Bullet Trap
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 8:47 am
Roger's postal match got me thinking about building a trap for my shop. My plan all along when I built my shop was to build a little range in there. What I have is not really suitable for anyone but me shooting in there but should keep me shooting through the winter.
I post this because I think the design might be good for a small home range outdoors too, with a piece of metal roofing over the top. The trap is a 2x12 frame, I put a piece of 8 ga steel on the back, thick conveyor belting on the front, and filled with rubber mulch. I have shot maybe 100 shots at it so far. I dug some of the bullets out and they seem to wind up about 5" into the rubber. The nice thing is that it is very clean since the bullets tend not to splatter against anything. I got the idea from the trap that WVU used to have. Same design idea but commercially made and large. Thousands of rounds would be shot into the thing and the belting tends to hold up well. What comes out is nearly hole bullets.
My shop is in the middle of 30 acres, mostly woods, if I miss the trap the bullet would likely get out but I don't have little ones running around now and I plan to shoot mostly at night so there is not much risk.
I post this because I think the design might be good for a small home range outdoors too, with a piece of metal roofing over the top. The trap is a 2x12 frame, I put a piece of 8 ga steel on the back, thick conveyor belting on the front, and filled with rubber mulch. I have shot maybe 100 shots at it so far. I dug some of the bullets out and they seem to wind up about 5" into the rubber. The nice thing is that it is very clean since the bullets tend not to splatter against anything. I got the idea from the trap that WVU used to have. Same design idea but commercially made and large. Thousands of rounds would be shot into the thing and the belting tends to hold up well. What comes out is nearly hole bullets.
My shop is in the middle of 30 acres, mostly woods, if I miss the trap the bullet would likely get out but I don't have little ones running around now and I plan to shoot mostly at night so there is not much risk.