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Umm...no, you've never heard heavy artillery fire then? It won't be loud, more like a disant thunder but i know for a fact it can be heard in 100-150mile range. No idea how altitude, weather, geography and other factors can extend this range but I wouldn't discount it without knowing more facts.

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Shell detonations could definitely be heard at that distance through propagation through the ground/water. Even at sea, I don’t think you’d be able to hear the muzzle blast at anywhere close to 100 miles.

Ceremonial artillery doesn't fire projectiles, just propellant charges, so it seems implausible that it could be heard at those distances.

Why did you mention ceremonial artillery?

The context is the guns fired at Queen Victoria's funeral, which would almost certainly not be non-ceremonial artillery.

This thread is about the subject of ceremonial artillery.

> "Guns fired at the funeral of Queen Victoria in London in 1901 were heard in Scotland"

I assumed they would fire live rounds back then lol

yeah, from experience, wind direction can definitely play a larger part in how far sound travels than is immediately obvious too.

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