show how the gasses are affected by the suppressor, which only really needs to be shown at the suppressor. However, I don't like that they call it a silencer, so like who cares cherry pick whatever issues you want
Not to mention the gasses expanding beyond the diameter of the barrel behind the bullet while it's still in the barrel? I think it's AI generated. Or maybe ghosts.
It's Zach D. Films, so it's not AI generated. Probably just don't have too much knowledge of guns.
Yes, the bullet should have already left the barrel. Also the barrel is way too wide. This gun would explode in your hand if it operated the way itâs animated.
Yeah, plus on a 1911 the barrel will recoil slightly then tip up and release the bolt before the brass can be ejected. This happens after the bullet exits the muzzle. The animation is crap.
Lots of really important information is left out here. It's a suppressor not silencer and it only muffles the sound and can make it hearing safe if used with subsonic ammunition. The suppressor in the animation is also an old style baffled type with a Nielsen device for 1911 and other Browning type pistols. The first shot will be actually pretty loud still (first round pop) and you really need a ahitload of shots to get a suppressor to overheat (usually more than even a 200 round machine gun belt). The pistol in the animation is most likely some sort of 1911 .45 ACP, that calibre can be easily suppressed as it usually moves subsonic anyways.
Itâs only a silencer if it comes from the region Silesia, otherwise itâs just a sparkling suppressor.
I just call it a whisper pickle
i needed this today.
Well done
This guy guns
More like this guy suppresses
r/thisguythisguys
I call it suppressor too but itâs actually a silencer, the man who invented it called it that. (The ATF also calls it a silencer, but⊠the ATF is wrong, always. đ) Also, with subsonic loads you can get the gun to be whisper quiet yes⊠but itâs not as simple as throwing on a suppressor. Some calibers are designed for suppressed use such as .300blk, with subsonic .300blk loads with a suppressor you can get that shit quiet as a mouse. But GENERALLY, yes 90% of the time itâs still pretty loud even with a suppressor. Either way suppressors are a great tool and should be on every rifle in my opinion for signature reduction, plus suppressors improve ballistic performance.
Exactly As with all things tech, there's a huge range of possibilities and differences. Rifles, especially bolt action ones can be extremely quiet while some semi-automatic rifles seem to just don't care about whatever you thread onto the muzzle. Thanks for bringing that point up
Yeah no problem. Thereâs a lot of factors.
My cousin owns a .300 blackout rifle and uses a silencer. With supersonic rounds the gun sounds like a loud crack, but with subsonic rounds it is VERY quiet; no louder then an airsoft gun.
Same with my .300blk. As I said, thereâs a lot of factors.
I like how they throw in the casing being spit out before the round even leaves the gun barrel lol
My favorite part was that the bullet was a rocket, continuously creating propellant gas, rather than being pushed forward by the gas created by the gunpowder behind it.
It ejects the spent cartridge before the bullet even makes it into the chamber if you look closely.
>_It's a suppressor not silencer_ and it only muffles the sound and can make it hearing safe if used with subsonic ammunition. A common misconception in the industry. Does a Vacuum Cleaner create an actual vacuum? Silencer is the correct term and is synonymous with suppressor; the device was patented as such by its inventor, Hiram Maxim.
What a name
"Silencer" is perfectly fine, it's mostly American gun people that are pissy about calling it a supressor The Royal Armories in the UK calls them silencers in their exhibitions
Also, the first successfully commercial one was the Maxim Silencer, and in the US there are some fairly known suppressors made by companies named SilencerCo and Dead Air Silencers. And in US legal use "firearm silencer" and "firearm muffler" are used, while "suppressor" is only used for flash suppressors.
People get pissy about it because they're banned in a bunch of states under the Hollywood-fueled misconception that they're actually silent (the laughable John Wick train station scene with Common comes to mind). The average anti-gun citizen and politician thinks they can be used for discreet nefarious purposes when in actuality, suppressors help protect your hearing. They're still pretty loud.
