Where can I test fire a gun in a house while making the least noise?

Garage, attic, basement (it has those little swing-out windows) or a large ground-floor closet?





Also, what's the risk of blowing out any of the basement windows?Where can I test fire a gun in a house while making the least noise?
For god's sake, don't be a moron and shoot a gun in your house.Where can I test fire a gun in a house while making the least noise?
first off i'm with the rest ';DON'T FIRE A GUN IN A HOUSE'; (unless it is for self protection and then as a last resort only) that being said i have read in a major gun publication magazine where the writer used his pistol (i think it was a .357) with bullets pulled and powder removed and only the primer remained. He then melted some parifin wax into a pan so that he had about a half inch or maybe less there. he pushed the open end of the shell caseing into the wax and waited a few minutes. he used a light wooden box as a backstop. the sound was less than the clap of your hand and the wax would not penatrate any thing of any substance. he used it as a training aid for trigger pull and sight picture and his wife did not mind too much as long as he cleaned up the misses //// i have never tried this but he said the primer had enough power to push the wax bullet out of his gun but not enough to be a danger to any one or any thing //// just clean your gun very well after firing in this manner!!!
this is one of the questions that really makes me worry about people that have no business with a firearm. YOU DO NOT DISCHARGE A FIREARM INSIDE YOUR HOUSE!.


For many reasons. Safety being number one. You can endanger yourself, family members, neighbors and passers by. Take it to a range, or to a safe outdoor area where you are certain of the downrange area.


I have seen a few foolish people do this. One fired a black powder pistol in his garage at 3 4';x4'; boards, which he missed, the ball passed thru the garage door and struck the grill of the mayors car who just happened to be driving up the street. It passed thru the grill, thru the radiator and lodged against the water pump. The ';shooter'; was charged with reckless endangerment, discharging a firearm in city limits and spent over $100,000 defending himself before he was convicted and sent to jail. Another einstein jr fired his .45acp down his hallway and into a stack of phone books. The round passed between two of the phone books, exited the exterior wall and went thru the condenser of his neighbors AC unit. Also convicted. Another fired his .357 Magnum into his basement wall (not realizing that it was concrete behind the paneling). The bullet ricochet upwards, passing thru his wifes hand, and continuing up into the floor of the third floor, where it passed thru the upstairs closet and thru his wifes mink coat. I don't think you want to know the results of that one.


In short, don't do it.


shoot safe
If your using a basement I hope you have something the will stop the bullets because otherwise your foundation walls are going to be pounded to peices. Rule #4 is a big thing but you can make your own indoor range. But what are you going to use as a bullet cache?





Firing a gun will not damage the windows. But I would stuff some towels to lessen the noise heard outside.
This is why sound suppressors (';silencers';) were originally invented. Unfortunately, in the US at least, access to such things is highly restricted. Contact BATFE for details. Otherwise, you're SOL.
The basement. Then you have the whole house on top of you to muffle the sound. You won't blow out the basement windows with anything less than a cannon.
I shoot a 9x18 in my basement all the time. No windows blown out. I Shoot at boxes of old phone books. No trouble yet.
Don't. Just...don't.





The only building you should fire a gun in is a gun range.
If you have to ask because you know it's incredibly stupid and may harm something, you probably shouldn't do it?
you never fire a gun in a house
Might have to refer you to your local sheriff's department.