Boom Library Gun Handling Relaunch

Designer-Ready Weapon Mechanics. These dry close-mic recordings provide the perfect foundation for custom weapon sound design and immersive game audio, featuring not only reloading, but also grabbing, shaking, rattling.

Every Shot Starts Before the Trigger Gun Handling Sound Effects | Firearm Foley & Mechanics
Capture the true mechanical weight of firearms with pristine foley recordings. GUN HANDLING delivers the essential clicks, slides, and reloads required for believable action sequences.

Rebuilt for Absolute Control
We fully rebuilt and massively expanded GUN HANDLING. The new library triples the size of the predecessor, offering over 1,700 sounds and a new weapon selection, covering modern and classic firearms. We moved away from live shooting ranges and utilized heavily dampened indoor acoustic spaces to capture the intricate, tactile sounds of weapons with zero environmental reflections.

The Sounds That Set the Scene
Gunfire is only half the story. The subtle mechanics of a firearm establish the reality of a scene before a single shot is fired. This library provides the vital safety clicks, magazine inserts, bolt pulls, and grip adjustments needed to build authentic tension.

Focus on Usability from the Ground Up
The library comes with UCS naming, streamlined Metadata, consistent six variations per file and with lots of different actions per gun, built for modern production workflows - recorded in a highly controlled, acoustically treated indoor space. You receive the pure mechanical sound of the weapon, with barely any baked-in environmental reflections.

Pure, Dry Recordings
Every file in this collection is acoustically uncolored. This approach guarantees that the sounds will fit seamlessly into any environment you are building. You have the absolute freedom to apply your own convolution reverbs and spatial processing to match your specific scene.

More Weapons. More Actions. Less Room Tone.
This rebuild triples the size of the original offering. With over 1,700 individual sounds and more than 2GB of high-definition content, the library covers assault rifles, submachine guns, pistols, revolvers, and bolt-action rifles. We captured multiple variations of every action to ensure you never run out of options.

Comprehensive Weapon Coverage
We sourced an extensive arsenal of firearms to ensure complete coverage for any project. You will find detailed mechanical Foley for modern assault rifles, classic revolvers, tactical submachine guns, and heavy bolt-action rifles. Each weapon was recorded with surgical precision to capture its unique mechanical signature.

Ready for the Mix
The focus of this library is pure utility. The sounds are edited, categorized, and metadata-tagged to keep your workflow fast and efficient. Drop them into a tight close-up shot for immediate ASMR-level detail, or layer them under chaotic battle scenes to ground the action in physical reality.

What’s Inside
Assault Rifle
Arming Hammer
Bolt Action Rifle
Bullet Load
Bullet Unload
Chamber Open
Chamber Close
Cocking
Cocking Malfunction
Cocking Snap
Dryfire
Folding Stock
Grab
Guns
Handle
Loose
Mag Change
Mag Insert Snap
Mechanism
Pistol
Rattle
Revolver
Safety
Scope
Semiautomatic Rifle
Shotgun
Submachine Gun