More likely a ricochet concern. You really don't want bullets striking metal. They tend to fly in unexpected directions.equin wrote:Interesting information. Thanks for the link. I misspoke earlier about their use as berms. At least the pistol bay areas appear to be earthen berms, but he may have buried some tires within to help with the earthen berm structure. I don't know. I think the rifle range lanes may use the tires as backstops, but it's been so long since I've seen the rifle range, I just don't know. I do know he uses collapsed tire columns as walls for the rifle range. The range itself is mostly surrounded by collapsed tires several columns thick. I don't know if they're steel belted, but from my layman's perspective, they don't look like they would fall or collapse.sjfcontrol wrote:There are issues using tires in backstops/berms. Hope they're not steel-belted!equin wrote:Forgot to mention that the Ferris range has recycled a bunch of old, used tires to use as berms and walls, which I think is genius. According to the owner, those old tires can supposedly stop a .50 cal bullet from penetrating. Not sure if one can, but the way they're collapsed and stacked amongst each other definitely can.
If you're interested, go to this NSSF site, and search for "tires" to find the relevant info...
Anyway, I'm wondering why the NSSF recommends not using steel belted tires? Is it because a hit could cause a spark and ignite the rubber?
Here's a guy shooting a .50 caliber at something steel...
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