Shooting a gun with shoot-through mesh???

[afishinman14]

Just set up a pop-up blind with the before-mentioned shoot through mesh. I bow hunt. No problems there.

However, my dad is coming up to hunt with me for a few days and he does not bow hunt. So I was wondering if he could shoot through the mesh with his rifle? It's a .357mag lever action. Good little brush gun. Would be a 30yd shot.

Anyone ever tried it?

[stickerpatch59]

yes, it's o.k. shouldn't be any problems

[Reaper33]

i wouldnt see it being an issue

[anchorman]

I would think you would have more issues with a bow than a gun. You just might not want to have the barrel to close to the mesh or it might catch on fire ;-)

[GarGuy]

I set my stand on fire just like that once. Killed the deer though.

[Buff]

It will blow a hole in your blind you can stick a bucket thru.
The muzzle blast melts the net

[avidhunter75]

It'll melt a hole right through that mesh

[dadogg]

I would think you would have more issues with a bow than a gun. You just might not want to have the barrel to close to the mesh or it might catch on fire ;-)

Been there before it melts more than catches on fire and it doesn't leave a nice little slit like an arrow more like a big hole

[Jason19]

It will blow a hole in your blind you can stick a bucket thru.
The muzzle blast melts the net

This is true......

imagine what else happens when your jackwagon cousin sprays "off" on the mesh.

[stagkiller101]

Make a small slit or hole first. The flash from the muzzle burns the mesh and makes a huuuge hole

[JW]

In the past for some of my gun hunters i have just slit the mesh down the middle from top to bottom so they can stick the muzzle out a tad.

[DAllen]

The noise will be terrible. Be sure and have hearing protection and a lot of it.

[Coach W]

The noise will be terrible. Be sure and have hearing protection and a lot of it.

Yup. I cut the mesh and slide the barrel out.

You don't want to keep all the boom in the tent with you!!!

[PBUCKSHOT]

i sat in an old pop up with my 270 last year and took a shot at a buck. My barrel was not sticking out of the blind. The whole freakn side of the blind opened up. After the shot, i was . No joke man. The pop up was toast. I had pics but I lost my phone out there as well. Make sure the barrel is sticking out!

[txdukklr]

I think a compression concusion in a small enclosed environment would be bad in a number of ways.

cut a slit and slide the barrel out. Better yet back off about 40-50 more yards and don't hunt out of the bow blind. More concerning to me would be my deer realizing loud death comes out of my bow blind.