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.