Bullet trap

摘要

A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for facing plates while providing a removable attachment mechanism, to enable repair on the trap, to reduce bullet adhesion to the trap and to provide improved containment of lead and improved access to the trap.

主权项

1. A bullet trap comprising:
a bullet containment chamber comprising a plurality of rows of impact plates forming a generally cylindrical shape having a bullet inlet and a bullet outlet, wherein one or more rows of impact plates comprises a plurality of elongate impact plates disposed in a horizontally extending row forming one or more joints between the ends of adjacent impact plates; and a support configured to support the elongate impact plates at the position of the one or more joint between adjacent ends of the elongate impact plates, wherein the support is external to the containment chamber and does not extend into the containment chamber to form an interior sidewall which divides the containment chamber, thereby providing a bullet containment chamber that is substantially uninterrupted by an interior sidewall at the position of the one or more joint between adjacent ends of the elongate impact plates.