Tomorrows (Wednesday) episode of Mythbusters takes a look at movie sound effect myths. They will be investigating if movies silencers sound like the real thing. (Spoiler Alert: They don't!)
[Hat Tip: Snowflakes in Hell]
MrTolliver,
Didn’t watch it but from a post on Afrcom, representative from Silencerco was on the show. Silencerco does offer a rectangular version. Granted they are not the only company to do so tho.
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0where can i watch this online?
0 0From what was posted Arfcom, the myth busters people went full retarded on the test.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=6&f=20&t=343417
BTW here is the information on DB hearing losses. In other words you still need hearing protection when shooting firearms with suppressors.
http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/education/information-center/noise-induced-hearing-loss/
0 0MrTolliver:
http://www.silencerco.com/?section=Products&page=Osprey
0 0I love the mythbusters even though they are naive and occasionally stupid but it seems every episode now I’m scolding my tv screen…”well of course that’s a myth/fact! Come on really?!”
But I understand they gotta film something i guess.
0 0Thanks for the info guys; but has anyone used one of these and is there any qualitative difference vs. round suppressors?
0 0Did they have to leave California to get those mufflers?
0 0Does anyone know what suppressors Adam used for the USP .45? It looked like a rectangular block
0 0They grabbed the guys from Silencerco to help them out – which, BTW Silencerco makes some awesome cans
0 0Don’t they add the sound in post anyway? I can’t imagine a film modified (what’s the actual term for prop guns?) firearm’s report sounding like a weapon firing live ammo in the first place, much less suppressed.
0 0Jay California is extremely hypocritical, they will allow all kinds of illegal firearms into the state as long as they are being used to further the showbiz industry. They apparently enlisted silencerco to test the myth.
It’s depressing to me that they needed to have an episode to test this. I just hope they do it justice.
0 0Of course they don’t! They have to add that sound to make the movie believable and enjoyable. Otherwise, moviegoers would think there was something wrong with the film because of the silence. Duh! That’s why they call them silencers! Double duh!
0 0Really? Plausible? Check the decibel level of a movie shot and the one you did and get back to me.
0 0Finally! Now a good portion of the idiots will be informed. Maybe a little at least…
0 0“Jay California is extremely hypocritical, they will allow all kinds of illegal firearms into the state as long as they are being used to further the showbiz industry.”
I think that situation applies pretty much everywhere. When the producers of “Equilibrium” couldn’t get the P90s they wanted the bad guys to wield, the German government stepped in (the movie being shot in Berlin, Germany) and loaned them a generous selection of various German-made full-autos – from outdated Walther MPK’s to G3′s, MP5′s and even G36′s.
Heck, even Canada, with its relatively lax guns laws, still won’t allow people running through their forests with Korean-machine-guns-modified-to-look-like-M249s unless they’re doing it for a SyFy show. 
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I love the mythbusters even though they are naive and occasionally stupid but it seems every episode now I’m scolding my tv screen…”well of course that’s a myth/fact! Come on really?!”
But I understand they gotta film something i guess.
Thanks for the info guys; but has anyone used one of these and is there any qualitative difference vs. round suppressors?
MrTolliver:
http://www.silencerco.com/?section=Products&page=Osprey
From what was posted Arfcom, the myth busters people went full retarded on the test.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=6&f=20&t=343417
BTW here is the information on DB hearing losses. In other words you still need hearing protection when shooting firearms with suppressors.
http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/education/information-center/noise-induced-hearing-loss/
MrTolliver,
Didn’t watch it but from a post on Afrcom, representative from Silencerco was on the show. Silencerco does offer a rectangular version. Granted they are not the only company to do so tho.
http://www.silencerco.com/
“Jay California is extremely hypocritical, they will allow all kinds of illegal firearms into the state as long as they are being used to further the showbiz industry.”
I think that situation applies pretty much everywhere. When the producers of “Equilibrium” couldn’t get the P90s they wanted the bad guys to wield, the German government stepped in (the movie being shot in Berlin, Germany) and loaned them a generous selection of various German-made full-autos – from outdated Walther MPK’s to G3′s, MP5′s and even G36′s.
Heck, even Canada, with its relatively lax guns laws, still won’t allow people running through their forests with Korean-machine-guns-modified-to-look-like-M249s unless they’re doing it for a SyFy show.
where can i watch this online?
Does anyone know what suppressors Adam used for the USP .45? It looked like a rectangular block
Really? Plausible? Check the decibel level of a movie shot and the one you did and get back to me.
Finally! Now a good portion of the idiots will be informed. Maybe a little at least…
Of course they don’t! They have to add that sound to make the movie believable and enjoyable. Otherwise, moviegoers would think there was something wrong with the film because of the silence. Duh! That’s why they call them silencers! Double duh!
Jay California is extremely hypocritical, they will allow all kinds of illegal firearms into the state as long as they are being used to further the showbiz industry. They apparently enlisted silencerco to test the myth.
It’s depressing to me that they needed to have an episode to test this. I just hope they do it justice.
They grabbed the guys from Silencerco to help them out – which, BTW Silencerco makes some awesome cans
Don’t they add the sound in post anyway? I can’t imagine a film modified (what’s the actual term for prop guns?) firearm’s report sounding like a weapon firing live ammo in the first place, much less suppressed.
Did they have to leave California to get those mufflers?