Bullet Trap

[drakeshead gunner 26]

Have been thinking of making myself a bullet trap for my .22 rimfire, purely to put a fowling round through before I go out as I find my first shot is always off with the crud and my permission is quite small and doing this while out often scares things off for a while. Was going to use a piece of 80x80x6mm box section and a ten mil plate welded to the bottom and filling with sand. What would be the rules If I wanted to use this in my shed?

[dadioles 68]

I suppose the first consideration has to be whether or not you have an open licence otherwise shooting in your shed would be illegal.

 

The next point is why you need a fowling shot. I don't.

 

As far as a bullet trap is concerned. I have found a simple sack of sand in front of some bricks pretty adequate for the odd test shot. Even a cardboard box with telephone directories and magazine stacked face on about 6 inches deep holds the bullets quite well.

 

Just make sure the bullet cannot bounce out at you.

 

Others will have better suggestions....

[andyf 144]

A gunshop around my way (long time ago), had a 6" diameter steel pipe about 3 feet long buried in the ground under the office floor, through the floorboards,

it was filled with sand to about 10" from the top. So you had 3" of pipe poking up from the floor.

I saw allsorts fired into that, including an L1A1 SLR and a 44 Mag revolver (shows how long ago it was), apart from the bang! all seemed to go well, can't

see the 'health & safety' brigade wearing it today, or the neighbours come to that?

[Rimfireboy! 1,463]

As far as the law goes, if you have an open ticket you can shoot in your shed and it's up to you to ensure the shot is safe. If you don't have an open ticket, you can't shoot in your shed unless your shed is on land passed for that calibre.

[Alsone 789]

A gunshop around my way (long time ago), had a 6" diameter steel pipe about 3 feet long buried in the ground under the office floor, through the floorboards,

it was filled with sand to about 10" from the top. So you had 3" of pipe poking up from the floor.

I saw allsorts fired into that, including an L1A1 SLR and a 44 Mag revolver (shows how long ago it was), apart from the bang! all seemed to go well, can't

see the 'health & safety' brigade wearing it today, or the neighbours come to that?

 

Especially as 7.62mm would go straight through the side of the pipe if the shot wasn't dead straight.

[paulus 26]

bucket full of sand or a handy lawn

[Cedric 132]

Just do it but don't post it on the web !!

[Cedric 132]

Oops - too late !

[Deker 3,478]

bucket full of sand or a handy lawn

 

.....or in your shed!

 

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