Jesse said, “I just might shoot some rabbit.”
Jonathan said, “Won’t the hikers hear the shots?”
Joe said, “That’s why I packed sub-sonics.”
Jonathan said, “Sub-sonics?”
“That loud crack you hear when you fire a .22 is the sound of the bullet breaking the sound barrier. Breaking it two times, really. Once speeding up and once slowing down. Sub-sonic ammo is designed to travel below the speed of sound. The loudest thing you’ll hear is the gun’s mechanism operating.”
Jesse said, “I thought you weren’t supposed to use subsonic ammo in rifles.”
"I think they’ll work just fine in that little bolt action Savage.
