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This sound library focuses on the detailed handling of two different types of ammunition belts: a long 7.62x51mm belt with spent shells, and a shorter .303 British belt loaded with live bullets.
A variety of actions were recorded, including handling, shaking, sliding, and pickup/drop movements on various surfaces and inside both wooden and metal ammo boxes. The combination of metal links and cartridges provides a rich palette of mechanical textures, manipulations, and impacts.
Captured using both stereo and mono setups, this collection offers foley recordings suitable for weapon handling design, military props, mechanical sound layering, and more.
Gear used
MixPre-6 II • MKH30 • MKH8040 • C411 • MKH416
Metadata
This sound library is UCS compliant and comes with fully embedded metadata compatible with Soundly, Soundminer and Basehead.
The Heckler & Koch USP Expert sound effects library features firing and performed effects from a 2002 German .308W (7.62×51) caliber rifle in 94 clips and 2.59 gigabytes of audio.
The collection includes 23 perspectives across 49 channels of audio (including an Ambisonic perspective) of firing, grabbing, handling, movement, stock hits, and safety movements, and more. The gunshots were captured from close to over 150 meters distant from mono, stereo, up to 8-track Holophone recordings.
The sound library includes 18+ fields of Soundminer metadata, BWAV, and iXML metadata and MacOS Finder comments, as well as Pro Tools and Reaper sessions with all fx pre-aligned to allow editors to begin mixing and editing immediately.
The Avtomat Kalashnikova needs no introduction, so let us at Flysound instead draw your attention to the intricate treatment we gave this iconic assault rifle at the outdoor range, and also back at the studio for handling foley.
Our all-angle library includes the recording of distant shots on Neumann U87s in quadro formation. Our mic-ing and capturing process has been varied enough to give you all the sound versatility you’ll need for a fully dynamic project. A military shooter handled the weapon – standard issue AK-74M, and manipulated it for us to record all the relevant sounds manifested by its celebrated engineering design.
Also included are several pre-designed mixed sounds for quick-use without additional mixing needed. We offer this comprehensive library of fire, single-round and automatic, and all the accompanying handling factors that you will need when it comes time in your project for the ting to go skrrrrra!
Anime Weapon Sound Effects – 681 Stylized Sounds for Your Game!
Bring your game to life with 681 high-quality anime weapon sound effects, carefully designed for easy implementation in any project. Whether you’re crafting an anime RPG, action-packed hack-and-slash, or futuristic mecha shooter, this sound pack delivers everything you need to create satisfying and immersive combat audio.
Each weapon type comes with game-ready, clearly named files, making it simple to drop them into your project and features variations from light to heavy, critical, and epic, giving you full control over intensity and impact:
🔹 Swords & Spears – Swings, swooshes, impact hits, and special skills
🔹 Bows – String draw, arrow release, and impact sounds
🔹 Lasers & Mecha – Power-up charges, shots, impacts, and skill effects
🔹 Guns – Designed anime-style gunshots with skill variations
The sci fi world of movies and games has shown us many space battles – and this sound collection guides us to the realm of laser sounds, with a total of 105 laser and blaster sound effects.
The EFX Assault Rifles collection includes weapon sounds from the AK-47 Kalashnikov, the Colt AR15/M16 and the European FN-FAL, HECKLER & KOCH 33 and SIG 551 assault rifles.
The AK47 Collection:
126 sounds, 110 MB
The AR15/M16 Collection:
377 sounds, 324 MB
The European Assault Rifle Collection
featuring the FN-FAL, HECKLER & KOCH 33 and SIG 551: 126 sounds, 123 MB
Create high quality air rifle sound collages with this foley-based sound library, filled with multiple one-shot sounds of handling, jiggling, dropping, grabbing; as well as what you’d expect from a BB gun library, including compression chamber pumping, cocking sounds from the piston drive compartment and good old-fashioned clean pellet shots on a neutral environment.
This bundle includes:
The EFX BLACK POWDER Weapons pack is a collection of 19th Century pistol, revolver and rifle weapon sounds.
