Musings on the sound of a bullet

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zzr1100 · #1 Post by **zzr1100** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:58 pm

Having done done time in the butts at Alcar yesterday (500m)
Listening to .308 .223 and 30-06 coming over my head I've decided that real bullets sound NOTHING like Hollywood bullets ... Why do you reckon that is ... Wouldn't the "public" associate the real noise with what it is ... Are they that conditioned ??

#2 Post by **ovenpaa** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:03 pm

We were talking about this today. The sound of a .308 bullet hitting the sand from 800 yards is quite impressive and certainly not like the movies. Memorable ones include a 300 RUM at 1200 yards, I flinched as the first round hit the sand in front of me. The Vikings 22C at 1000/1200 yards is unmistakable as well.

#3 Post by **meles meles** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:04 pm

"Silenced" guns don't go "phut" either...

#4 Post by **ovenpaa** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:08 pm

Maybe not Badger but a 200 grain subsonic bullet from a decently suppressed .308 does make me smile. With luck Matt will pick this up and post a clip of his Steyr HS50 with a suppressor, the sound is superb, it is a whistle a bit like the air brakes on a lorry.

#5 Post by **meles meles** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:12 pm

We had fun at Sealand a week or two back, using a very well moderated CZ452 to lob subsonic .22s at the 100 m targets. We had to keep radioning down to the butts to tell them to drop and patch the target, and they kept saying "Nothing has arrived here yet".

In the end we took to shooting the marker disc off its wire so they knew something was incoming...

#6 Post by **meles meles** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:13 pm

ovenpaa wrote: a 200 grain subsonic bullet from a decently suppressed .308

Oooh, what bullet might that be? Or is it a boolit ? And on what powder?

zzr1100 · #7 Post by **zzr1100** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:20 pm

I think air rifle pellets coming by sound more like "Hollywood" bullets !!

Dougan · #8 Post by **Dougan** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:44 pm

meles meles wrote:We had fun at Sealand a week or two back, using a very well moderated CZ452 to lob subsonic .22s at the 100 m targets. We had to keep radioning down to the butts to tell them to drop and patch the target, and they kept saying "Nothing has arrived here yet".

In the end we took to shooting the marker disc off its wire so they knew something was incoming...

Would you guys be interested in a long-range (200/300) .22lr competition at Bisley In November?

I'll happily pass the details on...

Dougan · #9 Post by **Dougan** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:45 pm

Not that I have any experience, but the start of Private Ryan always seems very realistic...certainly scares the crap out of me...

#10 Post by **meles meles** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:46 pm

Dougan wrote:
meles meles wrote:We had fun at Sealand a week or two back, using a very well moderated CZ452 to lob subsonic .22s at the 100 m targets. We had to keep radioning down to the butts to tell them to drop and patch the target, and they kept saying "Nothing has arrived here yet".

In the end we took to shooting the marker disc off its wire so they knew something was incoming...
Would you guys be interested in a long-range (200/300) .22lr competition at Bisley In November?

I'll happily pass the details on...

300 yards ?

They go that far ?

*Intrigued*

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