Joe_m107
Member
Hey Everyone,
I have an interesting question some of you might be able to answer.
I understand that a suppressor/silencer removes the actual BANG from the expanding gases when a round is fired, but the bullet passing through the air (if fired over the speed of sound) still makes a loud supersonic crack.
Now, lets say a round is fired from a supressed rifle and it traveles JUST over the speed of sound, would that supersonic crack be any different from the same round fired at 3000 FPS? Is a sonic boom always a sonic boom, or does the speed matter and the faster round have a louder sonic crack?
Thank you in advance for answering.
-Joe-
I have an interesting question some of you might be able to answer.
I understand that a suppressor/silencer removes the actual BANG from the expanding gases when a round is fired, but the bullet passing through the air (if fired over the speed of sound) still makes a loud supersonic crack.
Now, lets say a round is fired from a supressed rifle and it traveles JUST over the speed of sound, would that supersonic crack be any different from the same round fired at 3000 FPS? Is a sonic boom always a sonic boom, or does the speed matter and the faster round have a louder sonic crack?
Thank you in advance for answering.
-Joe-