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Whats the best backstop for .222 cf.

I have a box made with 1"thick wood (recycled from a pallet) about 15"x15" filled with sand, which i use for the.22lr but, would this stop a .222?

Any ideas for something suitable - i'm guessing the bullet will fragment when hitting anything so not a prob with richochets.

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No. I would use a mud bank. 15" deep of sand really isn't very good. Plus, you'll end up smashing the box to the point that it'll lose sand and you'll just shoot clean through it.

 

Secondly, if you think a .222 can't ricochet, think again. ANY bullet will ricochet, regardless if it's hollow point or not.

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Is it something you want to be able to move? I find a ton sack works well enough, but I wouldn't trust 15" of sand for that kind of calibre.

 

A good method I have seen if you have a friend who is an engineer is to take a thick sheet of hard plate (not mild steel) and weld two legs to one end of it so it will stand up at 45 degreeas to the ground. When you shoot it the bullet will ricochet off into the ground under the plate :lol:

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I find a large mound of earth or horse manure is best.

A fallen dead tree works well.

Placing the target in a drainage ditch.

Suitable size and weight steel plate.

 

If none of the above are about then I dig a hole (it doesn't have to be very deep) with a slope going into it, bank the spoil up behind the hole and place the target in the hole so that it is below ground level.

 

I tried a few stones covered in earth once, but they just exploded (only lime stone), so I never tried it again.

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A box made from 3/8 ply about 12" by 18" used lengthways and filled with sand and having 1/4" ply penetration marker slats every 3", along with pig's heads, car doors and sand bags, etc, etc. is standard on military ranges for what is known as a bullet penetration demonstration. Apart from patching out the holes at the front and replacing the holed slats, the boxes themselves last quite a while. Of the thousands of 5.56fmj bullets I have known fired at the boxes, not one has even come close to passing all the way through.

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