I have an elevated stand/blind made of wood. It was loud and definitely shook the rails when I shot. I had it rested on the bottom rail and it did scorch the wood some. No Biggy. I have tried to shoot it out of my chair blind. Thought I was gonna suffocate as the fire and smoke blew out the side onto the tent and rocked it pretty good as wellas the wind blew the smoke back into the tent from the front of the dang gun.My buddies had a good laugh!