The collection includes recordings of 1777 AN IX & Lepage pistols, REMINGTON 1858 & RUGER OLD ARMY revolver, 1777 AN IX, 1822 TBIS, GIBBS, LEE ENFELD, PARKER HALE rifles – as well as a number of salvos from black powder rifles.
Travel back in time and recreate classic gunfights and shootouts with this collection of vintage weapon sounds.
Debsound – Bullet Shell Falling Sound Effect Pack
This sound collection contains 24 pieces of high quality metal bullet shell falling on concrete or hard surfaces.
It can be great for action-packed game developments where there are a lot of shooting.
This sound effect collection is ideal for use in game software, applications, commercials, movies, TV shows,
videos, animation, and any other entertainment industry where a high-quality audio effect is essential.
WORLD WAR I FIREARMS is a library of authentic WWI weapon sound effects — recorded outdoors with original rifles, revolvers, and shotguns. It captures not just the gunshots, but the full mechanical reality: cocking, reloading, dryfires, misfires, and handling. Multiple mic perspectives across two contrasting environments deliver natural space and variation. Built for professional sound designers who need real material with real character.
Original rifles, revolvers, and shotguns from the First World War – recorded on location with expertise. No replicas, no modern stand-ins. Just the real thing.
Includes everything from dryfires and reloads to bolt actions and handling. These elements bring weight and realism to your design, far beyond the shot itself.
Recorded at two distinct outdoor locations – one reflective, one diffuse – to capture authentic tail behaviour. Includes close, mid, and far mic positions for spatial control.
Stereo, Ambisonics, and ORTF3D formats ensure the library fits into post, game, or immersive production pipelines without compromise.
BOOM Library proudly presents CYBER WEAPONS, the next generation sound effects library for futuristic, modern and Sci-Fi weaponry. From small sidearm-grade lasers to planet-melting beams of destruction, this bundle offers the whole range to pick from.
Design your own creations with the Construction Kit with over 3,600 source sounds. Launch an all-out galactic assault with ready-to-use sounds from the Designed collection. Time to pimp futuristic combat scenes with just the right sound!
This EFX French Rifle collection gets you the sound of authentic rifles from France. Includes recordings of a FAMAS F1 at various RPM, BERTHIER 1892, MLE 1873 and the FSA 1917.
HD Quality Stereo Sound effects in Futuristic, or steampunk style.
7 different rifle firing sounds. Each rifle includes: 10 single shot sound files, 2 sound loops and 2 full bursts(0,1 and 0,15 fire rate).
5 different shotgun firing sounds. Each shotgun includes: 10 single shot sound files.
5 different submachine gun firing sounds. Each submachine gun includes: 10 single shot sound files, 1 sound loops and 1 full bursts(0,1 fire rate).
4 different grenade launcher firing sounds. Each grenade launcher includes: 10 single shot sound files.
For rifles and submachine guns: 8 different gun reload sounds, 7 types of clip eject and 7 type of clip insert sounds.
For shotguns: Shell insert sounds for 4 different shotguns, Each includes 4 insert sounds.
1 type of grenade launcher grenade insert sounds, includes 4 insert sounds.
Also, 22 gun sounds: gun handlings, recharges, spin ups, hiss sounds etc.
The Game Pack Mini 01: FPS contains over 7 minutes (200 files) of high quality ready to use individual designed assets for use with an FPS style game.
This pack offers a chance to sample some our released & upcoming new libraries for a accessible low price.
This pack has also been created to assist anyone learning our game audio implementation guide series found here.
The assets have been designed for use with computer game media, however this pack is suited for all forms of audio media.
All assets have been recorded & produced at 96kHz/24bit with high quality hardware.
Included in this pack, Individual Designed assets for:
Please Note: this is a mini sample pack with minimal asset variations. Please see our vendors page for full unique packs that contain multiple asset variations & much more!
The Gun Pack 01: Rifle contains nearly 30 minutes (191 files) of high quality rifle gunshots & Foley with multiple mic positions & characters from 5+ different types of rifles.
The assets have been designed for use with computer game media that demands high asset variations, however this pack is suited for all forms of audio media.
The included basic construction kit / original recordings enables further rifle details to be created for more granular focus & characteristics.
