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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

Gunshot as distress signal

Gunshot wound

External links

References

Gunshot sound

A typical rifle gunshot is very loud — in the region of 140 to 170 decibels the threashold for pain is 130 db^[1]. This can be lowered to around 115 db through the use of a suppressor and subsonic ammunition.
A 9mm gunshot can be described as having a "Buka" "Buka" sound as described in "Under Pressure" a song by the late Tupac Shakur. This sound is also referenced in the Ali G Show in which "Buka" is described as a sound made when you shoot a gun.

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]
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Gunshot wound

A wound caused by projectile from a gun.
''See'': Gunshot injury

★ Stopping power

★ Hydrostatic shock

★ Wound ballistics

★ Terminal ballistics

External links

★ Introduction to Firearm Suppressor Technology

★ Detailed measurements of the sound of a .308 rifle firing

References

1. http://www.santafevisions.com/csf/html/lectures/007_hearing_II.htm Notes on hearing
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. http://www.iansa.org/regions/aerial-gunfire.htm Shooting in the air: turning celebration into tragedy (Internation Network on Small Arms article)
5. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/06/11/27/stray.bullet.html County worker hit by stray bullet (Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA News article)
6. 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)