indy1919a4
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Picked up an Old Bullet trap the other day .. and finally got to test it..
The X-Ring Centrifugal Bullet Trap was manufactured for target shooters in the 1930s and 1940s. The square funnel made of quarter-inch steel leading into a snail-shaped trap. The opening of the funnel is about 18" x 18" with a clamp to hold the target.
It weighs about 90 pounds and has "X - RING PRODUCTS CENTRIFUGAL BULLET TRAP PEKIN ILL PATS PEND." molded in the tail.
Now did not get the original stand for it so am using an improvised stand.
Have been told that they were used by the Military but have not been able to verify that.
From what I have read this will eat about any pistol round out there (Do not know about magnum Rounds) I tested it with 45 acp Jacketed rounds and 44-40 lead rounds. No problem with either. The bullets were beyond destroyed.
The Jacketed rounds Sometimes had the Jacket completely pealed away.
On a local Interest Note, I was about to rip off the old shipping tag. But when I looked at it, this was originally shipped to the old Vonnegut Hardware store in Indianapolis..
The X-Ring Centrifugal Bullet Trap was manufactured for target shooters in the 1930s and 1940s. The square funnel made of quarter-inch steel leading into a snail-shaped trap. The opening of the funnel is about 18" x 18" with a clamp to hold the target.
It weighs about 90 pounds and has "X - RING PRODUCTS CENTRIFUGAL BULLET TRAP PEKIN ILL PATS PEND." molded in the tail.
Now did not get the original stand for it so am using an improvised stand.
Have been told that they were used by the Military but have not been able to verify that.
From what I have read this will eat about any pistol round out there (Do not know about magnum Rounds) I tested it with 45 acp Jacketed rounds and 44-40 lead rounds. No problem with either. The bullets were beyond destroyed.
The Jacketed rounds Sometimes had the Jacket completely pealed away.
On a local Interest Note, I was about to rip off the old shipping tag. But when I looked at it, this was originally shipped to the old Vonnegut Hardware store in Indianapolis..
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