Subsonic ammo probably wouldn’t have enough penetrating power for a sure kill.
I’d see what the guy had for life insurance.
Subsonic ammo would work fine at that distance. Especially that last anchor shot at less than 10’...
“Subsonic ammo probably wouldn’t have enough penetrating power for a sure kill.”
.45 ammunition is subsonic and it kills quite efficiently.
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Sure it would reliably kill. The standard military 1911 load in WWII is subsonic. Most 38 and 32 specials and 380s, are subsonic. Typical 45 ammo is almost all subsonic. And the way he kept cycling the slide by hand indicates he used a slide lock device. That takes it to a whole other level of quiet... no noise escaping from the ejection port and no metallic cycling slide sounds.
Very quiet.