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Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night by kyleblarson on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:55PM (#34510238)
Suppressed subsonic 300 blackout is pretty darn close to the movies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AUDVoGOCxw
Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night by karaterobot on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @04:06PM (#34510374)
It's quiet enough that those guys are not completely crazy for not having ear protection — but of course the microphone is not picking up the full volume of the shots either, any more than it does for unsuppressed, supersonic rounds.
Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night by saiya-jin on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @05:50PM (#34511754)
Microphones generally are very bad at picking real volume of gunshots, silenced or not, subsonic or not, small, large and massive calibers alike
Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night by int_19h on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @11:22PM (#34514379)
Not when you're standing right next to it with no ear protection. The peak is still going to be on the order of 115-125 dB at the muzzle even with the best can. This is well within hearing-safe territory (<140 dB per OHSA). But that is still louder than an auto horn!

As others have noted, recording equipment doesn't register these levels reliably, so watching a recording does not reflect the actual experience.

Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night by TylerE on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @04:56AM (#34516491)
Uh… the highest limit osha has on sound levels is 115db. 140 is a jet engine. A chainsaw is 110
Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night by int_19h on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @01:51PM (#34522511)
That's for continuous noise like engines. OTOH "exposure to impulsive or impact noise should not exceed 140 dB peak sound pressure level".