Homemade Backstop

[kriggo15]

I hope this is the right thread for this... I have alot of land around me but it is flat farmland. I want to build my own backstop for my shotgun. Are there any suggestions to do this safely? Suggestions on materials...

 

[Bunnykid68]

Giant hill of dirt?????

 

[kriggo15]

Thought about that but I would have to bring the dirt in and I doubt the wife would like a big pile of dirt in the back yard.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Get a small dozer......make her a small pond and use the dirt for a backstop.

 

[kriggo15]

Somehow I think a small fish pond would end up being a couple of acres

 

[toddk]

Dirt or sand... Dig the wife a Decorative pond. Use the leftover dirt for the backstop. Just make sure that there are no big rocks in the dirt.

Sand is even better.

If you are looking for something else, I used to shoot handguns into railroad ties a while ago... once they start to fall apart, find some more...

For rifle, I would say you need dirt or sand.

 

[Bikerdad61]

Railroad ties

 

[remymartin]

Railroad ties

ties 3 deep will stop anything short of a tank. Go 3 deep infront of a dirt berm and you will be ok.

 

[rabbit]

I've never seen much flat land around Corydon! J/K Railroad ties work great with a small mound of dirt behind them! Just stack 3 or 4!

 

[semperfi211]

This is how I built mine with RR ties and 13 tons of sand.

 

[mike8170]

A bunch of old tires. They work great as stops for shotgun and pistol calibers, plus you can staple targets on them. I use them in front of my berm, and pick up all the bullets in and just behind them for melting down.

 

[garlic_b]

If the wife doesn't want a "proper" backstop, here's my idea.
How about a shed type building, where the front are double doors the swing open forward. The back wall is railroad ties, the floor is a poured slab of concrete (keeping lead out of the ground water), and the shed is filled with sand, to stop the bullets.

Basically like semperfi211's but it would look more like a shed. And eventually you could sift the sand, reclaim the copper/lead, and recycle and recast.

 

[red_zr24x4]

This is how I built mine with RR ties and 13 tons of sand.

This is like ours. But ours is not as fancy