Calm down bro, your wild enthusiasm is crazy.

"It's not actually called a silencer, it's called a suppressor" Continues to call it silencer. Great job

most exiting person ever

they dont make a gun sound like 'pew' they take it from a BANG to a Bang.

I have to give props to this person for actively trying to be as emotionless and dull as he.could

Another question: why is this guy suppressed

I haven't seen one of these super chill dudes since like 2004. Glad they're back, hopefully a few hit the stand up comedy scene.

3:47 man that sure was a smooth transition

he just wants to see his family again...

-_- why did the little gun graphic show a silencer on a revolver.

you don't know fully what you are talking about. suppressors lower the sound by 20 or 30 decibels not to 20 or 30 decibels. there's no loss of power or accuracy whatsoever. actually a slight increase in both is the norm. I prefer suppressors but there's nothing wrong with calling it a silencer or a can. the most accurate thing to call it is a muffler.

I just clicked to criticize the pathetic teacup grip in the thumbnail

it doesn't drop the sound TO 20dB, it drops it BY 20dB. Generally from the 160s to the 140s. Suppressors generally are used to drop the sound to a "hearing-safe" level and are absolutely nothing like in the movies. Yes, significantly quieter, but definitely not anywhere near 20dB

did he put a surpressor on a revolver?

20 decibels? I wish…

"Some people, who you probably don't want to associate with, call cans." I'm not sure if this was a joke or something, but it was kind of ridiculous. The vast majority of suppressor owners are lawful people who have thousands of dollars to throw around to make their guns quieter. I would know - I'm one of them :P

He sounds just like, a really excited kid, who keeps running, out of breath, every few words. Which doesn't, do much to help, his intellectual, hufff puff puff... credibility.

Advertising in itself doesn't bother me, but I would suggest a different approach. Why have Josh say "This is boring"? You spite your own content for product placement? Just include a sponsor message at the beginning or end of the video and be done with it. The actual content about suppressors is interesting still. Except that Josh kept referring to them as silencers after saying that they are actually suppressors.

There are so many things wrong with the information in this video.

A silencer, also known as a sound suppressor, suppressor or sound moderator, is a muzzle device that reduces the acoustic intensity of the muzzle report (sound of a gunshot) and the recoil, when a gun (firearm or air gun) is discharged, by modulating the speed and pressure of the propellant gas from the muzzle

I'm pretty sure that's called sub-sonic ammo

3000 psi? more like 10-20k for shotguns, 20-40k for pistols and 30-60k for rifles.

0:22 you don't put suppressors on revolvers XD The escaping gas flows through behind the barrel as well

It’s 2:30 am and I was just like oh I wonder how silencers work

One more sound is the bullet hitting a target, and if it's semi-auto, the bolt racking takes the place of the hammer hitting the primer. A bullets' ballistic crack is extremely loud, so why use a suppressor? In military applications it's usually for location concealment. Not only does it distort the location-revealing sound, but it works as a muzzle flash suppressor. Great vid guys, and the perfect brain stuff character to explain it!

he looks like he hates his life.. Edit: thanks for the 2.7k likes

Wow...the fail is epic with this video. It's like having a blind person describe Starry Night to you while it is behind protective glass.

*Says it's called a suppressor not a silencer* *Proceeds to call it a silencer* He also stated that people who called them silencers don't know what they're talking about, but he still calls the suppressors, silencers.

It doesn't affect bullet power or accuracy unless you're playing Battlefield, the downside of using a suppressor is the back pressure caused damaging the weapons internals.

How many times did this fool say silencers after stating that people who say silencers are uneducated on the topic??

I thought that was the funniest, most clever, transition to an ad...hey, he's gotta pay them bills too! Thanks for the video...

