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Was John Allen Muhammad's Bushmaster equipped with a silencer?

I don't think a silencer is going to do much to quiet a .223 bullet traveling five times the speed of sound.

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I don't think a silencer is going to do much to quiet a .223 bullet traveling five times the speed of sound.

I believe what the silencer will do is make the location of the shooter less apparant. the only thing the target area hears is the sonic boom of the bullet. From what I understand, generally people are about 90 degrees off in picking the origin of the shot when silencers are used.