Detached suppressor ?

[5.56×250]

Just thinking out loud about a possible situation I might find myself in at some point in the foreseeable future.
Land around my area is getting sliced thinner and thinner these days when your in the market for 5 to 10 acres ie, deep, but narrow. That's a good thing for a long range , uh, range, but a long skinny property creates a possibility of making enemies of your neighbors from all the racket.
This brings up my question for the fine members of LRH. Has any of you built a sound trap for your single bench , home shooting range ? Or did I just give away a patentable way to make a million dollars , lol ?
Seriously, I'm thinking about something like a 3' x 3' open ended box , maybe 6' long, permanently mounted in front of your shooting bench. On the inside of the box I'm thinking of acoustic insulation of some kind ie. Egg crate or foam. Just something to take the edge off the sonic boom to either side of the muzzle brake to keep the neighbors friendly. I cant be the only one who has thought of this for load developement when you might shoot 20 - 30 shots a day for several days in close proximity to others that might not like all the racket.
Thoughts ?

 

[Blackdirt Cowboy]

My thoughts is if they don't like the racket, they should've bought the land. I don't cotton to someone who doesn't own my dirt telling me what I can and can't do with it. Maybe that's just a Texas thing though.

 

[huntsman22]

5 to 10 acres ie, deep, but narrow. That's a good thing for a long range , uh, range,
Thoughts ?

Seriously, how long can a guy really go on 10 skinny acres?

 

[5.56×250]

My thoughts are , people move to the country for different reasons....raising animal, old folks retiring, and any of a million other reasons. If I can do my thing and not take away from there's, I WANT to do it. I dont cotton to someone telling me what to do on my land either , but I was raised to respect others and if I can , I'm not gonna take away their peace of mind just so i can have mine.

 

[cohunt]

be more concerned about people claiming your bullets are ricocheting onto their property-- that's what happened with my neighbor that didn't like me shooting on my agg land

 

[5.56×250]

Seriously, how long can a guy really go on 10 skinny acres?

Half mile or so. Plenty for a private range to piddle around.

 

[5.56×250]

be more concerned about people claiming your bullets are ricocheting onto their property-- that's what happened with my neighbor that didn't like me shooting on my agg land

Yea, that can be an issue too. I rent a backhoe and build a dirt berm to catch my rounds. Not only does that help keep complaints down, it gives me peace of mind that I'm not sending lead where I dont want it to go. Last thing I want to do is hit someone's kid playing in their back yard.

 

[cohunt]

Yea, that can be an issue too. I rent a backhoe and build a dirt berm to catch my rounds. Not only does that help keep complaints down, it gives me peace of mind that I'm not sending lead where I dont want it to go. Last thing I want to do is hit someone's kid playing in their back yard.

no ricochets from me, but that was the way the "neighbor" tried to get me to stop shooting on my land was to claim she had "bullets flying over her head"--she also claimed I was shooting into hay bails and the bullets were going through--no hay bails anywhere on that property, only appropriate back stops---if you have a neighbor that doesn't like you shooting there is nothing you can do to stop the complaints

 

[5.56×250]

no ricochets from me, but that was the way the "neighbor" tried to get me to stop shooting on my land was to claim she had "bullets flying over her head"--she also claimed I was shooting into hay bails and the bullets were going through--no hay bails anywhere on that property, only appropriate back stops---if you have a neighbor that doesn't like you shooting there is nothing you can do to stop the complaints

Yea, some folks cant be appeased. For them, I'd take the suppressor down when they pulled in their yard. For the sheriff though, who has to come out and try to keep the peace when the complains come in, showing him the backstop and your effort to have a safe shooting area help him to understand who is being reasonable in the dispute.he usually wont come back after that and the nosey neighbor just has Facebook to cry to about their noisy neighbor.

 

[snookntarpon]

I have seen underground ranges with suppressor walls like the patent you mention. Work really well. Opening is usually one foot square. sound proofed baffles spaced 8" apart. on all 4 sides, tapering down. gives you a narrow field of view, but with 100' to 300 ft underground shooting "tubes" it doesnt matter. out in the open i think it may limit you.
SnT

 

[5.56×250]

I have seen underground ranges with suppressor walls like the patent you mention. Work really well. Opening is usually one foot square. sound proofed baffles spaced 8" apart. on all 4 sides, tapering down. gives you a narrow field of view, but with 100' to 300 ft underground shooting "tubes" it doesnt matter. out in the open i think it may limit you.
SnT

Yes sir, I dont think I'd be able to do something that tight or effective. I'm thinking more along the lines of something to cut the sharpness of the blast. You know, just enough to keep granny from jumping out of her chair and the horses from running through a barbed wire fence. Like the gun fire is 2 properties over instead of next door.

 

[WildRose]

Just thinking out loud about a possible situation I might find myself in at some point in the foreseeable future.
Land around my area is getting sliced thinner and thinner these days when your in the market for 5 to 10 acres ie, deep, but narrow. That's a good thing for a long range , uh, range, but a long skinny property creates a possibility of making enemies of your neighbors from all the racket.
This brings up my question for the fine members of LRH. Has any of you built a sound trap for your single bench , home shooting range ? Or did I just give away a patentable way to make a million dollars , lol ?
Seriously, I'm thinking about something like a 3' x 3' open ended box , maybe 6' long, permanently mounted in front of your shooting bench. On the inside of the box I'm thinking of acoustic insulation of some kind ie. Egg crate or foam. Just something to take the edge off the sonic boom to either side of the muzzle brake to keep the neighbors friendly. I cant be the only one who has thought of this for load developement when you might shoot 20 - 30 shots a day for several days in close proximity to others that might not like all the racket.
Thoughts ?

About the simplest sound trap you can put together is to stuff a mattress inside of a 55gal barrel with about a 9" entry and 12" exit cut in each end. You can use concrete reinforcing wire or something similar to keep the mattress in place.

A longer but still very effective trap is a simple piece of culvert pipe about 15' or longer.

 

[WildRose]

My thoughts are , people move to the country for different reasons....raising animal, old folks retiring, and any of a million other reasons. If I can do my thing and not take away from there's, I WANT to do it. I dont cotton to someone telling me what to do on my land either , but I was raised to respect others and if I can , I'm not gonna take away their peace of mind just so i can have mine.

A little effort to get along goes a long way towards having good neighbors.

 

[WildRose]

Half mile or so. Plenty for a private range to piddle around.

Yep, it all of course depends on the width. I've seen some "mini ranches" with lots that were 50-100yds wide and very deep.