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Re: 22 rf bullet trap
Reply #15 - Apr 21st, 2015 at 6:15pm
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5 Gal bucket full of that mulch, cover plate made of two layers of Coroplast, laid on it's side, works for me.  Used to use sand, but it is easier to salvage the bullets from the mulch.

Try filling that storeboughten trap with the mulch?

  
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Reply #16 - Apr 22nd, 2015 at 7:24pm
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The cheapest and quietest answer I use is my old phone books. They prop pretty nicely in the front opening, realy quieting things down. It's the best use I have found so far to get rid of all the different books I get every year.
  
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Reply #17 - Apr 23rd, 2015 at 3:10pm
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trapdoor Dick wrote on Apr 22nd, 2015 at 7:24pm:
The cheapest and quietest answer I use is my old phone books. They prop pretty nicely in the front opening, really quieting things down. It's the best use I have found so far to get rid of all the different books I get every year.


And all those fat catalogs that I get every month or two and never look at, from Gemplers, Northern Tool, FarmTek, etc., etc. etc.
  
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Reply #18 - Apr 27th, 2015 at 6:35am
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QuestionableMaynard8130 wrote on Apr 16th, 2015 at 9:17pm:
I recently purchased a heavy gauge steel "bullet trap" for use with 22 (non-magnum) rfs so I can practice in the house ---or backyard when it warms up a little more--- with 22 shorts and CBs.    I'm interesting in something to quiet the "PLINK" of the bullet hitting the trap---its actually louder than the gunshot.   It has a typical sloping steel plate back.  any ideas????   I'm thinking maybe a rubber mat glued on the outside and than a couple sandbags might deaden it.


Remove sloping plate. Hang a heavy gauge plate from the top of the trap instead, and coat the back with (say) foam rubber.

The plate must be heavy, so that it doesn't get moved too much by the rain of bullets, but not so heavy that it doesn't move any appreciable distance.

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Re: 22 rf bullet trap
Reply #19 - Apr 27th, 2015 at 7:40am
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I think I'll take it down to EG with me tomorrow with some different materials and do some experimenting.  I ned to move some stuff in the basement to get a clear 50 foot shot anyway---and have not had the time or ambition to do that yet.    I think a sandbag laying on the sloping back might well deaden the "clang" of the bullet hitting the sloping back plate. and mounting the front targets on a double layer of Core-plast might slow them down a little--and keep dust inside.
  
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