[berettabone]

Anyone here have any experience with the Acreage Bullet Catch??????????????? Thinking about getting one............couldn't post the website for some reason............................

 

[DrDenby]

I was at the range one time and guy was shooting a silhouette target bigger than that and missed and that was from 20feet.

I think he had bad flinch problems, but things happen, bee sting, sneeze, cramp .

If it's used in the middle of nowhere, I would feel ok. But, trusting it in an urban (or even some suburban) areas is probably a HUGE mistake.

Doc

 

[buster40c]

IMO the price is to high and second I agree with DRD. For that price you could have a dozer push dirt up for a back stop or haul dirt or sand in to create a back stop much larger.
Is this the unit you are asking about?
http://www.amazon.com/Ocken-Acreage...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00MMP3W1U

 

[berettabone]

That's the one...............................................I don't know about other states, but nobody will even take their dozer off the trailer for that kind of money..............................

 

[buster40c]

Then have about three loads of bank sand hauled in. I paid $18 per yard of bank sand and I hauled a yard at a time on my single axle trailer. Sand is extremely heavy at around 7200+ lbs per yard. Bullets will not go through even a foot of bank sand let alone a 6' deep pile of it.

 

[berettabone]

My whole property is sand...............................................................

 

[buster40c]

Well then here is an idea. Build a tower for you to shoot from. That way you will be shooting down into sand. Problem solved.

 

[berettabone]

It's just, if I was 30 years younger, I'd dig and make a sand pile myself, but those days are over. Heavy equipment in these parts is very expensive. I have a lumber yard right down the road, and that isn't a bad idea. Would kill 2 birds with one stone. A friend of mine has the same telescope that was used to discover the Hale Bopp comet..................we could also use it for the telescope...................not a bad idea at all. But,when it's really cold in the winter, I can't move a tower or pile of sand, but I can shoot in the pole barn with the catch. I'll have to ponder this one...............

 

[buster40c]

You can build an indoor sand trap real cheap. Some 2x6 and 2x4 with some rubber/plastic truck mud flaps and maybe less than half yard of sand. Really easy to make and it will do the job you want. Make a 2x6 or a 2x12 box frame mounted on 2x4 support legs. Leave the top of the box open and cover front with mudflaps. Rubber actually lasts longer. You can use a steel backing plate on back side of the frame. There is a thread on RT here showing the set up on a you tube video. The video is only using 6" deep sand and it stopped most any bullet.