I'm not sure if this is the best forum to ask this question, but here goes:
I have been reading about "the world's best bullet trap" on another blog site and taking their ideas to create a bullet trap in my basement where I can sight-in and practice shooting my .177 and .22 pellet airguns at 10-25 foot distances.
The recommendations offered included wood or cardboard boxes of various sizes filled with rubber mulch weighted down by cinder blocks, spaced cardboard sheets, used paper catalogs, used rubber truck mudflaps, and as a last resort, aluminum or steel plate to stop the projectiles.
As stated, I will be shooting 15-25 grain lead pellets at velocities significantly less than 1000 ft/sec..
I can't find any information on the stopping ability of aluminum or steel plate which will effectively stop a CCI standard velocity .22LR bullet, although I will be shooting airgun pellets. Aluminum plate would probably be cheaper and easier to obtain, but what thickness of aluminum plate will consistently stop a .22LR bullet (as an extra margin of error)?
Thanks,
RustyMusket
I have been reading about "the world's best bullet trap" on another blog site and taking their ideas to create a bullet trap in my basement where I can sight-in and practice shooting my .177 and .22 pellet airguns at 10-25 foot distances.
The recommendations offered included wood or cardboard boxes of various sizes filled with rubber mulch weighted down by cinder blocks, spaced cardboard sheets, used paper catalogs, used rubber truck mudflaps, and as a last resort, aluminum or steel plate to stop the projectiles.
As stated, I will be shooting 15-25 grain lead pellets at velocities significantly less than 1000 ft/sec..
I can't find any information on the stopping ability of aluminum or steel plate which will effectively stop a CCI standard velocity .22LR bullet, although I will be shooting airgun pellets. Aluminum plate would probably be cheaper and easier to obtain, but what thickness of aluminum plate will consistently stop a .22LR bullet (as an extra margin of error)?
Thanks,
RustyMusket