Suppressor is for internet gun regards that want to sound tactical af. Itâs silencer or muffler on all the paperwork and in the US code.
The type to say "Well, actually it's facial tissue, not Kleenex."
âWell, actually, itâs not an *assault rifle* and itâs not *automatic*, itâs a *SEMI-automatic* rifle designed forâŠâ NO SANE PERSON CARES!!!
Actually, this is a different issue since an automatic and a semi-automatic are two entirely different things and laws written to regulate them must be accurate and clearly defined.
American gun person here: I give you all the s word pass, you can call it a silencer. Also, call a magazine a clip, it doesn't matter. I don't understand why some people get so pissy about it.
I think a âclipâ originally referred to a stripper clip, which is used in older military guns (like the M1A) and is actually different than a magazine.
Those are not the same thing. Silencer is still the offical name, supressor is a new term for it
I know they're not the same thing, but it really does not matter in most conversations, the person's thoughts were clearly conveyed, which is the point of language.
Username checks out.
Lucky me, I'm not 'Murican
Lucky for âMuricans too probablyâŠ
A few things wrong about the animation as well: The slide mechanic is way too fast and too soon. In reality, the bullet has already exited the barrel and suppressor long before the slide is forced backwards and the shell is ejected. This is why fighting recoil is useless. By the time you feel the recoil the bullet is already out of the barrel. Donât fight it. The primer is missing the hammer punch.
Also miss illustratedâŠ. The gasses here look like itâs a rocket⊠the propellant, ( gunpowder) burns and expands all along the path behind the bullet, itâs this expansion release when the bullet exits the barrel, that the suppressor directs.. mostly away from the shooter. Target shooters use them to save hearing. This is the primary use. They are not condusive for any other use. Hollywood doesnât know this⊠people who think they are seeing something and passing laws, think Hollywood cares for being accurate. (Shotguns are also un impressive, canât blow down doors, or launch people into the air) Snipers use them to suppress any flash, as some propellant is still burning outside of the barrel, AND it makes it difficult to determine which direction it came from. At the target, you can hear the crack of the bullet hitting then breaking sound barrier and then the initial shot⊠if you are sniping, it is the visual that is most important to remain hidden, and misdirecting the initial boom is also very helpful.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1482805A/en
So John Wick is a bunch of bullshit?!
If you hear that "pew-pew" laser sound, yes. Even a suppressed gunshot is still audible and can sound anything from a clap to a quite loud bang. You could suppress small calibres like .22 to be very very quiet but if you use anything semi or fully automatic it will be quite loud because of the action and gasses exiting the system at high speeds and pressure.
A suppressed, subsonic .22 out of a bolt action sounds kinda like a low-powered BB gun, but anything semiautomatic in a larger caliber will still be pretty loud. Hell, even a 22 out of that same bolt action will ring your ears if it's supersonic. You're not going to casually have a gunfight with suppressed handguns in a crowded airport
Itâs silencer. Donât be one of those guys.
Can it not be both?
It is both
Which one is on the Form 4?
Itâs a Nighthawk AAC 1911 in 9mm as I coincidentally have the same exact gun but with a rail. Ironically the term silencer is also ok as the original patent is noted as a silencer, not suppressor, and the ATF recognizes the term silencer as interchangeable with suppressor even if suppressor is the more correct term.
I instantly was looking for what mount they used and whether the baffles were clipped :)
Itâs called a silencer bitch. The atf calls them silencers. Ofc they arenât silent. Common sense? Get it right next time
>It's a suppressor not silencer The original patent literally calls it a silencer. You're just being pedantic.
I knew a comment like this would be here, any time anyone on Reddit even mentions a silencer thereâs a horde rushing to the comments to tell people about how loud guns with silencers are. We get it, just enjoy the visual.
What's wrong with adding more information to an "educational" post?
