Charley C
Member
Back Yard Shooting Ranges
With all of this talk about so-called "back yard" shooting ranges, I'm very surprised than no one yet has mentioned anything about:
!. What kind of gun / guns are likely to be used on a particular range; as everyone here already knows, various different guns produce various different levels of noise, and a lot of people can't stand things that are "noisy".
2. Noise; How much shooting is likely to be going on, the time of day, proximity to neighbors, etc etc etc
The first thing that people living any where near "any place" where any target shooting is done on any kind of a regular basis, is, they hear the gunfire, and they wonder......."will I need to worry about any stray bullets coming into my property"?
Secondly, all guns, (even .22 hand guns and rifles ) make a certain amount of noise, and many people, (actually a LOT of people ) just don't like the sound of gunfire, legal, illegal, or otherwise.
These are just a few of the things that I thought about before I started doing any target shooting on my property. I discussed it with my only neighbor who lives less than maybe 1,000 yards from my place, then I discussed it with a good friend (who just happens to be our County Sheriff. ) Mike advised me that as long as the location where I did my shooting was "safe", there wasn't anything anyone could "do about it" inasmuch as it's on my own property, in a VERY SAFE location; (the bottom of a ravine / "gully" with the terrain on either side being from 20 feet to 50 feet above where I shoot. I wasn't really that concerned about the "safety" angle, as I'm surround by dirt on 3 sides; I was mainly concerned about anyone hearing gunfire, then calling the Sheriff's Dept. and causing them a "bother". Mike assured me that they get "bothered" at least 500 times every day, but if I felt like giving the dispatcher a call when I'm going to be shooting, then they could relay that "info" to any callers or complainers and they could avoid any unnecessary dispatches.
I think the "sound of gunfire" angle is the biggest worry people shooting on their own (rural ) property need to think about. I already knew I would be "legal" and "safe"; I just don't want anyone living within a mile or two of me thinking that I'm a "nuisance".
With all of this talk about so-called "back yard" shooting ranges, I'm very surprised than no one yet has mentioned anything about:
!. What kind of gun / guns are likely to be used on a particular range; as everyone here already knows, various different guns produce various different levels of noise, and a lot of people can't stand things that are "noisy".
2. Noise; How much shooting is likely to be going on, the time of day, proximity to neighbors, etc etc etc
The first thing that people living any where near "any place" where any target shooting is done on any kind of a regular basis, is, they hear the gunfire, and they wonder......."will I need to worry about any stray bullets coming into my property"?
Secondly, all guns, (even .22 hand guns and rifles ) make a certain amount of noise, and many people, (actually a LOT of people ) just don't like the sound of gunfire, legal, illegal, or otherwise.
These are just a few of the things that I thought about before I started doing any target shooting on my property. I discussed it with my only neighbor who lives less than maybe 1,000 yards from my place, then I discussed it with a good friend (who just happens to be our County Sheriff. ) Mike advised me that as long as the location where I did my shooting was "safe", there wasn't anything anyone could "do about it" inasmuch as it's on my own property, in a VERY SAFE location; (the bottom of a ravine / "gully" with the terrain on either side being from 20 feet to 50 feet above where I shoot. I wasn't really that concerned about the "safety" angle, as I'm surround by dirt on 3 sides; I was mainly concerned about anyone hearing gunfire, then calling the Sheriff's Dept. and causing them a "bother". Mike assured me that they get "bothered" at least 500 times every day, but if I felt like giving the dispatcher a call when I'm going to be shooting, then they could relay that "info" to any callers or complainers and they could avoid any unnecessary dispatches.
I think the "sound of gunfire" angle is the biggest worry people shooting on their own (rural ) property need to think about. I already knew I would be "legal" and "safe"; I just don't want anyone living within a mile or two of me thinking that I'm a "nuisance".