I shot my floor 8 times!

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KaBar

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Got my sten mkII in today and put the ol sand trap to the test. I fired 5 mags, in to the sand trap loaded (taped the last two) with between 15-20 rounds each (left the loader upstairs and loaded by hand) anybody have any good plans for a indoor test bullet trap?

Things I learned:
1. My water jug half full of sand works GREAT with .22's
2. A intergrated silencer on the sten is as quiet with 115g as my .22 silencer on a walther p22
3. The box of truth says 6 inches of sand will stop a bullet, any bullet.... They LIE!!! or possibly it was the fact that i was firing at around 650 RPM...and the sand did not have time to fall back in to itself.
4. 8 rounds of 115g 9mm will put a golfball sized hole in the floor.
5. Silenced stens are FUN!
6. I need more sand :lol:


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Lucky bastard!
 
Might want to try a spade bit next time when running your plumbing drops. They're less expensive to operate and you get cleaner edges on the holes. :D
 
KaBar said:
3. The box of truth says 6 inches of sand will stop a bullet, any bullet.... They LIE!!!
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I have tried to dig projectiles out of the berm at the shooting range and some of them go WAY in there. It depends on the projectile and velocity. The guys that are into the heavy bullet handgun loads will tell you that long bullets that don't expand can penetrate a long way. I saw some tests where a hard cast heavy bullet from a .44mag went 36" into wet newspaper whereas a 230 grain JHP from a .45ACP only went 8". And the 500 grain bullet they fired from a .458Lott went over 5'. It would have gone farther but the bullet turned sideways and that slowed it down.
 
Set up a big oil drum full of water and fire into it. Water is not compressible, and it quite literally tears the bullets apart a few inches below the surface. Most rounds won't go more than a couple feet deep before they've stopped flying and started sinking. And water is easier to clean up than the resulting *poof* of sand ;)


Edit: Another option would be to buy a block of clay and set it under your sandbag. Clay is great for stopping rounds, but it's messy when the clay takes the brunt of the hit. Sticking it underneath the sand should keep it from exploding while still letting it catch your bullets.
 
Well, the underground indoor range I went to in MI was many layers of hanging rubber curtains, like tire flaps. So, I would get 15-20 truck tire flaps, hang them from a frame and fire into them horizontally. Between friction and inertia, I THINK they would stop a bullet. Or heavy steel plate, or water. But you need about 6' of water for some bullets, and its heavy.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Larry
 
Grease said:
That's just crazy enough to work... :D

Although I wonder what potential neighbors would think of that?
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Why should you care? You have a suppressor on that gat for a reason!

Many years back, I had use of a suppressed Ruger Mark II for a while. I used to sit inside the house and shoot out of the opened French Doors and into a tree target in the back yard. That was fun! The house smelled funny for awhile though! (Be careful of lead fumes!)
 
This reminds me of the time that my bathroom flooded from a broken pipe. I shot a hole in the floor with my .44 mag. The water drained out just fine.:D.:D.
 
:confused: I never understood why anyone would shoot raw lead in their own house. Yes, even 22LR's.

Silenced SMG's are a lot of fun but, they are not what I would consider safe to shoot inside my own home. A shoot house? Sure! :D But, not my residence.
 
idea- shoot into a swimming pool! It's the ONLY surefire way of getting permanantly kicked out of your local YMCA!
 
pvicenzi said:
I would do my testing outdoors.
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Yeah, but your avatar is Schultz. What do you know?

"I know nothing! NOTHING!" :p

In all seriousness, I'd agree, though. Too many valuable things to hit, and too much to go wrong, at least in my place.

I'm assuming you're out in the country, and aren't located too close to other occupied structures?
 
Nuthin' like bein' able to walk out into your own yard and unload a few hundred rounds whilin' away the afternoon.

I love livin' in the country, on any given Sunday afternoon it sounds like a battle front from WWII here. :eek:
 
I think you need to add water to you sand and compact it.
(if the moisture is right) Some sand has a 95% compaction rate as soon as it hits the ground with no further work.

I have one of these I'd rent to you :D

http://youtu.be/JIwIYrN0qgg
 
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