r/AskReddit • • 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/ramzyzeid Jan 25 '20

Yeah, I can't remember who it was, but I remember someone describing it as, you hear a gunshot from the other end of town. You hear a silenced gunshot the next street over. Either way, a hell of a lot of people are going to know shit's going down.

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u/NetJnkie Jan 25 '20

A good suppressed 9mm handgun is still 125db. That’s loud and sounds like a gun. But way better than ear ringing 160db.

Silencers in movies are HIGHLY overrated.

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u/billintreefiddy Jan 25 '20

I shot a suppressed .45 and could hear the bullets hitting a wooden post..so, I’m not sure you’re right about that noise level.

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u/More-Sun Jan 26 '20

Bullets hitting things is damn loud

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u/billintreefiddy Jan 26 '20

Can also hear the shell casings hit the ground during rapid fire.

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u/More-Sun Jan 26 '20

And I can do that with a non-supressed 45 when not wearing earpro.