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.
A typical rifle gunshot is very loud — in the region of 140 to 170 decibels while the threshold for pain is 130 db. This can be lowered to around 115 db through the use of a suppressor and subsonic ammunition.
Some doctrines of survival training allow for the use of three gunshots with an interval of one or two sec...
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