Bullet trap build

jwmorris · Feb 19, 2013

The target thread reminded me of the back yard bullet trap I built. It's only 3/8" thick mild steel so I only use .22's, pistols and pistol caliber carbines with it but it's better than nothing. Its 8' tall and just over 16 feet wide, weighs around 4000 lbs.

NS Gearhead · Feb 19, 2013

Extremely cool! I'm guessing you didn't pay full retail for the metal. LOL

davedj1 · Feb 19, 2013

Now that there is a trap! What's the story with your torch set up? I've never seen that before.

600rider · Feb 19, 2013

It's a straight line cutter. It is motorized and follows the "track" We had one at a shop I worked in.

SPIKER · Feb 20, 2013

600 rider:

nice, lots of STEEL in that bugger, we built our own track torch looked almost identical to yours. It had the oxy torch on it and we modified to hold the plasma too. It was a bit slow for the plasma on light stuff so we mostly just used the track as a side guide. but we cut some thicker stuff with it at it's high speed setting to cut which was useable but not best.

those are some BIG sheets BTW must have gotten them discount from work?

I've got First Energy high tension lines on my place and they are taking out about a dozen trees next week as they are getting close to the lines. Most of them are POPPLE trees (kind of a type of mixed hybrid popular) that are not really even good for fire place as they stink when burning. Those are going to be cut into ~8' lengths and I'm building a sand bank behind them & burying them about 1/3 and sand in behind them. they are going to be uphill from my target so top will be about 6 or 7 feet above the target and 8~10 feet back. That is going to be 100% tractor project & maybe a shovel.?

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Mark

handirifle · Feb 20, 2013

When your title said "bullet trap" I figured something to use inside a shop or basement, like two or 3ft wide. That sucker is HUGE!

PapaPerk · Feb 20, 2013

That's a spray and pray bullet trap! Lol

Singalo · Feb 20, 2013

Ahhhh, would not a Berm of equal height and width not be less expensive,,, and stop all bullets of any size? Not that your Catcher is not cool. But a picture of efficiency,,,. Pretty impressive non the less though.

ozley · Feb 20, 2013

Singalo said:
Ahhhh, would not a Berm of equal height and width not be less expensive,,, and stop all bullets of any size? Not that your Catcher is not cool. But a picture of efficiency,,,. Pretty impressive non the less though.

It makes it easy to collect the lead.

Singalo · Feb 20, 2013

ozley said:
It makes it easy to collect the lead.

Yea, I had not considered that, do you recycle the lead?

davedj1 · Feb 20, 2013

Are you still allowed to use lead? LOL

jwmorris · Feb 21, 2013

I picked the steel up at a scrap yard that was advertising steel plate on Craigslist. The sheet I picked up started out as an 8.5'X32 and cost under $1000.

The track torch is a really old one I picked up on eBay for cheap, it does the big stuff that won't fit on my CNC plasma better than the Handyauto torches.

Yes I cast my own bullets. No one seems to be having a problem with the gun related threads so I'll start one on my casting machine.

Old Pipe Welder D · Mar 6, 2013

I like your build on the satalite stand:thumbsup:
Nice trap!, would it stop a 223?

jwmorris · Mar 6, 2013

Tested some drop with .223. Stops it but with dents, so I don't use it for rifle calibers.

The satellite is mounted on the wheel with 3 marks 120 degrees apart that line up with marks on a pad at the farm so I can move it and get a signal without having to adjust it at the farm.

notme · Mar 6, 2013

davedj1 said:
Now that there is a trap! What's the story with your torch set up? I've never seen that before.

look up radiograph...there quite common in fabrication shops tracks are in sections u just use as many sections as you require..uses 110 ac for power to crawl along the track, theres a speed adjust depending on what your cutting..the "turtle" pulls the oxy/acet hoses with it down the track