Thread: Shooting range 'silencer'

Interesting idea that could be useful where noise is a problem.

https://youtu.be/_92FIHLpzJ4?si=aMxG1GdJfWNG1ChV

Wrong link I think !

@30.06king - Definitely! Here's the right one... https://youtu.be/WJZUYTBo-aA?si=G7kiR8jjs0-9rhR3

By the look of it they are motorcycle tyres and these size of them would allude to each tyre having ost half a rifle ($500 for a cheaper one than those whoppers on my last tyre change) one could say the suppressor cost 3 times what the riflle did....I bet he had a whole lot of fun turning the new tyres into old tyres for the suppressor.....

Originally Posted by timattalon

By the look of it they are motorcycle tyres and these size of them would allude to each tyre having ost half a rifle ($500 for a cheaper one than those whoppers on my last tyre change) one could say the suppressor cost 3 times what the riflle did....I bet he had a whole lot of fun turning the new tyres into old tyres for the suppressor.....

You could pick a bunch of worn ones up from a tyre shop, saves them disposing of them and costs you very little.

@XR500

This is not a new idea by any standard. The same thing can be achieved by a solid pipe , it just needs to be long enough and relies on projecting the sound forward.

Grab old tyres from a tyre outfit, save them disposal costs. Years ago I did similar, grabbed tyres of silage pit when stopped making silage. Tyres work well due to labyrinth type effect disperses noise well. Used to sight in center fire rifles into pit bank without disturbing neighbours. Farm long gone sadly, all in fucking grapes now.

The plastic ones I printed worked better the the aluminium/carbon fibre ones I made. I would guess it was less hard surfaces to cause sound bouncing same results as with these tryes

Originally Posted by inglishill

You could pick a bunch of worn ones up from a tyre shop, saves them disposing of them and costs you very little.

But where is the fun in that? That would be like buying old brass rather than emptying it yourself..... I agree car tyres would be plenty about and most places would give them to you...But those particular bike tyres would be for a fairly substantial bike like a Diavel or similar.....Enev my Honda 1500 does not have tyres that big so wearing out that many back tyres (10000 km per tyre on a big bike like that) ...6 tyres is a very good amount of fun in my mind...Probably in excess of 1200 hours riding......Down side is I know that while a used tyre is free....those ones would have been rather pricey when new.....

Man that has given me some ideas

Been thinking of doing something similar, given the best spot for a range on my place is right where the animals are.

A tunnel of say?? 20 car tyres should make inroads into excess noise,it also limits the zone of possible fire.

Originally Posted by Maca49

@XR500

Well that's all the spare silage tyres given a new life!

Originally Posted by whanahuia

Been thinking of doing something similar, given the best spot for a range on my place is right where the animals are.

The range where I usually shoot is on a dairy farm. Not unusual to have milking cows or heifers in the immediately adjacent paddock. The paddock fencing allows animals to get quite close to the butts and if the animals feed into one particular corner you would be shooting over their backs. All the animals ther are now well accustomed to my shooting visits and are not phased in the slightest with any gunfire noise, and I don't use suppressors. In fact, they are quite inquistive and sometime stand at the fence looking at me ( probably hoping I will feed them something ). If thet get down into that fenced corner I have to trot down there to shoo them back to resume shooting. If they are feeding that way as I shoot they do so completely at ease and don't even lift their heads.
On other occasions I've been target shooting on farm with nearby livestock. I always watch how stock reacts to ensure I'm not causing any animal panic and if I saw that wouls immediately stop shooting. Stock new to my shooting have always stood in place, initially watching me for several minutes and when they realise there is no danger just resume feeding as usual.

A few years ago I was on a non dairy farm that bounded onto a dairy unit. I fired a few shost, watched the cows over the fence that behaved exactly as above and had a good shooting session. Talking to the land owner later he aplolgetically said he couldn't let me shoot again. His dairy farm neighbour was a women claiming my shooting had caused mass panic among her herd with cows racing around madly and that her milk production would suffer for the next week. I don't know what her problem was but her claims were complete BS. Once her cows were over the initial curiosity they didn't give a toss about the noise, and I would have stopped if I had seen any cows looking freaked out. I didn't want to stir the pot so let the matter lie.