Haven't seen anyone mention making a lead trap target for their big bores. New to pcp's and casting, but I hate wasting money unnecessarily and lead cost money.
Got my idea off another forum for indoor pistol shooting. I wanted something mobile though.
This has worked with no issues shooting my .457 Challenger Elite turned up to shoot 300gr slugs at 800fps/400fpe. Have yet to have a solid hit on the AR steel, even at 35yds.
Took an old 15gal compressor tank, cut it in half, welded cross brace at back/bottom seam and tacked 3/8 AR steel circle to that(chain around edge was because wasn't ordering a custom size and to keep mulch from fall behind it), then split the removed upper portion of tank and inserted to double the wall thickness, and filled with rubber mulch. Arm frame has space holes to allow for leveling adjustments for terrain, and for rolling to any yardage. This contraption is a bit on the heavy side though. (Materials estimate around $125 tops, mostly the AR plate.)
Target area is about 15" diameter and has about 11" of rubber mulch to the steel plate.
Plywood gets blown out, but stapled on targets actually hold the rubber mulch in really well when leaving them layered.
Collected 21lbs of my pure lead out of it last weekend for recasting.
Happy Shooting
Disclaimer shoot at your own risk, not sure how much power something like this can actually handle.
Got my idea off another forum for indoor pistol shooting. I wanted something mobile though.
This has worked with no issues shooting my .457 Challenger Elite turned up to shoot 300gr slugs at 800fps/400fpe. Have yet to have a solid hit on the AR steel, even at 35yds.
Took an old 15gal compressor tank, cut it in half, welded cross brace at back/bottom seam and tacked 3/8 AR steel circle to that(chain around edge was because wasn't ordering a custom size and to keep mulch from fall behind it), then split the removed upper portion of tank and inserted to double the wall thickness, and filled with rubber mulch. Arm frame has space holes to allow for leveling adjustments for terrain, and for rolling to any yardage. This contraption is a bit on the heavy side though. (Materials estimate around $125 tops, mostly the AR plate.)
Target area is about 15" diameter and has about 11" of rubber mulch to the steel plate.
Plywood gets blown out, but stapled on targets actually hold the rubber mulch in really well when leaving them layered.
Collected 21lbs of my pure lead out of it last weekend for recasting.
Happy Shooting
Disclaimer shoot at your own risk, not sure how much power something like this can actually handle.