Pistol practice

Is it legal to shoot my pistol inside my house? I am bored and I think it would be neat to practice with my 22 pistol. I shoot it all the time in the garage but I wonder if it would be ok to shoot inside the house? What say you?

Sure, as long as you just shoot your television.

Why not? I knew a dude in Texas who fixed up a range in his basement. He had a walk in door into the basement and had a 48" x 48" sheet of 1/2 inch steel sheet metal rigged at a 45 degree angle with some kind of gel chunks about a foot deep to catch the bullets. he had an exhaust fan to blow the smoke outside. He fired a.38 usually. He was very careful and only skilled shooters were allowed .

The steel was super heavy and I have no idea how he got it inside.

Did Bob get ahold of your account, HG?? lol

Methinks the Gendarmes would frown upon it, but I remember a home builder that built a huge home on 8-mile Creek Road and it had a shooting range in the basement. The PNJ had a good sized article on it. He built the house in the 1980's, I think.

If you shoot it in the garage and no one calls the cops on you then by all means shoot it in the house.

alecto wrote:

If you shoot it in the garage and no one calls the cops on you then by all means shoot it in the house.

I like your logic, alecto.

alecto wrote:

If you shoot it in the garage and no one calls the cops on you then by all means shoot it in the house.

That was what I was thinking. I will test the theory out later on today. I missed a good chance when it was raining. . Rainy weather with thunder, etc would be perfect. Hmmmm Loud music would also be nice.

Eric wrote:

Methinks the Gendarmes would frown upon it, but I remember a home builder that built a huge home on 8-mile Creek Road and it had a shooting range in the basement. The PNJ had a good sized article on it. He built the house in the 1980's, I think.

Would that be the house that sort of looks like South Fork ranch from the TV series "Dallas"?

Ghost_Rider1949 wrote:

Eric wrote:

Methinks the Gendarmes would frown upon it, but I remember a home builder that built a huge home on 8-mile Creek Road and it had a shooting range in the basement. The PNJ had a good sized article on it. He built the house in the 1980's, I think.

Would that be the house that sort of looks like South Fork ranch from the TV series "Dallas"?

That rings a bell, but I can't say for sure.

A friend shot his monitor and he was arrested for discharging a weapon inside of a dwelling. I would ask one of the local cops first.. I use the range at Wilcox Rd along I-10.

Yes I bet there are a bunch of laws against it. That just makes it more of a challenge. If I can find it, I have old vhs video of shooting a TV. Old Sonys were damn sure hard to make pop. Thick glass. LOL

hallmarkgrad wrote:

Yes I bet there are a bunch of laws against it. That just makes it more of a challenge. If I can find it, I have old vhs video of shooting a TV. Old Sonys were damn sure hard to make pop. Thick glass. LOL

Well you can always buy a silencer.

I bought two from here, one for an AR15, one for a glock. You can legally own one as long as you meet the requirements it is just kind of a pain in the butt doing all the leg work and finding someone with a FFL to transfer it to.

http://www.impactguns.com/silencers.aspx

http://www.impactguns.com/how-to-order.aspx#class3

Thanks. When I lived in Seminole I could shoot off the front porch but I hardly ever did. Now I move back to the city and I have to shoot. LOL Go Figure. I think I will just give it a rest. Time to go riding.

alecto wrote:

Well you can always buy a silencer.

I bought two from here, one for an AR15, one for a glock. You can legally own one as long as you meet the requirements it is just kind of a pain in the butt doing all the leg work and finding someone with a FFL to transfer it to.

http://www.impactguns.com/silencers.aspx

http://www.impactguns.com/how-to-order.aspx#class3

No leg work in finding an FFL to initiate the transfer. You can go to http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/index.php and they have a tab at the top of their page titled "Locate FFL", type in your ziip code and it will show quite a few in the Pensacola area. Now what they charge for the transfer is another story.

Before I got my CCWL, I used Outcast Bait and Tackle on Barrancas. Since I ordered my guns through their online service, they waived the transfer fee and was only charged $5.00 for a background check, but thank goodness now that I have my CCWL I do not have to go through all that anymore.

Jake92 wrote:

A friend shot his monitor and he was arrested for discharging a weapon inside of a dwelling. I would ask one of the local cops first.. I use the range at Wilcox Rd along I-10.

There used to be an indoor range on "W" street just North of Beverly Parkway on the East side of "W" at a gun shop.

I read that Elvis used to shoot his TVs when he didn't like what was playing.

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Georgie Boy, did you get you a good bike ride completed?

Yes Rode the Lakewood/Navy Point loop. Little windy but it was good to get out.

Eric, I shot at that indoor range once back in the early 90's. I prefer shooting outside for some reason..

Jake92 wrote:

Eric, I shot at that indoor range once back in the early 90's. I prefer shooting outside for some reason..

I did too, i hate it when someone brings in .357 ouch!

I bought a smith and wesson from them for 250 bucks back then
Sold it. Last month for 750 it had custom grip.

My 45 is very custom, built by Carlos Hathcock. I bought it from him in 1972.. Google him.. He is one of my heros..