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Ah yes, I forgot to mention I do plan on putting some material in it, like lining it with some thick old blanket or scrap carpet or something like that, I hope this would help stop the possibility of deformation although my aluminum rounds should be fairly large. Most of my testing will be a point blank range with only enough distance between to place a chronograph, although the chrono does need to be a few feet away from the EMP or else it screws it up. I could always build a tunnel out of plywood as well to ensure I dont miss, or just a really long barrel on my future designs that will use a barrel. Any other way of ensuring the projectile wont bounce back out?
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To prevent bounce-back of a fast moving projectile, just shoot at an angle. Moving around 10 degrees off center of target should be enough to cause any re-bounds to miss with good margin.
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Joined: Tue May 06 2008, 03:17AM
Location: Irvine, California
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I made a bullet trap for shooting BBs, pellets, and bullets. I just have a sheet of steel angled at 30 degrees, the projectiles would deflect off the steel and into soft dirt, a tub of water, or sand, depending on projectile fired. I usually use potting soil if I wanted to collect bullets in good condition (not mangled or mushroomed). I have a very thin sheet of steel, its a little over 1/16" thick. I got it from a scrap metal dealer. I can either hang it at 30 degrees or mount it using some plywood (or lean it against whatever is nearby).
Its pretty much stops anything I can throw at it. I can recover bullets in good condition by using a tub of water or some loose soil to catch the bullets. I use it to catch bullets at much higher velocities than 200fps, and at much more energy than a rail gun or coil gun can do. Usually I shoot my .22lr into it. At your lower velocities you can use a very thin sheet of steel and use a soft trap to catch the bullets, like water, loose soil, or just cardboard. I imagine you don't want them damaged.
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