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Correction to my safety station post below:

The elbow at the top was 45 degrees, not 90, so it would deflect an incoming round into the sand and gravel below.

MotherBear wrote:By the way, I found the Safe Direction pad thing through a mention on the Cornered Cat website: http://www.corneredcat.com/article/prac ... -backstop/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

She also suggests a 5-gallon bucket of sand, which you could disguise with a fake plant or something if aesthetics are an issue. Or a box of phone books stacked 2-3' deep. She's making suggestions for dry fire backstops, but the same principles should apply, I'd think.

We used small gravel in the bottom 2/3 of our squad room safety setup to better stop and / or shatter high powered rifle rounds. The trap itself was a 3 foot section of city water pipe with a 90 degree CORRECTION: 45 DEGREE elbow on top. It was built into a frame with instructions on the front and a small shelf in front of the opening.

It's more than you'd want to see in your bedroom, but not a bad arrangement for a club or a range.