Gun or nail gun? Listen to the difference.

Jul 20, 2023

Christi Dewar, who survived Friday's shooting in Virginia Beach, said she thought she was hearing a nail gun.

We fired a compressed air-powered nail gun, a .22-caliber-powered nail gun and a .45-caliber Sig Sauer pistol with and without a suppressor. Here's what that they sound like.

NOTE TO READERS: These audio files contain real gunshots.

We fired a compressed air-powered nail gun, a .22-caliber-powered nail gun and a .45-caliber Sig Sauer pistol with and without a suppressor. Here's what that they sound like.

Note to readers: These audio files contain real gunshots.

Lee Tolliver, 757-222-5844, [email protected]

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