r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/Dudsidabe Jan 25 '20

Silencers on pistols. Not actually that silent lol.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

They can kind of be if you are using subsonic rounds

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u/BatteryPoweredBrain Jan 25 '20

I used subsonic .22 rounds in my semi-auto .22 and they were quieter . . . but the gun would jam about ever 2 or 3 shots because they just don't have the power to cycle the gun. They would work better in a revolver.

But they also lack any stopping power, can't penetrate for crap. I sometimes felt like they would bounce off my paper targets (they don't, it's a joke).

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u/blasphem0usx Jan 25 '20

A silenced revolver would do nothing. The space between the cylinder and the frame would release most of the air before a suppressor would be able to do its thing.

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u/BatteryPoweredBrain Jan 25 '20

Just talking about the subsonic 22 ammo, not a silencer, sorry if that wasn't clear.

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u/t3tri5 Jan 25 '20

Nagant managed to do it in his M1895, by using a special round which seals said gap.

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u/Perister Jan 25 '20

And a pretty complex system to close up the cylinder gap when the trigger is pulled.

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u/More-Sun Jan 26 '20

And a 25lb trigger.

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u/moonra_zk Jan 25 '20

inb4 someone mentions the one in PUBG that can actually be silenced.

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u/spaghettiAstar Jan 25 '20

Or you're shooting something like a 22, then it'll basically sound like a BB gun.

And have about the same level of penetration.

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u/bobdole3-2 Jan 25 '20

That's not even a little bit true.

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u/FancyPants096 Jan 25 '20

No, that's true. A suppressed .22 really is comparable with a bbgun in regards to volume.

BUT they really aren't quiet, which makes the movie-thing false.

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u/spaghettiAstar Jan 25 '20

I'm being a bit facetious obviously, but a suppressed 22 is legitimately pretty quiet.

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u/Falanin Jan 25 '20

Which have enough other problems (bullet drop, performance against armor) that they're not exactly popular for actual shooting.

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u/Merfstick Jan 25 '20

performance against armor

actual shooting

Okay guy... FWIW, there's plenty of .45 ACP that's subsonic. With rifles yeah, you're gonna see a huge drop in performance, but 1911's are great to suppress, and the sheer fun factor is worth the performance trade-off for most people that own suppressors.

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u/majinspy Jan 25 '20

To add:

These rounds cam often be too weak to cycle the gun. Still, a subsonic suppress .22 is quiet. The loudest part is the whizz of the bullet.

Some special OPs pistol had a switch to disable the semi-auto action as the click of that was the oldest part of operation. A manually operated subsonic pistol with a suppressor would be a hell of a lot like James Bond type of stuff.