How many civilians have heard both a rifle shot and a pistol shot aimed in their general direction? How do you tell the difference?I've never been on the receiving end of pistol fire, but semiautomatic rifle fire sounds like, to me, crack-THUD. Drop a bag of potatoes on a wood floor after throwing a paper snap firework down. The crack is the sonic boom of the bullet passing, and the THUD is the sound of the rifle mechanism.
How many civilians have heard both a rifle shot and a pistol shot aimed in their general direction? How do you tell the difference?
I couldn't tell you, because the only sound that I can remember is the sound of my bowels emptying into may shorts.