Talk:Noise Level/@comment-13872611-20150904060613/@comment-68.147.88.30-20160323015050

The lone tenno above me is correct. Current silencers reduce most gunshot's volume from the level of "Airplane taking off" to "yelling at close quarters", in terms of decibels.

There are few outliers to these measurements, such as very light and low velocity ammunition (.22 rifles), or very custom designed weapons (VSS Vintorez comes to mind, there's no actual barrel on the rifle as it's technically just entirely a supressor that you slap onto the loading tube) that can actually start to get within the comfortable to hear range, but they're by no means 'silent'.