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Pillows as gunshot suppressors

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producer103:
There is little noise suppression in the immediate area. The neighbors wouldn't hear much, depending on the firearm, but anyone in the house would definately hear the gunshot. Even for inexperienced civilians, a gunshot doesn't sound like a balloon popping or a backfire, which pretty much never happens anymore. Mufflers on cars have spark suppressors that also suppress the noise. A pillow is a very poor silencer. Silencers work by physically dispersing the gases in controlled manner that sounds more like a forceful whistle, and a pillow can't do that so it would still go BANG! and leave so much physical evidence, the sound would be the least of your worries.  The 2 liter bottle is not a safe or effective method either. The thought is to contain more than control the muzzle blast and the plastic the bottle is made from is not anywhere near strong enough to contain the blast and usually winds up being blasted apart and would certainly do so filled with any liquid. Bottom line, firearms are designed to be safe when used properly and changing or adding anything to enhance or change what they do is a prescription for disaster!

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