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To: Morgana
The killer's gun then appears to jam, prompting him to adjust the weapon

The gunman racked his weapon each time he shot... likely because he used a subsonic cartridge. Which is quieter but slower.

2 posted on 12/04/2024 7:32:14 PM PST by John123 (It is Time for Debt Jubilee. Everything is Free)
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Congratulations! you are the first person on the several threads I have looked at who has grasped that simple truth.

Way too many self proclaimed ‘gun experts’ have been saying that it was an amateur thug with a malfunctioning gun. I say it was a pro who knew well in advance that he would have to rack the slide every time, and had practiced it.


4 posted on 12/04/2024 7:47:35 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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Continue the lesson.

Which is quieter but slower (i.e. less powerful), hence does not have the excess energy needed to cycle the action.

Many times a subsonic round turns a semiautomatic weapon into a single shot weapon, the price of the suppressed shot.

This will also light up our buddies at the BATF&E - that a suppressed weapon was used in a crime.

6 posted on 12/04/2024 7:55:22 PM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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“The gunman racked his weapon each time he shot... likely because he used a subsonic cartridge. Which is quieter but slower. “

Who ever that guy was he knew what he was doing.


13 posted on 12/04/2024 9:19:05 PM PST by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul )
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The weapon looks like a welrod. A welrod needs to be chambered manually after each shot.


19 posted on 12/04/2024 10:20:34 PM PST by Ben Dover (Terrorism is a cancer that can only be cured with massive doses of radiation.)
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