Plinking on private property?

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bristow84

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Are there any laws in Alberta that prevent plinking on private property? It would be a non restricted rifle and i do live on an acreage but in a subdivision. I've got quite a lot of trees behind the property as well, leading into a very dense bush so any stray shots would get stopped by a tree before too long
 
lol are you serious? you think you should count on trees to stop the round? you need a proper backstop aka: burm of dirt. and if you are in city limits i guarantee there is a no shooting bylaw.
 
bristow84 said:
Are there any laws in Alberta that prevent plinking on private property? It would be a non restricted rifle and i do live on an acreage but in a subdivision. I've got quite a lot of trees behind the property as well, leading into a very dense bush so any stray shots would get stopped by a tree before too long
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Define this measurement of time and/or distance please. That kind of general thinking could get one in some serious doo-doo if a stray shot happened to hit something or someone before or after "too long"
 
I don't have an exact measurement of how far the trees are but say less then 4 seconds after a shot. I do have a backstop I'm just saying in case there happens to be a stray round.

And im not in city limits, I'm about 20-30 minutes just from Sherwood park
 
If you are not shooting into a natural or man-made dirt/sand/clay berm, or at minimum a well defined steep dirt hill, I would not do it.
You can't count on dense trees to stop everything.
And it's doubtful that you have insurance to cover any strays.

There is a reason why shooting ranges have berms, and high insurance premiums.

Find a relative or friend with some heavy equipment who can create you a berm, and be sure to yearly maintain it from slumping.

And a gravel pit is not what you want.

Google shooting range berms to get information on them.
 
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