[hattend]

Does an assault rifle make a different sound than, say, a hunting rifle?

[TChris]

Does an assault rifle make a different sound than, say, a hunting rifle?

Oh yes. It's much more menacing and scary. Assault rifles are very aggressive and randomly attack people all the time.

[Gator113]

Oh yes. It makes a really, really scary sound.

A hunting rifle makes a much more peaceful and civilized sound.

Hunting, assault, hunting , assault.... see the difference. One is actually very deadly to people.

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[hiredhand]

Does an assault rifle make a different sound than, say, a hunting rifle?

Not really. The AR-15 fires the .223 Remington round as well as the 5.56mm NATO ("functionally" identically other than pressure specs). The AK-47, and SKS and variants fire the Russian 7.62x39mm round.

The 7.62x39 round sounds like a Winchester .30-30 (a popular hunting cartridge), and the 5.56mm NATO rounds sounds a whole lot like the .243 Winchester round...another popular hunting cartridge.

It's fairly easy to differentiate between pistol, rifle, and shotgun cartridges...even within close proximities due to aural tonal qualities of the blast. But it can be fairly difficult to differentiate between small bore, centerfire rifles whether they be hunting rifles or semi-autos. They all pretty much sound the same, with minor exceptions. They're certainly impossible to differentiate from one another generally.