- Gunshot is also a British hip hop group.
A gunshot is the discharge of a firearm, and the sound effect thereof; the term can also refer to a wound caused by such a discharge.
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Gunshot sound
A typical rifle gunshot is very loud — in the region of 140 to 170 decibels the threshold for pain is 130 db[1]. This can be lowered to around 115 db through the use of a suppressor and subsonic 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 a distress signal. .[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Gunshot wound
A wound caused by projectile from a gun. See: Gunshot injury
External links
- Introduction to Firearm Suppressor Technology
- Detailed measurements of the sound of a .308 rifle firing
References
- ^ http://www.santafevisions.com/csf/html/lectures/007_hearing_II.htm Notes on hearing
- ^ 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)
