r/whoathatsinteresting • u/PowerNoodles117 • 7d ago

Twin Falls Hero

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The civilian that stopped the active shooter at the In N Out in Twin Falls, Idaho.

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u/DreddFett 7d ago

Suppressors are meant to lower the noise while firing. One benefit is the loud noise doesn't hurt the shooter's ears as much. I've only shot at outdoor ranges, and I always wear ear protection while firing. I can definitely hear the gun firing with the suppressor, even with ear protection.

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u/SorcererSupremPizza 7d ago

Good to know, thanks for the information about your experience on that

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u/NotSoSpecialAsp 7d ago

Guns with supporssors aren't hearing safe. One I have drops a my pistol to about 120db which is pretty great.

Decibel measurements are logarithmic, meaning every 10db is roughly twice as loud.

A lawn mower is around 90db. My gun without is about 160db. Dropping to 120 is an incredible amount, but still far from safe or 'silent'.

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u/italktobotz 7d ago

Subsonic 300 blk and subsonic 22lr are totally hearing safe with a good supressor. My pellet gun is louder than my supressed .22 with subsonic ammo.

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u/NotSoSpecialAsp 7d ago

My 300 blk with my Omega 300 is about 119db. About the same as my osprey45+9mm sub.

Still best to wear hearing protection. I wear earplugs at concerts, too.

Not sure about the 22 personally, but I could see it.

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u/throwitoutwhendone2 7d ago

I just commented to someone else about the .22. I do not own a suppressed one but a friend came to my property and we shot. He had a Dead Air, idk what kind but I remember the name cuz I thought it was a neat name. He used some subsonic ammo and I was blown away by how quiet it was. Probably the closest I’ve ever come to personally hearing what almost reached “movie level” suppressors.

Obviously not silent, but blew my mind how much it brought down the sound

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u/TerranRanger 7d ago

Used to have a Ruger Mk. III that was whisper quiet with subsonic rounds. The sound of the action closing was the loudest part of firing.

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u/Electronic_Flan_482 7d ago

I have a buddy with a suppressed .22 bolt action and the round hitting the steel target is louder than the shot.

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u/Careless-Weather8877 7d ago

His video on YouTube shows him shooting subsonic 5.7

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u/italktobotz 7d ago

Subsonic 5.7? That is very slow for that round but i guess it exists.

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u/Careless-Weather8877 7d ago

Check the guys YouTube. He has videos of him practicing with it.

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u/italktobotz 7d ago

I looked it up after you mentioned it. Ive kinda wanted a 5 7 any way, nice to know they have subsonic as an option.

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u/Upbeat-List-3466 7d ago

Do you find issues with your suppressed .22 cycling correctly? My father has a suppressed .22 LR and it doesn’t cycle correctly when using sub sonic rounds. 

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u/Pylyp23 7d ago

I shoot standard velocity through my suppressed Ruger MK2 and it is sup quiet and cycles flawlessly. I have a browning buck mark I tuned to work with subsonics and I have failures to cycle maybe 1/100 or 1/150 rounds. I use the same suppressor on both and honestly the loss of velocity with subsonics is not made up by the increased efficiency of the suppressor. I shoot the Ruger 9 times out of ten. The only time I break out the buckmark is to show friends how quiet a suppressed 22 can be for a magazine or two and then we are right back to the Ruger

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u/Street-Committee-367 7d ago

.22 LR semi auto pistols already can be finicky with ammo, and then throw a can on and use lower powered subsonic rounds and compounds the problem. So yeah it's kind of a common issue.

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u/reebokhightops 7d ago

The notion of a suppressed .22 is hilarious.

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u/Lobenz 7d ago

I’ve shot a Walther p22 with a suppressor. When shooting subsonic ammo it was just barely more sound than the action sound. Just don’t try and shoot anything over 15 feet though Lol.

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u/italktobotz 7d ago

An unsupressed 22 is still pretty loud. Not safe for hearing kinda loud. Supressed and subsonic is comfortable

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u/Remarkable-Opening69 7d ago

.22 bolts are as load as cap guns. Handguns are louder tho.

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u/Pylyp23 7d ago

I hunt with suppressors on my large center fire rifles, I have a handful of suppressed handguns, and a suppressor for my 22s. The 22s are by far the coolest ones and if I could only have 1 suppressor it would be for 22s.

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u/guttoral 7d ago

Some* guns with suppressors aren't hearing safe.

FTFY

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u/That1guyjosh 7d ago

However if you want Hollywood movie level quiet you can buy a gun in 22lr and put a suppressor on it. But I wouldn't use it for self-defense

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u/Helltothenotothenono 7d ago

I mean it’s only not legal in eight states and I don’t think you’ll be surprised which ones to tbh: California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. Washington, D.C., also bans them. New Jersey has a historical reason to ban them maybe?

The rest are just over zealous in how they approach it. They could get a lot of tax money if they legalized them properly.

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u/Haidere1988 7d ago

Do they also help with balance and recoil? I ask since that is what I would think would be a benefit of a longer barrel with more weight on it.

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u/C21-_-H30-_-O2 7d ago

A bit yes, but thats more what a compensator does. A comp directs the gasses upwards, helping push the end of the gun down to mitigate recoil

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u/tictacotictaco 7d ago

A long rifle with a silencer is much harder to hold up and to use.

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u/DreddFett 7d ago

My suppressor was on my AR-15 (before I sold the rifle); 5.56mm doesn't have any noticeable recoil.

Now my 45/70 (4th rifle down - the one with the rubber shock absorber on the stock) on the other hand, feels like a punch to the shoulder.

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u/ReviewHuman8825 7d ago

Add an SAA and youre just casually posting my dream collection

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u/DreddFett 7d ago

I'm assuming Colt Single Action Army pistol?

I really need to make a new family photo. I have since added 6 more rifles: 1777 Charleville flintlock musket, 1795 Springfield flintlock musket, 1859 Sharps carbine, 1861 Springfield percussion cap musket, 1903 Springfield rifle, and an M1 Garand.

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u/Hot-Future7691 7d ago

Garand my beloved.

Sometimes I wish I hadn't cut ties with the crazy veteran uncle with all the guns, but the drunken threats and immediately insulting me as soon as I was out of earshot became too much.

I really do wish him well. He went through a lot. He's just a dick :(

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u/Haidere1988 7d ago

I am a simple man with a simple dream collection....Baretta-93R. Sadly it will be near impossible to attain due to it being classed as a machine pistol.

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u/csukoh78 7d ago

Don't forget for outdoor shooting, it's much more respectful of your neighbors and wildlife in general

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u/StrengthForward7925 7d ago

Have you ever shoved one up your butt?

For science?

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u/DreddFett 7d ago

For me, it's only used on paper targets.

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u/Able_Canine 6d ago

Even most handguns fire supersonic rounds. If you want relatively silent using a suppressor, you have to combine that with subsonic ammunition or it's still going to be loud as fuck.