Quote Originally Posted by LDAHL View Post
This raises a question for me. The speed of sound at ground level is what, 1100 feet/second or so? Wouldn't your average bullet travel fast enough to create its own little sonic boom regardless of how efficiently the suppressor worked? Is it safe for me to assume that those little "pfft, pfft" sounds you hear in spy movies is Hollywood BS? Sort of like the "boom" exploding spaceships make in a vacuum?
Correct.

Suppressors do a great job of protecting the shooter's hearing, and the hearing of nearby bystanders from the muzzle blast of the ignited powder. They don't do the James Bond phffft thing.