Patent ID: 8677672
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: F41A,F42B

Abstract:
1. A bullet trap comprising a hollow body for connecting to a muzzle end of a weapon that can fire a bullet, the body remaining releasable connected to the muzzle end during and after firing, and the body having a chamber into which a bullet can be fired, said chamber having a plurality of baffles located one behind the other in an aligned series arrangement to enable the bullet to be trapped and held within the body, each of said baffles having a concave recess on a forward face so that a thickness of the baffle at a center of an axis of travel of the bullet is less than the thickness at a radially outwardly position, wherein the plurality of baffles are arranged and configured to absorb kinetic energy of the bullet when the bullet strikes the center of a first baffle of the series of baffles, and wherein the first baffle is deformed by the bullet before engagement with a center of a second baffle of the series of baffles, the bullet trap further comprising a fragment shield positioned in front of said baffles, and a gas outlet vent to said chamber, wherein said fragment shields the gas outlet vent from at least some fragments that may break off a bullet striking one or more of said baffles.