Venetian bullet trap

[shotgun sam]

Is anyone a member of a club that uses a Venetian bullet trap?

We as a club were talking about this as an option to linotex and steel plate.

Any views about the bullet trap including rough cost would be appreciated.

Sam

[Blu]

Hi Sam,

To keep bullet splatter from bouncing back at the shooter, rubber curtains are often mounted across the
entire face of the trap. Because rubber is destroyed every time you shoot into it, these curtains must be
replaced or patched frequently to maintain their effectiveness.

The benefits of a venetian blind trap include the durability of steel, no sand or granules, and a small floor
space requirement.

Weaknesses include bullet fragmentation on impact, splatter & ricochet, no close-range shooting, and
maintenance of the rubber curtains.

Blu

[Chapuis]

You forgot to mention noise Blu as another weakness. I know one club that uses such a system for .22 only. I can't say that it worked any better than any of the other ranges that I have shot on and the noise was much greater. Lead dust was also a problem from what I can recall.
The old sand butt still takes some beating as far as I am concerned but I did shoot on a range that used large bales of nylon to catch the .22 rounds and that worked very well.