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One of the kids I went to elementary school with had a "gun tunnel" off of his basement running about 25 yards into his back yard. If memory serves, it was about 5 feet underground, and lined with spiral corrugated culvert about 2 1/2 feet in diameter. Out in the yard it terminated in a buried enclosure that was made out of concrete, with a hinged steel lid.
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I had a client that was pursuing this option a few years ago. Having an underground 2 lane, 25 yd range with proper ventilation and a Savage Systems trap was going to cost between $120-130K. Permits and other city/county fees not included...
My home basement is about 3/4 finished. There is a crawl space under the family room with a 28" x 24" crawl-through door.
In my younger days I, and a neighbor, managed to get a 36" x 48" sheet of 1/2" steel plate, diagonally, through that door.
The top of the plate is loosely anchored to a joist with a couple 1/4" lag screws. The plate is at a 40 degree slope and deflecting everything down into the dirt. Also added a switchable light directed at the targets/plate.
Behind the plate is concrete foundation. That plate is 2 to 4 feet below grade on the other side of the foundation. I can shoot from 60' away, this is through an open door into the furnace room. Even rigged up a manual pulley target holder.
I've never hit the foundation but while playing 'quick-draw' one night I did manage to put a furrow into the crawl-through door frame. ;-\
I used to shoot IPSC, before the 'arms/optics race', and worked up many differing loads for .45 on my Dillon 550.
I've shot pistols up to .44 Mag and 22 rifles down there. I've never noticed the plate moving, even with the .44.
I close up the basement windows and you really can't hear much outside. I used to wait for momma to take the dogs shopping.
After awhile the smoke gets kind of heavy and I open the windows and turn on a couple window fans for an hour or two.
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Last edited by whitbaby; 11-13-2013 at 16:48.
If you have a big yard you could bury a shipping container and leave the far end open so you're just shooting into the dirt. You could even expand as much as you want by adding containers.
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I don't have a basement but know people who shoot suppressed .22 in their basements all the time. They simply don't make it a habit of telling anyone in code enforcement about it.
My grandparents owned a rather large home above the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA (it's now the HQ of the Moonies oddly enough). There was a bowling alley in the basement and at five years old I was allowed to shoot my grandfathers 1911 in the far lane any time I wanted. Sadly, hearing protection was not used back then...
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I've thought about something like this using pre-cast concrete drainage pipe (4 or 5 foot) ... making it to where it doesn't leak is going to be the biggest challenge. That and you really want your ventilation on the target end so it pulls all the nasty chemicals that result from shooting indoors (and there's a lot of nasty chemicals that end up in the air when you shoot a gun ... that's why just shooting a suppressed .22 indoors is a bad idea even though it's not that loud).
Honestly though, the cost of building it (and then tearing it out whenever you decide to sell ... you really don't want that big an "off permit" construction project to be discovered by would-be buyers since in addition you being forced to remove it you might incur the wrath of the local building inspector) seems to me it would be cheaper to buy some country property and build an outdoor range there.
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cheaper yes. as convenient no.
I've worked on 3 homes in the last few hears with underground in home ranges. One in Parker, one in Steamboat and one in Ft Collins.
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This has been a dream of mine for as long as long as i can remember....
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