# I shot a couple of suppressed firearms yesterday...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shot-a-couple-of-suppressed-firearms-yesterday/782549
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 19, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shot-a-couple-of-suppressed-firearms-yesterday/782549 "2017-03-19T16:41:12Z")
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shot-a-couple-of-suppressed-firearms-yesterday/782549/21 "2017-03-31T20:07:35Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#):
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> Just a note:
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> Don’t take the relative loudness of the suppressors in Hickock45’s video as indicative of the actual loudness of a suppressed firearm. I’ve watched his videos before and the sound of unsurpressed firearms in them aren’t as loud as real life either.
You still get an idea of the difference. I wish some of those videos would put the microphone in front of the gun.
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### Author:  [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shot-a-couple-of-suppressed-firearms-yesterday/782549/22 "2017-03-31T23:10:59Z")
> [@running\_coach](#):
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> You still get an idea of the difference. I wish some of those videos would put the microphone in front of the gun.
Gunfire reports can be quite damaging to microphones at close range.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shot-a-couple-of-suppressed-firearms-yesterday/782549/23 "2017-03-31T23:15:20Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#):
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> Gunfire reports can be quite damaging to microphones at close range.
Would 20-30 ft. be far back enough? ( I know very little about microphones) I just think it would give a better comparison between bare and suppressed.
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### Author:  [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shot-a-couple-of-suppressed-firearms-yesterday/782549/24 "2017-04-01T00:14:04Z")
I should have my new milling machine and lathe within the month…it would be so cool to make stuff like this.
But then again I live in NJ, so I won’t be producing any silencers.
One can dream though.
It is not illegal to manufacture one, as long as you have all of your paperwork and fees taken care of. Here is a pretty cool series that the guy from NYC CNC did, using Fusion360 and CNC machines to make a very nice silencer.
[DIY Silencer! Machining a Monocore](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nyc+cnc+diy+silencer+machining+a+monocore)
If you aren’t into machine shop porn, skip to the end of part 4, where he test fires it outside.
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### Author:  [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shot-a-couple-of-suppressed-firearms-yesterday/782549/25 "2017-04-01T02:36:26Z")
> [@running\_coach](#):
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> Would 20-30 ft. be far back enough? ( I know very little about microphones) I just think it would give a better comparison between bare and suppressed.
Should be; but gunfire is really loud, “sharp” and very high-pitched and very bass-y so I’m not sure if most microphones (such as you’d have on a phone, camcorder or non-really high end setup) can adequately capture it.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shot-a-couple-of-suppressed-firearms-yesterday/782549/26 "2017-04-01T02:42:19Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#):
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> Should be; but gunfire is really loud, “sharp” and very high-pitched and very bass-y so I’m not sure if most microphones (such as you’d have on a phone, camcorder or non-really high end setup) can adequately capture it.
Since I’m a gun owner, I’m familiar with gunfire. 😉
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### Author:  [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shot-a-couple-of-suppressed-firearms-yesterday/782549/27 "2017-04-01T02:49:25Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#):
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> Should be; but gunfire is really loud, “sharp” and very high-pitched and very bass-y so I’m not sure if most microphones (such as you’d have on a phone, camcorder or non-really high end setup) can adequately capture it.
A lot of consumer grade recording devices automatically adjust recording levels to what the software thinks it should be. Makes it difficult to compare sounds without professional level equipment.
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### Author:  [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shot-a-couple-of-suppressed-firearms-yesterday/782549/28 "2017-04-01T06:09:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#):
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> Since I’m a gun owner, I’m familiar with gunfire. 😉
The second part of the paragraph you quoted was the bit you would find more helpful, I think. 😉
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