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Makes gunshots hearing-safe, not silent — Hollywood lied to you.
means A device attached to a firearm's barrel that reduces the noise and muzzle flash of a gunshot by slowing and cooling the escaping gas, without eliminating sound entirely.
from Built straightforwardly from the Latin suppressus, 'pressed down' or 'held under' — the same root that gives us 'suppress' in every other sense, from suppressing a laugh to suppressing a rebellion. The device earns the name honestly: it presses down the violent pressure wave of expanding gas as a bullet exits the barrel. The popular nickname 'silencer' traces to Hiram Maxim's early-1900s patent, which oversold the effect — real units muffle a gunshot to a loud, still-dangerous bang, not the soft phffft of film and television.
- actual sound
- still loud as a jackhammer, around 130 decibels
- tax stamp
- requires 200 dollar federal fee and months of waiting
- misnomer alert
- called silencer in law, suppressor by anyone who's used one
- bonus effect
- reduces recoil and muzzle flash as a side perk