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Florida Cop Empties His Gun, Runs For Cover After Acorn Falls On Car and Mistakes It For Shots Fired (jalopnik.com)

submitted 9 months ago by return2ozma to c/nottheonion

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I think I read that the noise reduction from a suppressor is actually pretty minimal, and it's still in the same "incredibly painfully loud" ballpark as a regular gunshot

[–] Tabs 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Depends. As long as the bullet doesn't break the sound barrier, a gun can be made reasonably silent with a good suppressor, to the point where the sound of the semi-automatic mechanism operating is louder than the gunshot itself. If the bullet is supersonic, then it will still be painfully loud.

[–] joel_feila 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They did test them on mythbusters.

For hand guns they work really well ans aren't much louder then a nail gun.

[–] Tabs 3 points 9 months ago

I've got a suppressed Ruger 10/22 (22LR) that's about as noisy as a stapler.