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suggestions on bullet traps
bobski
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any suggestions on old fashioned snail trap bullet traps or...? do they still make them or are we left to making our own these days? all my smith friends have those nice little traps in their corners and you just drop the tray out to empty them. any brand names out there? thanks!
Retired Naval Aviation
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
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These are made by Savage, they are the only ones I know of. I'm planning on getting one soon.
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
"Aim small...Miss small"
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
Keep track of how many layers the rounds are going through, and change the positioning of your target(s) in front of the carpet, when it starts penetrating close to the last group of layers. (we put old aluminum signs, between the layers of carpet, about a dozen layers from the back so that we can "hear" when it is getting close to the back.) Put a nice piece of steel, leaning "out" at a slight angle, on the wall behind the targets. If you don't happen to keep track of "penetration" through the carpet for some reason. The sound of it hitting the steel will remind you, real quick, that it is time to either move your target or get some more carpet. (and the steel will save your wall)
With any bullets that "bounce" off the steel, because of the "slight" angle of the steel when you put it in place, it sends the bullet back into the carpet. Same principal as the high priced traps, deflect bullet downward. That should not happen "too often" if you are keeping track. A couple of layers of carpet under your "trap" will keep the floor in good shape, which also makes it easy to pull the carpet out, to get your lead back. Of course you can set this whole thing up on rollers, so you can move it around, and/or out of the way, if need be. Depends on how elaborate you want to get, and how much room you have to work with.
Make SURE that you have a fire extinguisher handy. Just in case you are too close, with too hot of a load, and the flames "reach out and touch" the carpet. Never had it happen (don't shoot hot loads) but you can NOT be too careful. When you set this (or any) trap up, set it up so that you can put a fan in a window "behind" the target to draw away the smoke etc. Don't want to get lead poisoning while having fun.
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Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.