That said, it's not the brightest idea, legal or not.
Just check your municipal codes. Plan for great ventilation, too.
I always thought it would be neat idea when building a house to add a tunnel out of the basement with a big corrugated metal culvert pipe about 50 feet long and a thick angled steel bullet trap at the end. Pully and rope at the top to pull a target down range and back. Would be nice to have to test out handloads with a chronograph.
I always thought it would be neat idea when building a house to add a tunnel out of the basement with a big corrugated metal culvert pipe about 50 feet long and a thick angled steel bullet trap at the end. Pully and rope at the top to pull a target down range and back. Would be nice to have to test out handloads with a chronograph.
I saw a story on the news showing a home that former Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton was selling back in the day. It had a shooting range in the basement. As I recall, the walls were lined with that black acoustic foam stuff that looks like tons of foam pyramids.
New house I am building has a 100' pistol/small bore rifle range inside.
Discharge of a firearm is usually regulated by municipalities.
New house I am building has a 100' pistol/small bore rifle range inside.
I believe many municipalities have an ordinance against discharging a fire arm inside the city limits. IANAL, but I would imagine that, by itself would not prevent you from having an indoor range, but you wouldn't legally be able to shoot in it.
There are certainly ranges within City Limits (i.e. in Indianapolis - Indy Trading Post, Pop Guns, etc)... I would presume you would need permits/licensing/etc which may or may not be easy to obtain.
I'm not sure if a residential zone would allow such permits though, it may require commercial zoning.