[cc2k]

It's always humorous to watch "gunplay" in movies and on TV.

Last night, they had a major mistake on "24". Jack Bauer screws a silencer onto a tactical rifle that looked like some sort of 5.56mm tactical rifle. He then shoots a bad guy from a fair distance (more than 50 yards), and the sound effect is that of a silenced round being fired. Not likely that he had a subsonic load in that rifle. Not likely to hit someone with a subsonic round at that distance, and even hitting them with a "slow" round at that distance isn't that likely to drop them to the ground instantly.

[TalonDJ]

Last night, they had a major mistake on "24". Jack Bauer screws a silencer onto a tactical rifle that looked like some sort of 5.56mm tactical rifle. He then shoots a bad guy from a fair distance (more than 50 yards), and the sound effect is that of a silenced round being fired. Not likely that he had a subsonic load in that rifle. Not likely to hit someone with a subsonic round at that distance, and even hitting them with a "slow" round at that distance isn't that likely to drop them to the ground instantly.

I don't watch TV, but it could have been some thing like a .50 beowolf, or 6.8. Not all AR looking rifles are .223. They do make some really good silences for assault rifles.

And yes, you can drop something at over 50 yards with a subsonic if you have something like 458 Socom. Or anything if the shot is well placed.