Rubber Mulch bullet trap
Was at work and the boss asked me to trash some left over stuff from our equipment. He said that whatever i wanted from the pile, i could take. Well, 1 gallon of cutting oil was first on the list (especially for free). The other thing i quickly spotted was a brand new 12x12x6″ junction box (electricians). I quickly thought, “hmm, this can become a bullet trap using rubber mulch that I’ve been hearing so much about as of lately”…lol! So HOME the junction box came.
Well, today i had time to get over to Home Depot and i quickly found the mulch of course in the garden section. I had my choice of Red or Brown mulch. Oh My, that’s 1 too many choices more than what i was expecting. I was expecting only BLACK since i know its made from shredded tires. Too my surprise, there was no black but only red or brown. No probs either way. Brown it was. I also picked up some Jig Saw blades to cut a section out of the junction box.
Needless to say, there really isn’t more to really talk about when it comes to the actual project itself. The idea is pretty straight forward. So here it is in a nutshell.
The pics are self narrated:
The nice thing that i noticed right off the bat is that its much cleaner than using wood backers or plumbers putty. Wood splinters quickly and gets messy pretty quick when using it in your home. You also blow through it pretty quickly and it gives feedback when hit. So wood is not quite when shot. Plumbers putty is awesome but you can soon blow right through it after shooting in the same area. Plus you get a lot of it laying around the garage after you’ve shot a few hundred rounds through it. Its pretty hard to also clean out plumbers putty and reuse it. Plumbers putty is quiet though when shot.
I’m really liking the rubber mulch target trap.
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Airguns of Tulsa,
It was your post and another s on the Yellow Forum and Doug’s that made me want to try it. I like your idea also. Cool thing about these traps is that there is a million ways to make em.
SSShooter,
the color of the mulch last for 12 years unlike tree bark mulch. It doesn’t attract insects (:thumb:). It DETERS Weeds (:thumb:). It made from 100% recycled tires
I’ve now got about 500 pellets shot into mine. I built mine out of a Stearlite storage box. ($3.99)
then I took a polypropylene cutting board ($4.99) and put in the bottom just for added safety.
filled with a half bag of rubber mulch ($7.99)
cut a piece of cardboard the side of the box. I use it to hold the mulch in the box and back up my paper target.
I then cut out the top so as to hold the target and secure the cardboard that holds in the mulch.
I did eventually cut the opening larger so I could change out the target without having to remove the top which BTW, I put a couple of small screws in the top to hold it together so I didn’t accidentally dump the damn thing in the back of my car. 😯
Excellent!
I am going to have to try that!
Looks good! I used wood chips in the past and found a bit of wood and a void between the face and the chips helped collect the debris inside the unit.
How does rubber chips behave for dirt?
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Insects were a problem for wood. I used a spray to deal with that. Rubber is far better.
I now use a duct seal trap.