All assets have been recorded (externally / internally) & produced at 96kHz/24bit.
Included in this pack:
This library contains a huge number of sounds of empty gun shells and machine-gun belt links (22 calibers and 3 types of links). This is the first part in this series with sounds on concrete and granite stone surfaces only. This library includes a vast amount of sound variations (fall, roll, drop, collisions, bursts, etc.), more than 8500 sounds.
In addition, you can choose the most appropriate sound for your project, since each sound is provided in three distance options (close, middle and distant). This is useful when working with movies and video games. Recording was made in the studio. All files have metadata on the caliber used by the weapon as well as some other details.
The library also has a selection of images of all these calibers. Track list (.XLS and .PDF) is also attached to it. This gun shells library will certainly bring more details to the action and shooting scenes of your projects.
Gun Sound Pack contains 266 gun sound effects. Guns included: Pistol, Revolver Pistol, Shotgun, Rifle, Sniper Rifle, Semi-Auto Rifle, Sub-Machine gun, Machine gun.
A perfect collection of gun sounds suitable for all types of sound designers, video editors, game developers or anyone who needs a large range of high quality gun sound effects ready to use out-of-the-box. Designed specifically for games, video and other media by award winning sound designers.
This pack also includes a variety of 150 bonus sounds effects from our full library Pro Sound Collection.
Note that ALL sounds from this package Gun Sound Pack are already included in our other premium sound packages Pro Sound Collection and WARFARE SOUNDS. So if you need more sounds including: ambiences, bullets impacts/flybys, explosions, footsteps, silenced guns and other additional weapons, death screams and MANY MORE. Be sure to check out Pro Sound Collection and WARFARE SOUNDS before purchase.
This is not another tired collection of stereo mixes or over-designed guns. We are proud to offer a massive set of multi-channel gun recordings, produced by experienced weapon recordists. Each weapon in the library includes sounds from at least 8 microphone perspectives, covering close, medium, and distant perspectives. We traveled to the Arizona desert and recorded real guns, firing live rounds, in an great sounding outdoor environment.
We have kept these sounds as raw and unprocessed as possible. While we carefully edited and cleaned every sound, you may still encounter occasional noise (shell ejections, rumble, wind buffets, and other outdoor sounds). It is our belief that if removing noise takes away from the character of the sound, we’d rather leave it alone, and let the end user decide how to best fit the sound in their mix. Despite any small imperfections, these are the cleanest, most powerful, and most useful gun recordings you will find anywhere.
Each weapon offers multiple takes and perspectives. Semi-Auto and Bolt Action guns include multiple single shots (8-12). Full-Auto guns include multiple single shots, bursts, and long bursts (generally around 16-20+ rounds). You’ll find at least 8 microphone positions for each weapon; covering close, medium, and distant perspectives. View the weapon list to see everything that is included in this library.
Featuring 27 different weapons:
• Handguns
• Rifles
• Assault Rifles
• Submachine Guns
• Belt-Fed Machine Guns
• Suppressed weapons
Weapons included:
AK47, AR 10, FN FAL 7, SCAR17, Heckler & Kock HK 53, M4 Carabine, Glock 18, Kimber Customer II 1911, Smith & Wesson 686. Walther P1, Walther P99, Browning M2HB, M240, M249 SAW, PKM, RPD 7, Mosin Nagant M44 Bolt Action, Saiga IZ-139, Savage Arms Model 16 Bolt Action, SKS, FN P90, Heckler & Koch MP5, Mini UZI 9mm, Uzi 9mm, m4 Carabine Suppressed, Mini Uzi Suppressed, HK MP5 Suppressed
Guns contains 266 gun sound effects. Guns included: Pistol, Revolver Pistol, Shotgun, Rifle, Sniper Rifle, Semi-Auto Rifle, Sub-Machine gun, Machine gun. (The Gun part of this sound library can also be purchased individually HERE)
Bullets contains 153 bullet sound effects (23 bullet flybys and 130 bullet impacts). Bullet impacts covers 16 different surfaces. Body Flesh, Body Thump, Concrete/Brick, Dirt, Grass, Rock, Gravel, Glass, Metal Light, Metal Heavy, Wood Light, Wood Heavy, Water, Mud, Snow and Ice. Each surface has 8-9 sound variations. (The Bullets part of this sound library can also be purchased individually HERE)
Explosions contains 37 high quality, professionally designed explosion sounds. (The Explosion part of this sound library can also be purchased individually HERE)
This is the perfect collection of guns, bullets and explosions at a very affordable price. Designed specifically for games, video and other media by award winning sound designers. All sounds come ready to use.
