Need something to catch lead

[Busyhands94]

Just combined two designs!

I made the supports taller by screwing some 2X4s onto the legs, then I drilled the back of the back plate and fastened two pieces of wood to it so it will have room underneath. I then took an ammo can, cut a piece of 4X4 with an angle, then drilled holes and screwed that in place. That gives me a neat way to catch lead. After I did that I put kitty litter into the ammo box to catch anything coming off the plate and to prevent ricochets off the bottom.

One of the legs in the back is a tad long, I'll cut that off later.


The ammo can with the piece of wood to keep it angled and to give the lead more kitty litter to penetrate thus keeping the ammo can from getting holes blown in it.


The cool part is that I can just put the lid back on, thus sealing all the lead and kitty litter inside. it even has a convenient handle for easy carrying!

And yet I can STILL carry it with no problems whatsoever. The extra wood only added a couple pounds, not much really. It feels kinda hearty too, but if anything comes apart then I'll just beef it up with 4X4s and longer screws, although I doubt that will happen. I think just the sheer weight will keep it in place. the only downside is that the ammo can isn't very wide, although I'm usually chewing up the ten ring so that won't be a problem, worst case scenario is I loose some lead because it didn't make it into the ammo can.

 

[RangeDS]

AR500 but at a steeper angle than 45... Its stronger that way but you need more of it for coverage. I'm on engineer but figuring out how to stop the round and it remain somewhat contained is what the big boys like Meggitt and Action Target do. Just may not make sense to go through them for the backyard single lane.

 

[Noz]

My first suggestion for the initial question would be hire a congressman? (to catch the lead)

 

[hogrdr]

i built a trap with 1/2" steel on the back and 1/4 '' on sides and bottom, angled the back in probably about 30 degress, with a lip accross the bottom front, sized it to cut sections of a car tire tread out and set them in it, the bulets go through the tire and stay in, it would handle anything through .44 mag with no damage. sold it somewhere along the way after i got out of reloading.

 

[Busyhands94]

Well it sounds like rubber is a good bullet stopping material! So if you're ever in a gunfight at a hardware store then hide behind the rubber mulch! haha!

I tested my trap out last time I went to the range, it worked exactly as intended! It stopped .22 Magnum and pellets like nobody's business, didn't have problems when I shot it with my New model Army, it took roundballs from my .50 caplock under 75 grains of Triple Seven 3F, as well as about twenty hits from Minnie balls unchanged. This thing is perfect!

When I sifted the kitty litter from the ammo box I noticed that the Minnie balls and round balls turned into little shards of lead that looked similar to used airgun pellets. Speaking of witch, I use it for airgun pellets in between range sessions. It's awesome for that too! Hell, I could shoot this thing with the most powerful pellet gun in the world and it wouldn't have any problems. This is one of the coolest and heaviest things I've ever built!

~Levi

 

[RangeDS]

I know this is not an option but it puts some context on the discussion.

I just had a home builder (high end) call me yesterday about helping him...a customer of his wants an indoor range in the basement of the house. 25 yard. 2 lanes.

Given that its for someone else, a homemade system will not suffice. FYI the cost of a bullet trap from one of the bullet trap / range system manufactures runs about $15,000 for a 10 foot wide range. A rubber trap will be in that same range. Then there's the construction of the room, lighting, stall set up at firing line, and ventilation system.