Runaway Technology, Inc.
Released: Dec 29, 2008
Size: 17.3 MB
Latest version: 1.2.0
Brief Description:
Version 1.2 (free upgrade for previous version owners) has the following features:
View firearms and listen to accurately recorded sounds of them with and without a real commercial or military silencer / suppressor. Unlike many gun sounds in the movies, these are real.
There are almost 50 unique sounds included (Almost 25 weapons and suppressed / unsuppressed sounds for many).
.22lr M16, AAC Prodigy silencer, McMillan Tac-50, AAC Cyclops silencer, AK47, AK74, AAC Krinkov silencer, Barrett M107, FN P90, M3 Grease Gun, HK-416, AAC SPR/M4 silencer, HK-UMP, KAC PDW 6.5mm, KAC SR-16, KAC SR-25, M16 CQBR, AAC M4-2000, M2-HB 50 BMG belt fed, FN M240 belt fed, HK-MP5, HK-MP7, AAC MP7-SD2, Russian PKM GPMG 7.62x54, Stoner-63A, Stoner LMG belt fed, UZI 9mm, AAC Avenger silencer.
Many are full auto.
This is not a game, but a reference application for those interested in these weapons.
Future versions, planned as a free upgrade will have:
1. Even more guns.
2. More silencers.
3. More photos.
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More Background:
Too often we hear guns and silencers on TV and do not realize that most of those sounds are engineered and not of the real firearms. This app allows you to hear the real firearm - sometimes with and without a real silencer.
Many have only heard gunfire in TV and at the movies and that can give a distorted feeling for just how loud a real gunshot is. The loudest rock concert in history, such as The Who in the 1970s was only in the 120 dB range. A rifle shot can be 170 db! This may not seem like a lot more but the scale is logarithmic and not linear, so the gunshot (from 1 meter away) is actually 316 times as much sound pressure!
Because a gun is so loud, you cannot do the things you see in the movies. For example, you cannot shoot one in the car, in the house, or even outside and not have hearing damage. Earmuffs, if they fit perfectly, can lower this sound level by about 29 dB, but you are still left with over 140 dB (10 times as much sound pressure as that Who concert from the 1970s)!
The solution: sound suppressors – sometimes by themselves and sometimes combined with earmuffs. They are not -for assassins- as you keep on seeing in the movies. In reality they are just a way to make a gunshot not be dangerously loud. In fact, in countries such as Finland they are not regulated and in fact encouraged for public health. Making them difficult to purchase in the United States would be like banning car mufflers. Putting the muffler on the gun rather than padding your ears allows you to enjoy the shooting with others. You can talk give safety instructions, and it takes away much of the harshness of shooting so that beginners can learn not to flinch. Wearing hearing muffs is much like wearing a raincoat on a sunny day.
Silencers, or sound suppressors, were heavily regulated in the US in the 1930s for fear people who were hungry during the Great Depression would illegally hunt. That law was never changed. Because so few people have experience with them, they think guns become silent. In fact, the firearms still sound much like a gunshot without the danger of the sound pressure.
iPad compatible
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