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  2. Subsonic ammunition - Wikipedia

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    In this instance, heavier bullets are loaded in standard ammunition, which reduces muzzle velocity below the speed of sound. As an example, the very common 9×19mm Parabellum standard military round is a 7.5 g (116 gr) bullet at velocities typically around 360 m/s (1,200 ft/s). Subsonic loads for 9×19mm Parabellum commonly use 9.5 g (147 gr ...

  3. Silencer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A silencer, also known as a sound suppressor, suppressor, or sound moderator, is a muzzle device that suppresses the blast created when a gun (firearm or airgun) is discharged, thereby reducing the acoustic intensity of the muzzle report (sound of a gunshot) and jump, by modulating the speed and pressure of the propellant gas released from the ...

  4. Physics of firearms - Wikipedia

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    What velocity is imparted to the target (assume the bullet remains embedded in the target and thus practically loses all its velocity)? Let m b and v b stand for the mass and velocity of the bullet, the latter just before hitting the target, and let m t and v t stand for the mass and velocity of the target after being hit. Conservation of ...

  5. Flash suppressor - Wikipedia

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    Sudanese Model Armalite AR-10 with a prong-type flash suppressor. Duckbill flash suppressors have upper and lower "prongs" and direct gases to the sides. Early M60 machine guns and some Armalite AR-10, Armalite AR-15 and early M16 models featured this type of flash suppressor. One disadvantage is that the prongs can become entangled with vines ...

  6. Talk:Silencer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    It's a common misconception that putting a suppressor on a gun will always yield less accuracy and less bullet velocity, when in fact the opposite is true in many cases. Modern suppressors have no direct contact with the bullet and their design actually increase bullet velocity.

  7. Muzzle velocity - Wikipedia

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    For projectiles in unpowered flight, its velocity is highest at leaving the muzzle and drops off steadily because of air resistance.Projectiles traveling less than the speed of sound (about 340 m/s (1,100 ft/s) in dry air at sea level) are subsonic, while those traveling faster are supersonic and thus can travel a substantial distance and even hit a target before a nearby observer hears the ...

  8. Guns at Home: Do Neighborhoods' Firearms Permits Lower ...

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    "That would more than likely drive values lower, or slow the rate of sales." Read more from AOL's series, " Guns in America ": Murder by Numbers: Digging Into the Data of America's Gun Culture

  9. Heckler & Koch MP5 - Wikipedia

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    The bullet leaves the muzzle at subsonic velocity, so it does not generate a sonic shock wave in flight. As a result of reducing the barrel's length and venting propellant gases into the suppressor, the bullet's muzzle velocity was lowered anywhere from 16% to 26% (depending on the ammunition used) while maintaining the weapon's automation and ...