Rainy Day Shooting - Rubber bullets in the garage - w/ pics

Just be aware that the primers (and therefore the discharge smoke/particulates) contain lead. Some studies indicate that most of the inhaled lead from shooting indoors comes from the primer material.
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Those rubber bullets look great and a good write-up, too.

My concern, though, has been the lead from the primers. I used to shoot primer-only Colibri .22 rounds in my garage, but stopped because I was concerned about the lead. Shooting outdoors with a CO2 pistol would raise less concern with my neighbors, so I went to that instead. Too bad, since those primer-only rounds were fun.
 
Just be sure to check your city or county odinances. Where I live, any gun from .177 and up that is rifled is considered a firearm and is illegal to shoot within township boundries. With any kind of ammo!:mad:

Hack, great right up!;) Lots of detailed info. I use to shoot the Speer plastic bullets in my .357 and .44 mag in my apatrment when I lived in FLA. 25 years ago. They would go through both sides of a heavy cardboard box, so I used a big beach towel folded over for an extra backstop. It was a lot of fun. The accuracy was pretty impressive too.

Kind of funny to see this thread, I've been seriously thinking about digging those old Speer bullets out and having a go with them! Yes, I still have them after all this time!

P.S.- Speer used to recommend right on the packages of their plastic cases and bullets to use magnum primers. They said accuracy and consistancy would increase.

Happy New Year everyone!!!!
 
I just hold my breathe.
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I've done a lot of indoor shooting, and not all of it at ranges with good ventilation. As long as you're not spending hours doing it and as long as there's some level of reasonable ventilation you're probably ok. It's just something to be aware of.

One other thing you should be aware of is that as the particulate matter from the discharge settles onto exposed surfaces in your garage those surfaces are becoming contaminated with lead.
 
This was a good write up, and I was unaware one could actually purchase rubber bullets. The only question I was wondering was are these the same types of loads when you hear of riot police using rubber bullets? I've seen the shotgun loads with the tail to stabilize them but I was wondering if police were using these types too, and what the effects would be like on a human if they came bouncing back in your direction. You seemed to have a good back stand but it would still be a concern to think about.
 
JohnSKa - Wrote "One other thing you should be aware of is that as the particulate matter from the discharge settles onto exposed surfaces in your garage those surfaces are becoming contaminated with lead."

Thanks I'll keep that in mind.

Hack
 
Gun 4 Fun - Wrote. "Just be sure to check your city or county odinances. Where I live, any gun from .177 and up that is rifled is considered a firearm and is illegal to shoot within township boundries. With any kind of ammo!"

I'll have to keep a look-out.

Hack
 
HKFan9,

I don't know if these are the same kind riot police use. I don't think so. To be hit with one of these 13 oz (correction 13 gr, not oz) rubber bullets would hurt, but I don't think it would be enough handle a riot.

The towel was 100% effective at merely stopping the bullet. The towel absorbed to impact. There was no bounce back at all. The bullet just struck the towel and fell into a box. Now, if the backdrop was a piece of plywood, or something like that, yeah it would bounce back.

Hack
 
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To be hit with one of these 13 oz rubber bullets...
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After reading the entire thread, I see that these are 13 grain rubber bullets. Thirteen ounce rubber bullets would be about grapefruit sized...and at 500 fps, that would probably hurt a bit. :eek:
 
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orionengnr

Oh, man, I must have been asleep at the wheel. I'm glad you caught my error. They do weigh 13 gr, not oz.

Hack
 
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