Host that’s dead inside: “I’m going to explain how Gun Silencers work” **IMMEDIATLY SHOWS AN ANIMATION WITH A SURPRESSOR BEING ATTACHED TO A REVOLVER**

Shit you got wrong; 1.) The original Maxim patent called them silencers. Suppressor is a modern term. 2.) Can is common parlance, because it is monosyllabic. Almost everyone calls them cans, including professional retailers. 3.) The speed of sound is just under 1100fps. 4.) They still make well over 115db, usually.

The amount of mistakes in this video is pretty damn cringeworthy... and I'm not even a gun nut, I probably missed 90% of them.

I loved this and now I understand silencers better. Thanks Josh!

I like how this channel just gives random facts that you would never really think about unless someone mentioned it 👊🏽💯

3000 psi? Try 18,500 psi to 35,000 psi for handguns (.45 ACP and 9mm Luger respectively).

They are called both silencers and suppressors. When you fill out your form 4 (or form 1 if you're making your own) they are listed as "silencer". Pressure in a 9mm chamber is ~35,000 psi, not 3,000, and around 55,000 in a 5.56 chamber. They DO NOT make your gun whisper quiet. Not even close. You are still looking at ~125 db for most non-magnum rounds. That is as loud as a concert. Silencers also INCREASE velocity and have no effect on a rifles accuracy. Almost everything you said in this video was flat out wrong. You also acted like anyone who owns a silencer is probably an assassin, which is Hollywood nonsense.

i love how this guy calls them silencers multiple times throughout the video, implying he doesn't have a clue about what he's saying haha XD

so much incorrect information in this video

This video has several errors. 1. It's called a silencer not a suppressor. The official naming rights of an invention go to the inventor, not to keyboard cammandos. When Hiram Maxim invented it, he wrote "silencer" on the patent, therefore it is called a silencer regardless of its inability to completely silence the sound. 2. 20db is inaccurate. The vast majority of silencers reduce gun shots to to 95-110db range. Which is still louder than a person yelling, but at least you won't bleed from the ears without hearing protection. 3. Criminals don't use silencers. To get a silencer, you must first fill out lots of paperwork, go through extra background checks, pay extra taxes, wait 9 months for the ATF to return your letters, then IF you are approved you get to shovel out 900+ dollars to buy a single silencer. High wait times, high cost, and ATF approval are not very conducive to a life of crime. There definitely hasn't been a recorded crime committed with one in the past decade, and I would be surprised if you could find any crime committed with one since the National Firearms Act was passed in 1934.

Let's be honest... You people aren't interested in silencers. You're procrastinating!

Even a librarian would fall asleep watching this

Never thought I'd like a commercial. Superbowl material for sure

With the best suppressors and subsonic ammo the quietest it can get is around 115 decibels which is perfectly safe with no ear protection but saying you can quiet a gun down to 20 decibels is a fantasy no where near reality

Bullshit. The title says "How Do Gun *Silencers* Work?" but later the guy says it's not a "silencer" but a "suppressor". Like honestly what the fuck.

I appreciated this guys demeanour, his chill character and humour is rad!

:D That sponsor portion was brilliant.

Yes I want to be associated with people who call suppressors CANS

This guy is obsessed with putting ads in the middle of his content. I listen to him on a podcast called stuff you should know and they take tons of ad breaks. It's annoying. I don't like being pandered to and he should know that since he did a whole 2 part podcast on ads. The man does everything he knows viewers hate. I unsubscribed bc I can't stand someone who lies in order to make money. I have Harry's razors and they suck. They tear my face up. I have a Casper mattress and it's not comfortable and doesn't stay cool. I've tried blue apron and it ok at best but expensive. Your ads are false representation of the product bc you get stuff for free and get paid to lie. Do NOT contribute to them on patreon.

I hope that the Hearing Protection Act passes.

Now the FBI thinks you're a hitman

You forgot to add the part that explains how gun silencers work

I'm not a professional but I'm pretty sure this dude is sponsored by a razor company

I forgot which company made them, but the first generation of suppressors were advertised as "silencers"

Funny how the original PATENT calls it a SILENCER...this guy is obviously well informed. *rolls eyes*

I lost brain cells listining to this guy talk my god

rip csgo usp sound

Meanwhile the quiet kid in the school watching this video: that's all the information I need.

