The fwip noise made by suppressed firearms in movies is among Hollywood's best lies. In truth, silencers are good to bring the report from about 140db to 110db: still pretty damned loud. In this video, Cameron Bryce overdubs a gunfight from John Wick which occurs in a crowded train station—the conceit being that silencers allow the exchange to happen surreptitiously— to add the sound of real suppressors. — Read the rest
