That is true, guys, but its the lesser of two evils. I wouldn't want to let off any firearm in a closed room. Believe me, even shooting handguns in an indoor range, if you don't have your ear plugs in tight, hurts like hell. Unfortunately, Suppressors are not legal in this state. Apparently, the local politicians had watched too many Hollywood movies when they wrote the laws on that.bennedose wrote:I'm guessing that this will be the least of all problems that are likely if a gun goes off in the confines of a roomwinnie_the_pooh wrote:Even a handgun going off in the confines of a room is going to leave you with ringing ears.xl_target wrote:If forced to use a firearm indoors, I'd much rather use a handgun. A rifle or shotgun going off in the closed confines of a room would be painfully loud, even something as small as the .223 round.
300 Blackout was designed to be used primarily with a suppressor and subsonic ammo. Not being able to use suppressors here, its kinda pointless to use it with subsonic ammo. There are some supersonic rounds available for it, though. Still, unsuppressed, either round is going to be much louder than a 9mm handgun. Also shooting any rifle in town with neighbors all around is going to be irresponsible. Houses in the US don't have concrete walls. They are stickbuilt with sheetrock walls and vinyl siding, none of which will hinder a rifle bullet. You can put your fist through a sheetrock wall.farook wrote:If for what ever reason I still had to use a rifle in a closed room it would be a 300 blackout.
Your best bet is going to be an expanding or fragmenting handgun round that, hopefully, will not leave the confines of your home.
While we are on that subject, didn't Jim Corbett mention in one of his stories that someone had let off a rifle in close proximity to him once and it ruptured his eardrum.