Anyone shoot rimfire in their basement?

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I'm batching this weekend I have the itch to shoot. There's a box of CB Longs sitting here that are calling out to me.:eek: Any good advice?:D
 
You're probably going to break your municipality's discharge laws, though I doubt anyone would hear the shots.. I tried some CB Longs in my Cooey 600 last time I was up north, and I wasn't sure it'd even gone off. I can fart louder than those things.

Seriously though.. is it worth risking loss of your firearms should an accident occur?
 
Actually I wasn't going to, just fighting the urge. I will probably turn my Condor down and shoot 10M though.
 
As tempting as it is I wouldn't do it either. I used to shoot primer only propelled wax bullets out of my .44 magnum and then later on used rubber bullet's. Lot's of fun and more safe then shooting .22's. :D
 
One thing to consider is that you could run the risk of contaminating your house with lead. If your basement doesn't have enough ventilation you could also be breathing the lead dust. It would probably take a large amount of shooting on a regular basis to create a problem, but lead is definitely something to be careful of. Real ranges have good ventilation for a reason.
 
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One thing to consider is that you could run the risk of contaminating your house with lead. If your basement doesn't have enough ventilation you could also be breathing the lead dust. It would probably take a large amount of shooting on a regular basis to create a problem, but lead is definitely something to be careful of. Real ranges have good ventilation for a reason.
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Lead is probably my biggest fear. I think air rifle at subsonic vecocities should be OK though. At least that is what I am hoping.
 
I recall doing that as a kid (with Dad's supervision!) with the Anschutz/CIL bolt action. Target was two phonebooks about 15 feet away. Was fun digging out the lead afterwards :)
 
Have a good back stop to absorb the bullets, no big deal. Anything bigger and I'd recommend ear muffs, oh yeah it might be "ILL-EAGLE" but who cares about sick birds?
 
a 16"x16" box build with 2"x10", face close by some plywood and fill with sand make a good back stop for .22 ammo, bullet stop on the sand dont fill the air with lead dust like the regular stell bullet trap. it's the perfect way to test a semi-auto or to sight a .22 at home.


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Sure, sure, a great idea matou2041. I'm sure my wife doesn''t mind vacuuming up the sand. After all I'm the one who wear's the pants in the family. :rolleyes: (Thank god she can't read this!!! ;))

The only downside is my house size. Unless I put the target 50 yards away the bullets have the tendancy to all go into the same hole, unless I pistol shoot offhand.:p
 
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With some lay of silicone you never have to vacum sand, when you have to much big hole just fill it with silicon. I live in a regular bungalow (1000 squares foots) and I got a 10 yards range on the basement is not the best but for air gun, basic sight in and .22 testing is god enought.

PS The best ammo I got to do that is the rem. subsonic, the cb long is not accurate at all. All the copper washe bullet I can buy is hv to munch noisy for basement shooting.
 
I was kinda thinking about doing it but then realized how stupid it would be if anything happened. You can't take too many precautions with firearms and shooting inside a home is not a good idea. Like someone mentioned earlier, the media would have a field day with an event like this and it would only put fuel on the Liberal's fire. Lead is another thing you don't want to be exposed to, no matter what the quantity is. A .22 LR probably wouldn't make enough noise but imagine if someone heard it and called the cops.

911- "911, what's your emergency?"

Granny- "I can hear gunshots in the house next to me"

Next thing you know, the SWAT team if on your door.
 
This entire conversation reminds me of a somewhat odd individual that attended the safety course the same day as me. He asked all sorts of questions, including asking if he could shoot in his basement. That may not seem weird, but the rest of his behavior sure as heck was.

I ended up seeing him at Bass Pro months later and he asked me (while I was wearing my coat and not dressed in the usual manner of someone working there) if I worked there and if I could some ammo for him.
 
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