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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So a silenced 9mm is slightly louder than THUNDER?

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I always try to go with “suppressed” rather than “silenced”.

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