• CluelessDude@lemmy.zip
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    13 days ago

    The gun isn’t jamming, sub sonic bullets do not have enough power to kick the shell out so it has to be manual, the person shooting clearly knows this.

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      13 days ago

      With a Nielson device the slide will cycle on a subsonic round. This was a homemade suppressor. The gunman knew how to operate the weapon, but subsonic rounds aren’t inherently single shot.

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      13 days ago

      He could have replaced the recoil spring with a weaker one that doesn’t need as much force.

      Or used a .45 ACP gun. Many .45 ACP rounds are subsonic by default.

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        13 days ago

        It looks like an off-the-shelf commercial handgun. You don’t need anything special to shoot subsonic rounds, though depending on the gun and ammo they can lead to malfunctions like stovepipe.

        I’ve shot .22 CB long out of a semi-auto rifle without issues aside from having to manually cycle the bolt after each shot.