Like Hickok45 said; it´s not how big your property is but how it´s situated; the lay of the land if you will.

I have sort of the same problem having my neighbours too close. But in my case it´s more of a sound issue rather than safety.

I don't think it's the noise of my guns that the neighbors complain about (except for the time I had the WASR-10 aka the AK-47, I don't think my my neighbors liked that gun it was SO loud heh heh heh ). I'm just worried about scaring their kids and stuff. I would feel better if I had either .357 magnum shot shells but IDK if they come in that caliber, either that or buy a .45LC/410 barrel for my Derringer and shoot the 410s I think that would be a better choice.

Can´t you get it in .45-70?

Well there is a .45ACP barrel I could get but the .45LC/410 barrel is the only one that shoots the 410 shotgun shells and if I had that I'd feel better about shooting around my house.

I decided to order the rubber grip for the Derringer, now we just wait for the delivery. I can't wait to shot it with the new grip.

Every time I hear about a Derringer I think about that Simpson episode where they did Huckleberry Finn and everyone was shooting at each other on that boat without anyone getting hurt because the bullets just bounced off

https://youtu.be/IFhqE9vZQ04



Edit:
I think one thing I might do in January is buy a 4.25 inch barrel .357 Magnum for my gun. The one I have is a 3 inch barrel and though it still works and extra inch or so should improve the accuracy. Hickok 45 uses the 45 Colt and it seems to get the job done.
Speaking of Derringers it seems the Texas Bond Derringers are the best of the bunch in both for shooting and safety. I saw a YT video of a guy showing off the Cobra brand and I wouldn't buy one if I have to.

Well I should be getting my new Derringer grip any day now, can't wait to get it .

Guess what came in today .

It's back in black .

Cool! Now you can tackle anything in Alaska!

Well I can now shoot .357 Magnums Rounds without any complications so BRING THEM ON!!!!!!

I recently sent in my blackpowder revolver for a cleanup. Good thing too, it was very dirty and needed a cylinder spring replacement. Didn´t cost too much all in all but I seriously will have to choose when next to shoot with it since I don´t wanna send it in and have it professionally cleaned constantly. And I do wanna take care of it; it is about 150 years old after all and deserves a great deal of respect and service!

I always wondered how black powder revolvers work, I know they come during the time of cartridge loaded smokeless rounds became introduced.

Well, basically you become a handloader. You fiil the chambers with black powder, then with some sort of wad to fill the gap between the powder and the ball, then the ball itself and then some grease to lube the bore.


They were still very common even after cartridge guns were introduced and this is one part because of price but also because of the patent that Colt held that prohibited others to make guns the same way. When that expired, others could start making cartridge guns too.
There were ways around it which is why you can convert your cap and ball into a cartridge gun. Still have to use black powder though, obviosuly.


Don't quote me on this though. What I know I've learned from Hickok45, I haven't studied the subject first hand.

It was a good thing indeed that I sent my revolver in for cleaning and checkup. As I hinted it was as dirty as seven sins plus the spring replacement it needed.

It just came back to me today and it´s right beside me as I type this

Weren't black powder revolvers really dangerous?

Yeah, if you stand on the receiving end


When black powder guns blow up it's usually because the shooter used modern smokeless powder, either by accident or by ignorance thinking it would work. Overloading is another issue as well as leaving space between the powder and the projectile, effectively making a pipe bomb out of the gun.
I admit, messing with gun powder is something I'm not used to and I do take whatever precautions I can when dealing with it.

But it's fairly safe. For instance, if I load the cylinder without putting the caps on it's almost as safe as not being loaded at all. I can even [censored] the hammer and hit any nipple and it won't go off, it needs the caps for that.

hehe...you said nipple.

I also talked about cocking the hammer but I get censored when I do that

Lol, Khajiit was thinking what the hell in relation to a gun hammer could be censored? Then he was like "Oh!", lol

They are the technical terms, what can I say?

You could always say rooster instead!

"Cockadoodle doo, mother brothers!" (Where is the shooting gun emoji when you need it?)

But seriously, if he said rooster we'd all be scratching our heads!

There it is!

Guess what my father got for me for Christmas.

Holy crap! What is that?!

That my friend is a Taurus .44 Magnum.

Niiice!! Heh, it's a whole lotta handcannon!

Thanks .

Wish my dad would get me a badass gun for Christmas! I'd be happy with a 9mm in an autoloader or 357 in a revolver.

Bloody hell!



I WAS BORN IN THE WRONG COUNTRY!!!

Like 'rocu, I've got a .357 magnum. It is a Taurus revolver though.

The .44 seems like it would be quite handy in a dual purpose kinda way. You know, both home defense and remodeling when you need to take down a wall or two.

*erhm*



*sniff*




My revolver is a .44, not a 357. Not even in the mag config;)

It's also effective at stopping a break in at my house and my neighbor's house in one shot if need be .

I have the 30-ought for that but some people seem to think it´s overkill. Dunno why

Lol, like Clint with the M1 Garand in Gran Torino!
*in gravelly Clint voice* "Get off my lawn!" *aims leveled Garand*

Oops, sorry, mirocu.

My .357 is loaded with hollowpoint semijackets so all energy goes to the first target. That is specifically to prevent the bullet from continuing through walls and into my neighbor's house. Hell of an impact for the first target though. . . .

Or, ya know, what's left of it.

"Young Punks get off my lawn"! Soldier 76 from Overwatch has that quote .



My Derringer is a .357 with a 3.5 inch barrel, thanks to the rubber grip I bought for it-it's become my favorite conceal carry---although I can use my .44 Magnum as a conceal carry but I need some hollow points for it if I'm going to carry it out in public for protection.

Here's some photos of what the bullet holes look like for both my handguns.

Entry.

Exit.

Hmm. My expert eyes tell me the .44 holes are a little bit bigger.



What surprised me was the exit holes in the drum I shot with my .22 lever. FMJ but still really nasty ones, even from the distance I was shooting at it from.

Oddly enough both guns sounded the same---but that .44 Magnum still kicked like the dickens but OH SO wonderful to shoot.

Yeah, I would imagine they don´t sound too far apart from each other. In reality it´s very hard to distinguish one caliber from another even if they are far apart. You´d probably have to be a sound expert in order to even have a chance to pull that off

Funny thing I can tell what kind of guns my neighbors are shooting at most I can tell a 45 ACP and a 9mm. But one thing's for sure my neighbors didn't enjoy my AK-47 when I had it, that sucker was LOUD.

Maybe it´s different with handguns? I can absolutely not tell if someone is shooting with a 6,5-55, .308 or .30-06.


I would not enjoy that either. Unless I had standing invitation to shoot with it myself whenever you did

Man I remember when my Dad and I went to the gun range and he shot that .30-06 he had, it sounded like a canon going off.

It really is like shooting with a canon, just ask my shoulder



Though really it´s not so bad. The 9,3-62 I had was way worse. Shot with it eight times one Saturday morning at the range, come Sunday evening I still felt it

I think one rifle I would LOVE to shoot is the BMG .50, I don't care what brand I just want to shoot that once.