How Do Gun Silencers Work?

Josh explains the design process behind gun silencers and how they suppress lethal weapons.

[furiousgeorge]

Calm down bro, your wild enthusiasm is crazy.

[evan]

"It's not actually called a silencer, it's called a suppressor" Continues to call it silencer. Great job

[KillasaurusArcade]

they dont make a gun sound like 'pew' they take it from a BANG to a Bang.

[XxXDeadlykingdxXxX]

I have to give props to this person for actively trying to be as emotionless and dull as he.could

[manprty]

Another question: why is this guy suppressed

[brbuglem]

you don't know fully what you are talking about. suppressors lower the sound by 20 or 30 decibels not to 20 or 30 decibels.
there's no loss of power or accuracy whatsoever. actually a slight increase in both is the norm.
I prefer suppressors but there's nothing wrong with calling it a silencer or a can. the most accurate thing to call it is a muffler.

[Warm_Ice]

he just wants to see his family again...

[DualSenseless]

he looks like he hates his life..




Edit: thanks for the 2.7k likes

[JohnSmith-irui]

How many times did this fool say silencers after stating that people who say silencers are uneducated on the topic??

[TheMixmastamike]

With the best suppressors and subsonic ammo the quietest it can get is around 115 decibels which is perfectly safe with no ear protection but saying you can quiet a gun down to 20 decibels is a fantasy no where near reality

[Im-the-greatest]

I haven't seen one of these super chill dudes since like 2004. Glad they're back, hopefully a few hit the stand up comedy scene.

[Jeremy]

it doesn't drop the sound TO 20dB, it drops it BY 20dB. Generally from the 160s to the 140s. Suppressors generally are used to drop the sound to a "hearing-safe" level and are absolutely nothing like in the movies. Yes, significantly quieter, but definitely not anywhere near 20dB

[Mikesullin]

-_- why did the little gun graphic show a silencer on a revolver.

[pancakedestroyer]

3:47 man that sure was a smooth transition

[whitey]

They are called both silencers and suppressors. When you fill out your form 4 (or form 1 if you're making your own) they are listed as "silencer". Pressure in a 9mm chamber is ~35, 000 psi, not 3, 000, and around 55, 000 in a 5.56 chamber. They DO NOT make your gun whisper quiet. Not even close. You are still looking at ~125 db for most non-magnum rounds. That is as loud as a concert. Silencers also INCREASE velocity and have no effect on a rifles accuracy. Almost everything you said in this video was flat out wrong. You also acted like anyone who owns a silencer is probably an assassin, which is Hollywood nonsense.

[peterdvornik]

This video has several errors.
1. It's called a silencer not a suppressor. The official naming rights of an invention go to the inventor, not to keyboard cammandos. When Hiram Maxim invented it, he wrote "silencer" on the patent, therefore it is called a silencer regardless of its inability to completely silence the sound.
2. 20db is inaccurate. The vast majority of silencers reduce gun shots to to 95-110db range. Which is still louder than a person yelling, but at least you won't bleed from the ears without hearing protection.
3. Criminals don't use silencers. To get a silencer, you must first fill out lots of paperwork, go through extra background checks, pay extra taxes, wait 9 months for the ATF to return your letters, then IF you are approved you get to shovel out 900+ dollars to buy a single silencer. High wait times, high cost, and ATF approval are not very conducive to a life of crime. There definitely hasn't been a recorded crime committed with one in the past decade, and I would be surprised if you could find any crime committed with one since the National Firearms Act was passed in 1934.

[ethanfranke]

did he put a surpressor on a revolver?

[absurdlies-x]

Let's be honest... You people aren't interested in silencers. You're procrastinating!

[TopShotDustin]

I just clicked to criticize the pathetic teacup grip in the thumbnail

[Daniwheels]

One more sound is the bullet hitting a target, and if it's semi-auto, the bolt racking takes the place of the hammer hitting the primer. A bullets' ballistic crack is extremely loud, so why use a suppressor? In military applications it's usually for location concealment. Not only does it distort the location-revealing sound, but it works as a muzzle flash suppressor.  
Great vid guys, and the perfect brain stuff character to explain it!