The perception of how loud a suppressed firearm is will largely depend on the circumstances in which you shoot it.
If you’re on the firing line of a public range and all around you other people are firing unsuppressed firearms and you’ve all got your ear protection in , then your gun will sound like a kids cap pistol. With subsonic ammo it’ll sound like a BB gun or an airsoft gun.
It’s nothing compared to all the other guns firing around you.
Now, even when you’re alone at the shooting range, because it *is* a shooting range and you are used to hearing loud gun fire there, your suppressed gun will seem quiet in comparison.
The comparison will be to your memory of all the other gunshots you’ve heard there in the past.
If you want to know if your gun is truly quiet, take that gun, your favorite subsonic ammo, and your suppressor and try this experiment:
Step out into the backyard of your house in the suburban neighborhood at midnight.
Fire one round into the dirt in your backyard, and then tell me how loud that sounded to you.
It will sound twice as loud as that exact same gun/ ammo /and can combo sounded when you tested it at the firing range .
If you’re on the firing line of a public range and all around you other people are firing unsuppressed firearms and you’ve all got your ear protection in , then your gun will sound like a kids cap pistol. With subsonic ammo it’ll sound like a BB gun or an airsoft gun.
It’s nothing compared to all the other guns firing around you.
Now, even when you’re alone at the shooting range, because it *is* a shooting range and you are used to hearing loud gun fire there, your suppressed gun will seem quiet in comparison.
The comparison will be to your memory of all the other gunshots you’ve heard there in the past.
If you want to know if your gun is truly quiet, take that gun, your favorite subsonic ammo, and your suppressor and try this experiment:
Step out into the backyard of your house in the suburban neighborhood at midnight.
Fire one round into the dirt in your backyard, and then tell me how loud that sounded to you.
It will sound twice as loud as that exact same gun/ ammo /and can combo sounded when you tested it at the firing range .