OMG your product placement was HILARIOUS!

Also you can't use a silencer on a revolver. The gap between the cylinder and the barrel still allows gasses to escape at supersonic speeds

hey what up guys it's scarce

dude.. very funny and well done. love the ad in the middle of your video. These guys just dont get your subtle humor. Well done.

Fun Fact #1, within a suppressor there are loads of foam rings space out to allow to sound of the bullet passing through the gun to be chambered within the suppressor. #2 Americans have actually made silencers for tanks and artillery vehicles. They look like water towers mounted on an angle. The tank can stick its battle through the end of it and fire at long range targets!

why are his hands so much lighter than his arms ?

Even better than calling them suppressors, we should start calling them "Hearing Safety Attachments", or HSA. After all, the Salvo 12 6" suppressor on my buddy's KSG only reduces the volume to 140dB, which per OSHA is the limit to where permanent hearing damage occurs. In other words, its still VERY loud, but at least you won't cause lifelong permanent damage to your hearing. So in self-defense, it makes sense for absolutely everyone (especially in home defense if firing indoors which makes it even louder by reflecting off walls) to use a suppressor, or HSA. Otherwise, you run the risk of being quite disoriented especially in the dark from the bright flash of the gun and the huge pressure wave that can leave you partially deaf for a while with ringing in your ears. Yet the government has regulated a gun safety device to protect the shooter as some kind of nonsensical assassin tool that no one would need, thanks to the movies.

Need a 30 min. video of Josh's imitation of a suppressor.

You called it a suppressor yet you keep on calling it SILENCER! What a good job!

1.) There's only one fairly rare revolver (the gun at the beginning) that can be suppressed due to the cylinder gap of revolvers. 2.) Try more like 120db for subsonic rounds other than .22LR. Hearing loss can occur at around 85db. 3.) the Official term by the FBI is "silencer" and yes the FBI knows what they're talking about. 4.) Some actions, hammers (or strikers, since apparently this channel doesn't know they exist), or other mechanical party make far more than 20db

What the heck is up with this comment section? You're taking this *WAY* too seriously for a simple introduction to sound suppressors. He's basically right in what sound suppressors are and what they do, and sure he messed up a bit of the terminology and a few of his jokes missed - but that doesn't mean he's under-intelligent. Sounds to me like people are more upset because he sounds and acts a bit off - instead of actually listening to what he's talking about...

I'm a Hitman and this helped me a lot! Now I can keep my arms quieter!

that was a clever pug at the end

I'm more terrified of this guy's white ass hands, what's going on with those things?

this guy's joke and acting skills are cringy af

pretty hard to suppress the sound significantly and still have an effective weapon

"Pew pew"

I've been in the firearm world for quite some time now and I own a number of silencers and a common nomenclature for a silencer is calling it a "Can" and there's nothing wrong with it...just easier to say versus silencer. As someone who is a manufacturer, and has also been actively in the industry for the past 4 years and growing, I will tell you guys that there are a few other inconsistencies with this video. The big thing, is that while suppressor is another common term in the nomenclature for a silencer, suppressor is in fact the wrong term due to original copywrite and the fact that the NFA branch of the BATFE sees any kind of gun muffler as a silencer and that's the correct term as such. Accuracy and power are not decreased with silencers. Any time you thread on a silencer or attach it to a firearm you are lessening the felt recoil and muzzle flip. Also silencers do not slow down the gasses behind the bullet. Once the bullet clears the barrel, and starts to enter the blast chamber and baffle system, then the gasses begin to expand, cool down, and slow down. Saami spec pressure which is the standard that ammunition for a factory load is aimed at achieving is much greater than 3000 psi. The common 9mm handgun round will have a chamber pressure of over 35,000 psi. Exiting the silencer for subsonic ammunition I couldn't tell you as I don't have a way to measure that pressure. Silencers also with the correct host and depending on the caliber will perform much much better than 130 db's. Some .22 rimfire silencers will reduce the sound signature down to 115 db's. which is not whisper quiet, but it's extremely quiet. 140 db's is the threshold of hearing damage as noted from OSHA, and the best 5.56 rifle cans will bring you down to just below that, and that's due to the super sonic loads breaking the sound barrier. An okay representation of silencers, but there is quite a bit of misinformation in the video. Cheers.

