What you describe is known as a linear compensator and is fairly common. It doesn’t reduce enough to protect the shooter’s hearing, but it does direct the blast forward reducing concussive forces felt by the shooter and increasing the noise and concussive force to those in front of the muzzle.
these are pistol rounds and thus most likely subsonic. If it’s a supersonic round then yes, but it is possible to hear the shot before you get hit. Possibly even more likely with this.
I think it might direct the sound so it may sound louder if you’re the one getting shot
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What you describe is known as a linear compensator and is fairly common. It doesn’t reduce enough to protect the shooter’s hearing, but it does direct the blast forward reducing concussive forces felt by the shooter and increasing the noise and concussive force to those in front of the muzzle.
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If you can hear the shot, it missed you
these are pistol rounds and thus most likely subsonic. If it’s a supersonic round then yes, but it is possible to hear the shot before you get hit. Possibly even more likely with this.
I wasn’t sure I’d been shot, until I heard the report of the loudencer. Who boy, there’s no mistaking that!
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