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Edit - I was wrong Obviously can't tell from one grainy surveillance video but it really looks like the shooter had a slide lock pistol. Which is John Wick shit. (www.capitolarmory.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Frank@hexbear.net to c/guns@hexbear.net

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Edit: I got a better look at the surveillance video. Looks like what is actually happening is that the guy's gun is under-gassed. The rounds aren't producing enough energy to fully cycle the weapon, resulting in jams or requiring him to manually chamber the next round. There goes the professional international assassin theory, I'd think a professional would test their set up to make sure everything was adjusted to cycle properly.

The way these are set up - When you fire a normal semi-auto pistol the energy from the shot pushes the slide back so the gun can chamber a new round. You can then fire again immediately.

With these things the slide is locked closed when you fire. That means the slide doesn't move, which means it doesn't make noise. All the gas goes out the barrel through the suppressor. The brass stays in the chamber.

All of this combines, with the right silencer and ammo, to make a gun that is ridiculouslly bad action movie quiet. If you're standing right next to it you'll hear something but it's not going to sound like a gunshot.

Idk what the hell is going on here but it sure does look like some cool John Wick level shit.

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[–] Shaleesh@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

My guess is that the supressor was homemade or not perfectly matched up to the gun. Judging from the footage the shooter was prepared for this but seems to have had a malfunction after the third shot.

Its kind of interesting that three spent cases and three unfired rounds were found at the scene so alternatively it may have been that every other trigger pull resulted in a light strike on the primer, which could also look like what was seen in the footage. This feels unlikely.