What is the difference between a low velocity and high velocity gun?

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I don't know if this answer will satisfy you, but there is not much difference. Higher velocity is higher speed. But 1100 feet per second (appx) is the speed of sound, and guns that have a "subsonic" bullet are much quieter than guns whose bullets break the sound barrier at just a slightly higher velocity.

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