Which one of my neighbor would hear louder?

[fkw]

I live in a zero lot house (50x100 feet).

When I am shooting in my backyard, standing at the fence with one of my neighbor, pointing my LP10 toward the other fence, which one of my neighbor will hear a louder bang?

Is it a) my neighbor that I am shooting toward, or b) my neighbor that is on my back, who is closer to me/pistol ?

Once sound pressure come out of my muzzle, is it louder toward my target, or does it travel 360 degree spherically, equidistance same loudness?

[Tony C.]

Assuming your back yard is open and there isn't any structures like garden shed and such to reflect the sound make by your AP, in your case I would say the noise level will be more or less same for both of your neighbors, noise level generally are lower behind the shooter and the other neighbor is 50' away, the pop produce by an AP will be much lower at that distance.

Don't know where you live, I would check the local ordinance to see if its OK to shoot airgun in your backyard and be sure your neighbors will not object to your backyard AP pratice, don't need another "gunman seen at residential area" episode.

[Isabel1130]

I have both an LP10 and an LP50. The LP10 is by far the louder but not so loud that I cannot shoot it without hearing protectors. My guess is the neighbor that is closest to the gun will hear the loudest noise especially if you are using a pellet trap with putty in it.

[Eurastus]

Any reason you can't shoot indoors? Even with a reduced range (like 6 or 8 meters) you can scale down targets that aren't exact, but pretty close to emulating a real 10 meter range. I realize that perhaps the spouse won't allow or there's little kids. Then shoot after they've gone to bed; I did this for many years.

Don't forget that you can shoot diagonally in a room or garage. This is what I had to do in my last home. I could barely fit 10 meters diagonally in the garage. Of course, I had to put both cars out and take down a couple of hanging bikes, but it worked. In my present house, i have 36 feet from garage door to the end of one of the extended bays. It's enough for standing or kneeling; prone needs another few feet.

Be creative, you can almost always find some area with at least 20 feet (6 meters) to set up a range. It can even be temporary. For peace in the home, though, make sure you're good enough of a shot to not miss the paper/target device.

I firmly believe that indoors is better for neighbor relations; that's what I do even though I've got plenty of room in the back yard.

[POPeye as guest]

Two further options to consider.

If you like the idea of lead pellets being scattered outside rather than inside, you could shoot from inside, and out through a gap in a door to an outdoor trap. Any noise from the air pistol is negligible and no one sees you waving a pistol around! Air pistols can look like massive guns-bigger than a desert eagle!

The second option is to build a silent trap. More noise is made from the pellets hitting the trap than from the air pistol itself!

Happy training

[2650 Plus]

Roger, POPeye Your solution does work well indeed. I was forced to use the identical method while living in an apartment. I ran a 2X6 out of my window, placed a sound proof trap on the end of the board and backed up to the back of my living room to shoot. Never had a complaint as no one ever figured out what I was doing. Good Shooting Bill Horton