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“While that wouldn't surprise me, his statement hardly qualifies much from his position on the ground, and probably focused in the near vicinity... A ‘hail of rifle fire’ certainly computes... his hearing was not obstructed... Though his identification of suppressed rifle fire would indicate fairly near positioning - I don't know that you'd hear suppressed fire from the rooftop across the way... Which also certainly does not deny it's existence... “

I have never shot a suppressed rifle but I have shot and heard many unsuppressed rifles shooting game animals.

Typically it makes a sound like KaWHUMP. The Ka being the shot and the WHUMP the impact.

I would think it would be difficult to ascertain direction if you were hearing the impacts hitting bodies with little or no sound from the rifles.

I have never shot a suppressed rifle but I have shot and heard many unsuppressed rifles shooting game animals. Typically it makes a sound like KaWHUMP. The Ka being the shot and the WHUMP the impact.

This would be different - First you need to realize that suppressed rounds are de-tuned... necessarily sub-sonic, or the suppressor really doesn't do you any good, as the movement of the round through the air breaks the sound barrier... So these would be low-velocity rounds, pretty different from a std. 30 cal deer rifle, I think. I don't think the sound of the suppressed fire would carry much more than 50 yards, far less with all the commotion... You'd hear a whap from the round hitting, but again, not the SMACK you'd hear from a deer gun.

I would think it would be difficult to ascertain direction if you were hearing the impacts hitting bodies with little or no sound from the rifles.

It's pretty difficult to ascertain anyway, in what I would compare to open canyon land (buildings would somewhat create the same effect)... Sound goes strange places... And again, add the commotion and high stress, and one can understand the confusion...

“Typically it makes a sound like KaWHUMP. The Ka being the shot and the WHUMP the impact.”

From the vantage point of the shooter and supersonic bullets.

If you are near the target the impact happens before you hear the gunshot.