Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Garage based bullet trap for high powered rifles....

I can't remember the name of the thing, but many years ago (12-15+) there was a bullet trap that was a steel box filled with shredded tire pieces and the opening had a ballistic self-sealing film. They advertised that it would even handle a .458WM.. Two sizes were built - one mainly for handguns and the other, much larger box was for centerfire rifles..

All I can think of is "Hot Box" or similar.. I'll try to find it..


added: like this unit:

http://www.alternateforce.net/suptrapconsy.html

A lot of years ago an acquaintance cut a hole through the concrete basement wall, then trenched 40 or 50 yards out into his back yard. The trench was lined with 45 gallon drums welded together. At the end a vertical entry was created so he could get in to hang targets. I was never in the end of it so do not know what stopped the bullets. Maybe just dirt.

In the basement he had a sheet of plywood blocking the hole in the wall with a small hole in the bottom to poke the rifle barrel through. Upon firing the plywood baffle would set back and there would be a hell of a roar in the basement. Why his wife tolerated it no one knew. To put it mildly he was always a bit of a crazy character.

As young guys in our early 20's we thought it was cool. I shot my .270 there quite a few times.

From my experience with that I think shooting in the garage would be evident to your neighbours in a big way unless they were a half mile or more away.

Jim

I get too much lead dust from pellet rifles. No way I'd go center or even rimfire.

I use a Savage Range Systems Bench Top Gunsmith model. Costs about $1700 and will handle up to 338 Win Mag. Bottom has water with an additive furnished by Savage. There is a pipe coming out of the top at an angle that you attach the shop vac to and no lead dust or powder smoke is in the air. Handiest item I ever purchased. We use it almost daily.

Check out the Magnetospeed Chronograph (MidwayUSA.com). It fits on the end of the barrel and only adds about a foot to the barrel length. It would reduce the needed distance of the range to only a few feet. Someone here posted about them recently and said they work great.

had a buddy who buried a muffler in his backyard and used it for case forming. he had houses all around him never got any static about it.

Ed

I hear democrats make a good bullet stop