I have shot many guns before with hearing protection. The gunshot is accompanied by a mechanical sound and leaves a chemical residue in its wake. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Spectral analysis was also conducted on each of the firearm noise. Sound is measured in decibels (db), much like temperature is measured in degrees and speed in miles (or kilometers) per hour. Your email address will not be published. 45 I've always been doubling-up just in case, but that was indoors. Most of the weapons were measured to have the maximum sound level occur between 500 and 800 Hz.
In a linear scale, like velocity, if someone's car is moving at 100 mph, we know that he is moving at twice the speed of someone else who is doing 50 mph, i.e. How loud a gunshot is depends on what gun and bullet are being fired. Although loudness … So I'd esimate that at 11 and 25km on a flat plain that's how you'd hear a gunshot that was 150db at the muzzle, and the gun was firing at you. The graph below displays the results of this analysis. Ron Reynolds says he slept through the gunshot that killed his wife, Ronda. A sound that is 1,000 times louder is 30 dB louder. The measured peak noise level measured where one would expect the shooters ears to be well over 140 dB with no hearing protection.