He Made a DIY Suppressor Out of a Pillow 🤯
A short video clip tests whether the Hollywood 'pillow suppressor' trick actually works. The presenter fires a gun with and without a pillow to compare sound levels, finding it does reduce noise but causes malfunctions. He also mentions a DIY bottle-and-toilet-paper suppressor as an alternative.
Summary
The video is a brief, informal experiment aimed at debunking or confirming a common Hollywood trope: using a pillow pressed against a firearm to suppress the sound of a gunshot. The presenter fires a round without any suppression so viewers can hear the baseline sound, then fires again with a pillow held over the muzzle to demonstrate the difference.
The results suggest that the pillow trick does in fact reduce the sound of the gunshot to a noticeable degree, partially validating the Hollywood portrayal. However, the presenter notes a significant practical drawback — using a pillow induces malfunctions in the firearm, making it unreliable.
The presenter then shares a personal anecdote, mentioning that when he did not have access to a proper suppressor, he would improvise by stuffing a plastic bottle full of toilet paper and attaching it to the end of the barrel, claiming this method also worked as a rudimentary suppressor. The clip is casual and conversational in tone, blending a myth-busting premise with firsthand DIY firearms knowledge.
Key Insights
- The presenter argues that the Hollywood pillow trick actually does work to reduce gunshot noise, partially validating the common movie trope rather than fully debunking it.
- The presenter states that while the pillow does make the gunshot quieter, it induces a significant number of malfunctions in the firearm.
- The presenter expresses a clear preference for a regular suppressor over the pillow method, framing the pillow as an inferior and unreliable alternative.
- The presenter claims that he personally used to improvise a suppressor by stuffing a bottle full of toilet paper and placing it on the end of the barrel.
- The presenter implies the toilet-paper-in-a-bottle method was effective, suggesting low-cost household materials can function as rudimentary firearm suppressors.
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Transcript
[0:00] Next thing we're going to debunk in Hollywood, the old pillow trick where they put the pillow on somebody's head, pull the trigger like it suppresses it. Maybe it does. Actually, it probably does. Maybe they're going to debunk us. I just want to shoot a couple of rounds here just so you guys can hear the difference. You hear that? Let me get my trusty pillow over here. >> It's got to silence. IT does make it quieter, but it does induce [0:31] a lot of malfunctions. I'd rather just use a regular suppressor. But if I didn't have one, you know what I used to do? I used to just stuff a bottle full of toilet paper…
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