Today I got my first taste of what my 357 sounds like indoors. I was on my parents land in a shed sighting my pellet gun's new scope. Every time I would think I had the cross hairs just right I would take aim at the coke can at 25 yards away, fire, and would hit in a totally different area. GRRRRR. No matter what I did I could not get the gun sighted in. After a while of still not putting one hole in the can I became frustrated and was laughing at myself. I jumped up out of the chair I was sitting in and like a flash un-holstered my Taurus Tracker. I took aim and fired from inside the shed. Big mistake!!! My ears rang bad for 5 minutes after and my head was pounding from the second the hammer hit the primer. I am typing this almost 12 hours later and my head still hurts. My left ear hurts a little but the ringing is no longer there. That really openned my ears to what it would be like if I shot at a BG in my home. My ears would be damaged aswell as my family members. I have a 9 month old baby who sleeps in the room with my wife and me. The thought of a 357 going off next to my duaghter just brakes my heart. I would hate to damage her ears at such a young age. I have shot my Glock 17 indoors and my ears and head felt fine. I think I'm going keep the 357 in the big safe and keep my glock in the mini-vault by my bed. I can get off 4 well placed shots with the glock in the same time it takes to get two out of the Tracker.
Who here has shot a weapon indoors? What is your limit? For the first time I am thinking with my ears and not only the stopping power of a weapon.
Who here has shot a weapon indoors? What is your limit? For the first time I am thinking with my ears and not only the stopping power of a weapon.