only1asterisk
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Looking to get an idea on maximum home distances. Mine is about 45'.
David
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Longest line of sight in your house?
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41mag
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Thirty three feet.
DR
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35 feet. Conveniently enough, that's just long enough for me to set up a 10 meter "range" for my IZH-46.
Highland Ranger
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60 feet
cracked butt
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60' in what I call the 'archery range' portion of my basement. 
MikeIsaj
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35 feet hits the front door from the back door
litman252
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54' is the longest possible, 45' is more likely.
Tony
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About 15 yards.
That's standing at the wall in my bedroom looking down the hall and into the garage. Unfortunately there's a bed where you'd have to stand to make this work.
Without opening the garage door, there are a couple of lines of sight around 11-12 yards. Looking from the dining room over the kitchen counter, catty-corner through the living room and into the music room is one, and standing in the living room looking down the hall into one bedroom is the other.
Another indoor airgun shooter... Take this hobby up and you'll never look at a house the same.
That's standing at the wall in my bedroom looking down the hall and into the garage. Unfortunately there's a bed where you'd have to stand to make this work.
Without opening the garage door, there are a couple of lines of sight around 11-12 yards. Looking from the dining room over the kitchen counter, catty-corner through the living room and into the music room is one, and standing in the living room looking down the hall into one bedroom is the other.
Another indoor airgun shooter... Take this hobby up and you'll never look at a house the same.
Smoke
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75'
From my back bedroom wall, through the living room, to the hall.
Most likely is inside 40ft.
Smoke
From my back bedroom wall, through the living room, to the hall.
Most likely is inside 40ft.
Smoke
armoredman
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48ft.
griz
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I don't have any long hallways so just a tad over 35 feet from the corner of the living room to the opposite corner of the dining room. FWIW, under that line of sight there is a table, couch, coffee table, and a tactical cat.
Barry in IN
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There are two spots from which I can look from one end to the other, about 60 feet.
Otherwise, about 11-12 yards. Our house is pretty broken up, and I would have to be upstairs looking down (or vice versa) to get that distance.
Otherwise, about 11-12 yards. Our house is pretty broken up, and I would have to be upstairs looking down (or vice versa) to get that distance.
Texian Pistolero
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A measured 7 yards, (21 feet).
That's why I am currently, a shotgun kinda dude.
That's why I am currently, a shotgun kinda dude.
Zaire
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54 feet
Brett Bellmore
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From the upstairs hallway, on an angle down into the attached garage, 60 feet. From the upper basement into the same, (It's a quad level.) maybe 72, but you'd have to be darned close to the garage ceiling.
TallPine
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Upstairs, if I opened both bedroom doors, the length of the house, which is 36 feet.
But if I actually had to face an intruder, the practical distance likely would be no more than 10-15 feet
So what's the point...?
But if I actually had to face an intruder, the practical distance likely would be no more than 10-15 feet
So what's the point...?
CZ-100
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~40 feet
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TallPine,
No point, I am just trying to get an idea of the upper end of possibility. Of course, I could be developing a protocol to test ammunition specifically engineered for home defense that I'm not quite ready to tell everybody about. Feel free to think that if it helps!
David
No point, I am just trying to get an idea of the upper end of possibility. Of course, I could be developing a protocol to test ammunition specifically engineered for home defense that I'm not quite ready to tell everybody about. Feel free to think that if it helps!
David
only1asterisk,
Knowing the max distance might help for when patterning a shotgun for home defense.
But I'd hate for anyone to think, "Well, the longest distance I'd ever fire at home is 20 feet, so that's all I'll ever practice." Practicing at longer distances really helps build trigger control, a crucial component of hitting where you aim at any distance. Even at closer distances, and especially under stress, trigger control should be so ingrained it is almost automatic. And one good way to do that is to practice slow shots at a distance.
(Yes, yes, of course you have to practice fast shots close up, too!)
pax
Knowing the max distance might help for when patterning a shotgun for home defense.
But I'd hate for anyone to think, "Well, the longest distance I'd ever fire at home is 20 feet, so that's all I'll ever practice." Practicing at longer distances really helps build trigger control, a crucial component of hitting where you aim at any distance. Even at closer distances, and especially under stress, trigger control should be so ingrained it is almost automatic. And one good way to do that is to practice slow shots at a distance.
(Yes, yes, of course you have to practice fast shots close up, too!)
pax
about 50' also
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