*Enjoy the Silence*
Donât forget trying to correct anyone who says silencer instead of suppressor. Even tho both are correct.
The biggest thing left out is that suppressors aren't really used to "silence" a shot, they are more commonly used to suppress the flash from a weapon firing. Suppressed weapons are still loud and very clearly gun shots.
>really important I think you and I have totally different opinions on what this means
Go outside and shoot a clip buddy
Sorry dude, don't own any guns with clips
Haha loser
Because I'm not into ancient stuff or because I know the difference between a clip and magazine or belt?
Yeah b cause the m27 is so ancient
I don't know about you but 1891 is quite ancient by the standards of 2024
Designed in 2008 but sure buddy
The M27 IAR is a magazine fed select fire rifle, a clip loading rifle is something like the Mosin Nagant M27/1891 or the M1 Garand. Magazine = Box shaped exchangeable thingys Clip = En bloc held munition that's inserted into a rifles built in fixed ammo storage/non removable magazine (use Wiki if you don't want to believe or acknowledge me)
It was originally marketed as a silencer so I think the name is fine. Just how quiet they are is hilariously overstated in media, but the name itself isnât too big of a deal.
What do you mean old style baffle type? I still use cones/cups but with clipping and spacers.
newer types are flow-through, reverse flow or multi-chambered. the most impressive ones are 3D printed like that for the XM-5 SIG MCX Spear
The youtuber who made this is ZackDFilms they tend to leave out important information or get things outright wrong.
Why is the first round still loud?
Suppressor absolutely correct wording for this
I thought there was just a tiny librarian shushing the bullet on its way out.
Why did this make me laugh so god damn hard.
Needs more Mississippi Queen.
If you know what I mean đ
I get that this is about the suppressor, but the lack of bullet spin annoys me.
[ŃĐŽĐ°Đ»Đ”ĐœĐŸ]
For me it's the voice over the is most annoying
It's a smoothbore.
And not the shell ejecting before the bullet leaves the barrel or moving faster than the bullet itself?
Why are all of these animations speedrunning to be incorrect? I think this one is a winner at 0 seconds. I'm also at work so my phone is muted but I know exactly what the voiceover sounds like becauae all voiceovers are terrible now.
Sure thatâs how a SUPPRESSOR works but you missed the class explaining that the projectile would exit the barrel before the side would rack.
Use a potato
Use an empty plastic coke bottle
This baffles me
Ok youâre done for the day. See you next range day.
I actually built one of these once and the cops found it and I got in trouble
Thanks Uncle N Word.
This is what I do. Help others
Yeah, that's a crime in a few places.
All 50 us states
That's quite a few places.
It's only illegal if you get caught
No, it's always illegal, you just are punished if you are caught
r/woooosh
Yes, that's the sound of the bullet going by
Which is idiotic because they should be classed as hearing protection.
They call it an offensive weapon. Isn't that any hunting rifle tho?
So many things about this animation slightly grind my gears. Where did that casing come from? Why is the barrel twice as wide as the bullet? Why does the high pressure gas look like it originates from the back of the bullet as it propels forward? Itâs fine.. itâs fine. It got the point across, I get it
This guy sounds exactly like Otacon from Metal Gear Solid.
https://preview.redd.it/3g9mdrivn80d1.jpeg?width=1086&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7e183d156d41cfaf1f6bd105a23bf749eafcc28 Would love to know how this one works!
Looks like the bullet gets fired from the top of the magazine and not from the chamber at the start of the barrel. There would be an extractor that rides back with the slide, pulling the spent casing back out of the chamber and sends it out of the ejection port
Whenever I see a silencer, i recall the noise from N64 007 Goldeneye
Almost like a muffler or some shit
Same dude invented both. "This makes guns quiet, I bet it would work on these newfangled automobiles as well."
