if you miss,or if you CLEANLY kill another critter nearby. I have followed a covey of quail on a windy day, the dry oak leaves on the ground masking the sounds of the death throes of the ones that I shot. I've taken 5 squirrels out of the same tree. I've taken 3 doves off of a wire, one right beside the other, until I poorly-hit the 3rd, and its thrashing about scared the others. That was with a canned Ruger .22 pistol, 30 paces from my car window. First 2 doves fell cleanly. 3 rd went down, but flopped a lot, and lost a lot of feathers as it fell.
A can on a gun changes EVERYTHING, both for foraging and for fighting. When guys can't tell where the shots came from, they "hide" on the wrong side of cover, so you get to shoot 1-2 more of them, after the initial barrage claims 2-5 of them (depending upon the range, caliber, distance between them, etc.) before you have to slip away. 5-7 casulties is a LOT more daunting, to a small group of jbt's or looters,than is ONE such loss. With jbt's, EACH guy wounded means 2 more have to CARRY HIM, and 3 more have to carry THEIR gear. So one hit =6 guys out of action.
Or that many have to stay, guard the guy, while the chopper comes in. Same effect, tying up enemy resources.
A can on a gun changes EVERYTHING, both for foraging and for fighting. When guys can't tell where the shots came from, they "hide" on the wrong side of cover, so you get to shoot 1-2 more of them, after the initial barrage claims 2-5 of them (depending upon the range, caliber, distance between them, etc.) before you have to slip away. 5-7 casulties is a LOT more daunting, to a small group of jbt's or looters,than is ONE such loss. With jbt's, EACH guy wounded means 2 more have to CARRY HIM, and 3 more have to carry THEIR gear. So one hit =6 guys out of action.