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I think suppressed / silenced rounds are sub sonic?
I haven’t been shot at, so my first thoughts go to films where bullets make whizzing noises.
If the shooter was 150m away, the actual shot would only have been heard half a second after he was shot.
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There are so many variables.
Eg what rifle x ammunition x physical location?
Ranges are typically enclosed to some degree for safety which would have totally different acoustics to a big open area.
Also people have awful memories of actual events which are made worse by trauma, so you can only ever rely on these little specific details to a limited extent.
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If a round has hit something else and begun tumbling it can make a buzzing noise
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I've also sat under the targets getting shot at. I remember distinctly bang-whizz as the gun is shot then the bullet passes over your head. That was standard NATO rounds. Maybe you were too close to the shooters so the initial bang covered the noise of the bullet
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Ok, I’ll bite. What kind of rifle bullet makes a whizzing sound as it goes past your ear? When I shot rifles in cadets, sitting down in the bunker at the far end of the range, the bullets made a loud BANG as they flew overhead. It’s terrifying. They’re travelling faster than the speed of sound. He’d have jumped out of his skin, not heard a whizzing sound and reached for his ear.