DIY Bullet trap

[DoglegArms]

I want to make a bullet trap for 22lr and 300blk to demo silencers. I'd be shooting directly into it.

I'm thinking using a steel tube 6-8" in diameter with an end cap as the container. What thickness and length should I go with? Then filling it with layers of sand and clay.

Watcha think?

 

[Dinky Dau]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bullet-trap-for-use-with-22-thru-44-magnum-/291572816405?hash=item43e3181a15

 

[Cudruln]

I would say anything above 1/4" would be fine. The question is do you plan on moving it around? If so that will really help determine the thickness and length you need to go with.

 

[DoglegArms]

I would say anything above 1/4" would be fine. The question is do you plan on moving it around? If so that will really help determine the thickness and length you need to go with.

It will be stationary. Keeping it on the back porch.

 

[Cudruln]

What is the thickness of the metal targets?

 

[DoglegArms]

What is the thickness of the metal targets?

No target. Shooting directly into it.

 

[DoglegArms]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bullet-trap-for-use-with-22-thru-44-magnum-/291572816405?hash=item43e3181a15

Thanks but that won't work for what I'm thinking. I'm shooting directly into it.

 

[Dinky Dau]

Thanks but that won't work for what I'm thinking. I'm shooting directly into it.

Get a 55 gal drum Fill it with water, get on a platform and shoot into it..

 

[DoglegArms]

Get a 55 gal drum Fill it with water, get on a platform and shoot into it..

That's an option. I prefer something more compact and less rednecky

 

[Dinky Dau]

Ok If you are going to demonstrate, Then go to a Metal shop have the take a 6X4 sheet of 1/4 inch plate..Have them curve it into a G shape, fill the bottom of the G with sand, and fire away..

 

[Cudruln]

No target. Shooting directly into it.

The reason I asked is because you would want at least that thickness. I understand you are not going for target practice. I am just thinking worst case scenario.

 

[Willy Leadwell]

this one is pretty cool, and very simple to make.

 

[Willy Leadwell]

http://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/th...-trap-for-use-with-22-thru-44-magnum.1014173/

 

[DoglegArms]

this one is pretty cool, and very simple to make.

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That is pretty cool. I don't know about the simple to make part

 

[DoglegArms]

Ok If you are going to demonstrate, Then go to a Metal shop have the take a 6X4 sheet of 1/4 inch plate..Have them curve it into a G shape, fill the bottom of the G with sand, and fire away..

That's a good idea too. I take it back, i think your first suggestion (the ebay one) will work.

 

[Willy Leadwell]

That is pretty cool. I don't know about the simple to make part

It's a couple flat pieces welded to a pipe with a slot cut in it. If that's not simple enough for you, you're a buyer, not a builder.

 

[Cudruln]

I might try building a trap just to see the level of difficulty. I got all the stuff that I would need to work with metal, just need some supplies.

 

[DoglegArms]

It's a couple flat pieces welded to a pipe with a slot cut in it. If that's not simple enough for you, you're a buyer, not a builder.

I don't know how to weld so yep I would be a buyer.

 

[Willy Leadwell]

I don't know how to weld so yep I would be a buyer.

But you posted a thread about building one. Were you originally going to glue it?

Some of us build because we enjoy it, doesn't mean it always saves us money. I'm sure there's people cranking these out and selling them for less than what it would cost to gather up the materials and supplies, unless you have access to free scrap steel somewhere

 

[DoglegArms]

I might try building a trap just to see the level of difficulty. I got all the stuff that I would need to work with metal, just need some supplies.

Ideally I don't want to hear the impact of the bullet and the steel. That's why I was thinking of filling a tube layered with sand and clay. I wonder if you can make one that muffles the impact.