Busyhands94
Member
I just built a bullet trap, and gosh it was easy. I spent about $20 on the steel and the wood was laying around my property. I went to the salvage yard today, and it surprisingly only took about half an hour to complete this. So this thing has 1/2 inch thick steel as the backplate and 2 4X4 supports screwed onto there. I have been lusting after a bullet trap for a while, but I didn't want to handout $50 plus shipping to have one I could only shoot with .22s, that isn't strong enough for all my other calibers. I even found a clip in my work area that was the perfect size to clamp the target onto the steel.
Now the whole unit weighs about 60 pounds. Despite being 17 and skinny as a rail I can lift that thing just fine. here's a closeup of the 1/2" steel I used for the backplate:
Now... what color should I paint it?
I got the idea from here: http://www.reloadammo.com/backstop.htm
Now the whole unit weighs about 60 pounds. Despite being 17 and skinny as a rail I can lift that thing just fine. here's a closeup of the 1/2" steel I used for the backplate:
Now... what color should I paint it?
I got the idea from here: http://www.reloadammo.com/backstop.htm