https://www.isegoria.net/2011/03/how-real-weapons-sound/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:47:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2011/03/how-real-weapons-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-137652 Slovenian Guest Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:38:02 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=23911#comment-137652 A former soldier told me that while standing guard during our little war of independence here in Slovenia, it took them a minute before they figured out that the strange whistling was live AK fire, nothing at all like in the movies.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2011/03/how-real-weapons-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-137287 Rick C Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:42:02 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=23911#comment-137287 Nonetheless, you’d be smart to make an attempt to protect your hearing whenever possible. I fired a .357 revolver once outside in the country at a friend’s house, and the sound was loud enough to set my ears ringing and effectively deafen me for a few minutes. Every other time I’ve fired a gun I wore earplugs.

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