Shooting at night

[Jiminvirginia]

Sitting here its night, hearing gunshots. People target shooting during the day here is common but I always wondered why people shoot at night. Is that common? Not counting the city stuff of course. No feral hogs here either.

[aintright]

Does.it sound like center fire , If center fire , maybe there are some police training centers in the vicinity . Also shotgun matches are often at night .
If rimfire , it could be someone testing ammo , or small matches .
Damage permits , deer or maybe coyotes .
Kenneth

[Oyaji]

Maybe they're shooting tracers and watching the light show.

[leftyo]

when the sun is going down, its prime time for varmints.

[Jiminvirginia]

Coyotes would be a possibilty. Plenty of those here.

[Dan in NH]

Around here it could be some-one scaring off a bear

[Sako]

Could be some drunk fools being stupid.

[SMOKEY]

If only one or two shots then silence, most likely spotlighting. Usually .22 cal crack is what you will hear.

[Major Tom]

Black powder guns give a really good show at night! Short barreled magnum pistols will ruin your night vision for sure.

[JB White]

In my region most shooting is done at night under neon sign and streetlight conditions.

[S.A. Boggs]

I got in trouble with our first night qualification. We were allowed to purchase our own pdw as long as it was 38/357 nothing else. I had a M28 4" and I loaded my own. The other deputies were using issued ammo, mine looked the same as theirs until we touched off. Theirs was a show, a BIG BALL OF FIRE and after the first shot they were all over the target. Mine was not as visible and I could stay on target. From memory I believe it was IMR-4227. The Sheriff came over to see what I was using so he looked at my spent brass, Winchester nickeled brass same as theirs. I said perhaps mine came from a different lot with a different powder, he wasn't the wiser. I had shot the issued ammo and I could not shoot as well as with my load. In the country rounds often go off at night, some varmint, some shotgun. Had one neighbor who was trying to correct a gun shy hound dog, fired a round or two at no exact time.
Sam

[Clark Howard]

The first war that I was involved with, the targets only showed up at night