- Gunshot
:"Gunshot is also a
British hip hop group."A gunshot is the discharge of afirearm , and thesound effect thereof; the term can also refer to awound caused by such a discharge.Gunshot sound
A typical rifle gunshot is very loud — in the region of 140 to 170 decibels while the threshold for pain is 130 db [http://www.santafevisions.com/csf/html/lectures/007_hearing_II.htm Notes on hearing ] . This can be lowered to around 115 db through the use of a
suppressor andsubsonic ammunition.Gunshot as distress signal
Some doctrines of
survival training allow for the use of three gunshots with an interval of one or two seconds as adistress signal . . [http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/11/24/klan.initiation.ap/index.html Participant at KKK initiation wounded after shots fired into sky (CNN article)] [http://www.news4jax.com/news/4041097/detail.html Orlando man killed by stray bullet during New Year's celebration (News 4 Jacksonville, Florida, USA article)] [http://www.iansa.org/regions/aerial-gunfire.htm Shooting in the air: turning celebration into tragedy (Internation Network on Small Arms article)] [http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/06/11/27/stray.bullet.html County worker hit by stray bullet (Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA News article)] [http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20011128strayshot1128p4.asp Hunter's bullet blamed in death, woman killed in Fayette home (Pittsburgh, PA, USA Post Gazette article)]Gunshot wound
A
wound caused byprojectile from agun ."See":Ballistic trauma
*Stopping power
*Hydrostatic shock
*Wound ballistics
*Terminal ballistics External links
* [http://www.fortliberty.org/military-library/suppressors.shtml Introduction to Firearm Suppressor Technology]
* [http://guns.connect.fi/rs/308measured.html Detailed measurements of the sound of a .308 rifle firing]References
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