This pack also includes a variety of 160 bonus sounds effects from our full library Pro Sound Collection. Note that ALL sounds from this package are already included in our other premium sound packages Pro Sound Collection and WARFARE SOUNDS. So be sure to check out Pro Sound Collection and WARFARE SOUNDS before purchase.
The sound of historical battlefields was loud and dominated by the explosive charges of smoky muskets, carbines, cannons and revolvers. HISTORICAL FIREARMS brings you the exact sound of these old-fashioned weapons. Loud, deadly, uncompromising and from the times where no one even thought about things like silencers or ammo clips.
Create great epic battles from the Civil War, the Napoleonic wars or design the grand finale of a thrilling pistol duel. This bundle gives you BOTH the Construction Kit, and Designed pack for maximum flexibility:
Applicable to any historical scenario
Your next project contains historical battlefields with thousands of infantry soldiers, some evil pistol-swinging pirates or fine gentlemen demanding “satisfaction” in an old-fashioned duel? With this library, you get all our HISTORICAL FIREARMS source recordings in high quality.
Amazing weapon variety
Shots of muzzle-loaders, muskets, carbines, pistols, cannons, breechloaders, etc. In addition to that, you will also find great handling sounds. Choose between 17 different weapons that were recorded on two locations in a multi-channel setup with 12 tracks.
Specs: Files: 366 • Sounds: 2270 • Size: 11.9 GB • Format: Wav, 24 bit/192 kHz
A bang for every occasion
Create great epic battles from the civil war, the napoleonic wars or design the grand finale of a thrilling pistol duel.
Orchestrate large battles in no time
HISTORICAL FIREARMS DESIGNED is your best choice for high quality sound effects of cannons, pistols, revolvers and rifles from the good old times. Whether you need some precise single shots or a group of up to 100 rifles. Scale it to your needs and let your audience reminisce the centuries past.
Specs: 74 • Sounds: 296 • Size: 0.9 GB • Format: Wav, 24 bit/96 kHz
This library contains a number of gun acoustics sound effects from many weapons: AK4, AK5, AK47, MP5, Walther PPK and Sig Sauer, being fired in a number of acoustically different indoor locations, a big stone hall, a cafeteria, a catacomb-like area, and a long corridor.
Intervention is the most complete and researched SWAT sound effects library ever made, featuring 26 weapons recorded by Hollywood’s premier weapons recordist, Charles Maynes.
We've compiled a collection of the most frequently used weapons by American SWAT units, offering you a complete sound set to work on modern films, television or games.
We’ve even included the source recordings for you to design your own gunshots, and plenty of additional foley, utilities, boots, explosives, gun handling and gear body movements, making this the most developed soundpack library in its genre.
All files are 24bit/96khz stereo files, meticulously embedded with Soundminer & Basehead metadata, including:
• 26 weapons commonly used by US SWAT teams
• Suppressed and burst variations for most weapons
• Shot variations for dry, open exterior, interior and urban locations
• 4 source layers for each weapon, allowing you to design your own shots
• 14 gun foley weapon sets including reloads, magazine inserts and cocking
• SWAT body gear movements
• Utilities like night vision goggles, batons, battering rams and more
• Large explosives and explosive sweeteners
• Designed gun handling files for gun movements
Charles Maynes' work includes Spider-Man, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and Resident Evil 5, and he is regarded as one of the go-to people in Hollywood and games for weapons recording. Intervention also contains gun foley recorded by another Hollywood sound pro, Matthew E. Taylor
Immerse players in intense firefights with these distinctive, futuristic laser weapons sounds, each sound meticulously crafted to evoke a strong sense of tactility
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