again with the commercials? screw you guys, I'll get my intelligent stuff from Scishow... at least I can be the president of space

In Vietnam Navy Seals had a pistol and suppressor set up called a HUSH PUPPY. It was so effective it didn't wake the enemies animals.

This video is so simple and I love it

Why not associate with people who call them cans? We're normal people just like you

Why did you say that you wouldn't want to associate with someone who refers to them as cans?

Supressors dont actually reduce power, they increase power and range due to the extended reach of the barrel, but accuracy does decrease.

0:40 "they're actually not called silencers, that's what people who don't know what they're talking about calls them" Proceeds to call them silencers the rest of the video.

So, why did you keep calling it a silencer after explaining that it wasn't?

They call them silencers on the official class III paperwork.

Suppressor's on loud guns are amazing 😇🙌🏼

Ok on the video topic, but BOO! on the very subtle ad at the end. Thumbs down, no subscribe.

They think they know what they're talking about but they have a picture of a revolver on the thumbnail with a suppressor on it.

I was actually pretty engrossed until the Razor talk. I ALMOST subscribed until I realized I didnt want to CONSTANTLY hear about useless razors! I"m Hairy. FUCK Razors......

I think the actual reduction is 20db not down to 20db. Remember the Decibel scale is logarithmic so each 10 increment is 10 times. A 120db sound is therefore 100 times as loud as a 100db. Size matters and you can't fool physics. An un muffled truck engine is in the 160db range, and it takes a very large muffler to reduce it to an acceptable 60-80db range. To equivalently suppress (muffle) a 160db gun shot takes an approximately same size device. But, James Bond putting essentially a truck muffler on the end of his PPK, does not fit into director's concept, so the little thimble sized prop on end of his pistol conveniently has shot noise altered by the sound editor.

So many problems, but i will address the most glaring - You forgot about the action of the gun cycling (he shows a suppressor on a revolver, which is just liberal retardation) on a semi-auto. the action cycling is metal slamming on metal, and is loud on some guns. On a .22 or other very light gun, this sound is very quiet. So a .22 being shot with a suppressor, on a bolt action, using sub-sonic ammo will be virtually silent.

can you explain why it reduces accuracy ? I heard it was lengthening the barrel so a standard bullet would go faster and more accurate than one without a suppressor because it there's more pressure in the silencer than in air. Or maybe you meant that it reduces accuracy and impact because you have to use slower bullets ?

This seemed a lot longer than 4 minutes...

Silencer is a legal term. Suppressors don't affect accuracy so much as they may slightly shift the point of impact. But once a weapon is zeroed with the suppressor mounted, impact shift is moot as precision can still be consistently achieved. In fact a suppressor may actually increase accuracy as a side effect of increased velocity. Firing a subsonic round that isnt tuned to a given suppressor may actually give a bullet a slight velocity boost over the sonic threshold and the crack will be heard.

I think the back greenscreen was selected for editing... but it's left unedited until the upload

ya the firing pin lights the gun powder. No the firing pin ignights the primer that lights the gun powder.

at 1:45min the projectile comes out WITH the damn shell!! logic fail

I clicked on the video ready to read the comments about it not being called a silencer xD I also love the fact that he points out that they're called suppressors and still calls them silencers :T

i mean theres a lot of comments saying hes not enthusiastic at all, he doesnt have to be he got the job done, taught u something