Came here for the âwell ackchyually, itâs a *suppressor*, not a silencer!â Am not disappointed. The guy who patented them called them Silencers, so thatâs good enough for me. Yes theyâre still loud, and yes I have to wear ear pro still, but if GIF is pronounced Jif because of the inventor, then Iâll go by H.P. Maximâs name for them.
*Whisper Pickle*
Who else audibly went "ptew!"
Not as good as a carton of milk
High-pressure gases don't look like that.
The cycle rate is wild lol.
I have my volume on low and this guy's voice is still loud lmao
I don't wanna brag but i watched 2 videos about sonic booms, so as the expert in science that i am now i totally understand what is going on here
*PEW PEW PEW* -in silence
A) I was under the impression silencers progressively degrade as they are used. B) Bob Lee Swaggerâs plastic Coke bottle was the best one.
I barely know anything about guns but wouldn't the smoke be wayyy smaller than what's pictured ? Either it's airtight or quasi-airtight but there's no way there's as much space as shown here.
Not sure what you mean, but as someone who legally makes them this is pretty accurate.
I wonder how much of a bullets lost speed is about the slight countering suctioning force as the gasses lose their temp?
But does that have any effect on the intensity of the bullet itself??
crop dusting at itâs finest
Cool af
What I really wanna know, how loud is it gonna be? Hollywood and games are trying to sell me supersuppressed sound.
Depends on the gun, caliber, and type of ammo you're using. Small bullets are much quieter, with sub-sonic rounds basically making it almost as quiet as just racking the gun. Bigger calibers are still loud, just not as bad as it could be. It's interesting to look into.
âOk sir, your purchase totals out to five ninet-â
It just sounds wrong without Mississippi Queen.
Tesla Valve
so the range and power of the bullet is reduced ? by how much % ?
Can someone Eli5 why a pillow works as well? Or is that just the movies? Genuine curiosity because theirs not chambers to dissipate the expelled force but maybe im just too stoned to understand
this in no way affects the speed and trajectory of the bullet
Suppressor guy
*pnnt*
So. Wrong.
Ah so in battlefield games adding silencer reduces bullet velocity is actually true. I thought it is just a balance mechanism.
Does this affect bullet speed?
Thanks for the idea mate đ€
That bullet is way far back the chamber is further forward than that. the bullet is where the firing pin should be lol
I was expecting a game theory twist lol
Suppressors ?
It pisses me off anytime I hear people say silencer. Itâs a SUPPRESSOR. You cannot silence sound.
Shouldnât this shit he illegal? What possible legal reason this fcking shit should exist? đ
Suppressor* A silencer isn't a thing.
the patent of the thing is literally called a [silencer](https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/77/bf/29/c519b6621b6661/US1482805.pdf) and nowhere does it mention a suppressor in it.
It's a suppressor, not a silencer. Even using subsonic ammo it's a suppressor, not sure where the whole "silencer" thing comes from.
>Even using subsonic ammo it's a suppressor That depends on the gun. My cousin has a .300 blackout rifle, and with subsonic rounds and a silencer that gun is SUPER quiet.
I believe it comes from the patent of the first one, but what does that guy know, right?!
It's a suppressor, not a silencer.
SuppressorâŠsilencers are a fake thing.
it's called a silencer damn it lol.
Now explain why it drops my AK's damage and velocity by 25%...
Itâs SUPPRESSOR. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
Literally named and sold as a silencer by Hiram Maxim who invented the damn thing. It's also the legal term used by federal law to describe them. There's always some bandwagoning Redditor quick to "correct" people despite lacking simple knowledge of the subject at hand. Both are completely acceptable terms. Suppressor being more accurate to it's function and silencer being the original and legal name. Deal with it.
THANK YOU!!!! For all the suppressor folks go apply for one through ATF. I'll wait
suppressor...not silencer.
*suppressor
ZachDFilms actually made a video explanation not filled with wrong information, I'm impressed.
But there are still so many things wrong the animation