How do indoor ranges stop the bullets?

[MattW]

Just curious, never been to an indoor range and I was wondering what they do for a backstop. I'd guess not the piles of sand we use at the club.

 

[Madness]

we hire midgets and migrant workers to wear bullet proof vests and stand behind a curtain at the end of the range.

 

[leverboy]

Ninjas catch the bullets. Don't make them angry or they'll throw them back at you Big buncha help we are eh?

 

[Igormon]

There is...no.... backstop

 

[webster]

I think they use a wall of some sort.

 

[droid1963]

Electromagnetic fields.

 

[Madness]

pretty simple actually
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[9Guns]

recycled tires or steel plate set at a downward angle.

 

[npbra]

Now that all the out of work comediens have had their say, the real answer is steel plates angled towards the floor with rubber matting in front of the plates to contain the richocets.

 

[Or-guy]

indoor range

Angled steel plate with a sand trap.

 

[rdgietz]

The range i go to has Steel plate back stop sloping backwards with an additional steel baffels uptop to catch the richocets and send them into a tray at the bottom of the back stop... Pretty efficient actually.. Most of the lead ends up in this tray so it can be recycled..

RDG

 

[ALLS London]

bunch of arseholes... most of them


The truth is that there's an exceptionally high magnetic resonance field that messes with artificial joints and drops light loads such as handgun bullets- why do you think they don't allow rifle ammo on the indoor range?

No, seriously, they're thick plates of steel that are angled to absorb impact, without penetration and generally arranged to keep stray shots from exiting the building. Not always effective, our indoor range has hollow metal doors (16 gauge frames and 18 gauge doors) with holes and dents all through them.

 

[blaxsun]

we hire midgets and migrant workers to wear bullet proof vests and stand behind a curtain at the end of the range.

No hobos?

 

[ALLS London]

No hobos?

hobos tend not to have the body mass to stop a bullet

 

[TDC]

Not all use steel. Some use rubber "bricks" that are replaced frequently, others used mulched up rubber bits in a big pile like sand.

TDC

 

[Paatz]

hobos tend not to have the body mass to stop a bullet

I was going to say you would have to stack them up but I won't.

 

[blaxsun]

I was going to say you would have to stack them up but I won't.

At least you didn't suggest setting them on fire...

 

[MattW]

Steel plates, makes sense, thanks guys

 

[Farlsincharge]

thick rubber curtains with about 4 rows of stacked tires behind it. Most guys are shooting cowboy action now anyways, so really they could use 6 mil poly to stop the bullets instead.

 

[50calshooter]

Most ranges use a steel trap or rubber berm.