Thread: Indoor range

Greetings All,
I have a range on our small block. It is only used occasionally and I had previously spoken to all of the near neighbors and do so to the new ones when properties change ownership. I limit myself to 10 or so shots to each session and not on consecutive days. This means that if a neighbor hears some shots they know they will stop soon and there won't be any tomorrow. One of the neighbors asked if I could let him know prior to shooting so he could put his noise averse dog in a room with the radio on. Done. My range is in a small valley, with the bench in a grove of trees and our property extends to the ridge line on three sides so there is likely some noise abatement from that. Recently I started fitting suppressors to my rifles and this has helped greatly. Even my wife only hears one shot of two only about 30 metres from the bench. These days I also save the un suppressed rifles for our club range days as much as possible.
I think the message here is to keep the din down, as much as possible, in both volume and duration and talk to your neighbors before blasting away.
Regards Grandpamac.