Anyone here use a "quiet box"?

[beerthief]

That was kinda my thinking, BT.
Speaking of quiet boxes, the gunwriter Rick Jamison bought a farm near Springfield, Oregon, some time back, and because he had rifles and handloads to test, he rigged a quiet box of scrap tires stuffed with rags, strung together and suspended over his shooting bench just inside the barn. Plenty of window to shoot through a tire. As far as I know, it worked well and kept the neighbors happy.

that big of opening , it
must have been a few tires 10 or 12 ?

 

[Firewalker]

IThat box is roughly 4x1.5x1.5’, which is about as big as I would want it.

My wife buys a tree every year and sends last years tree to the Philippines to her family. Artificial Chrismas trees there are pathetic and resemble brooms more than trees. The family loves our selection of fake trees. Problem that came up was the boxes we ship in were too short, bent the tree trunk and gave it a obvious list. I am prohibited from using current artificial Christmas tree boxes these days.

I put my sound proofing on the outside, looking back, I would have placed it inside then used 1/4 inch wire screen to keep the sound proofing in place.

I got the idea out of a gun magazine decades ago, a shooter made a 12’ 2x4 frame to hold old tires which he shot through.

RC

That's the only shooting tunnel I ever made, tires bolted together stuffed with fiberglass insulation with 1/4 plywood disks front and back. 4" hole for the barrel to fit into.

Made a 45-70 sound like a .22 short.

I bet an airgun would hardly be heard.

 

[Exodus]

Go to your local HVAC shop order a 12”x16” or whatever sized piece for ductwork. Make sure you order it with sound deadening liner. 1/2” to 1-1/2” is usually available. It’s used in most commercial jobs on the return side. Shoot through that. You’ll be amazed by the sound suppression. I’m an HVAC tech, I use a 30”x30” that’s 8’ long on my range about even with my muzzle. My neighbors don’t usually hear my AR and you how much they bark. It’s a thing, and legal.