recording gunshots

justsomeguy · Post by **justsomeguy** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 7:03 pm

yeah sometimes i go to the shooting range thingy so i was wondering if it would be possible to record the sounds of the gunshot, how would i do this? cause obviously its kinda loud so would i have to be really far away or something? also if i can i want to get the video also if they'll let me

Mushiman · Post by **Mushiman** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 7:10 pm

turn your sound recording equipment right down.

Then fire shots uptill you get the levels just right.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 10:03 pm

You may even want to attach a sound compressor before the recorder. We have a nice stereo one we use for backup cd recording. The only catch is they are very expensive, relatively.

justsomeguy · Post by **justsomeguy** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 10:10 pm

The only catch is they are very expensive, relatively.

well i dont want to spend too much money on this since i got a camera for a lot of money

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 10:55 pm

The gain should be fairly low for the recording. It's so quick and you don't want it to go over the db level!

Skitz-O-Phrenia · Post by **Skitz-O-Phrenia** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 10:36 pm

I got sounds of my SKS with my camera from about 10ft away and it was fine. You dont have to do anything special, just play with it...

it really depends on the gun that you want to get the sound from. A 12 gauge shotgun is going to be much louder than a .22 so you will have to adjust for each gun.

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 1:56 am

Just don't blow yourself up.

justsomeguy · Post by **justsomeguy** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 2:00 am

Just don't blow yourself up.

ill try. i proibably wont go for awhile tho, but when i go ill make sure to try out everything and hope for the best. ill probably wait till i get some new glasses cause my vision sucks and last ime i went i could barely see the target lol

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 2:16 am

For excellent vision and protection for the eyes the solution might be... Presciption goggles!

monkey · Post by **monkey** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 5:02 am

no, hes just going to go blow himself up.