Patent ID: 7775526

Claim:
A bullet trap comprising: one or more plates defining a first generally cylindrical bullet containment chamber segment for decelerating bullets, the first generally cylindrical bullet containment chamber having a top and a bottom, an inlet disposed adjacent the top for receiving bullets into the first bullet containment chamber segment and an egress adjacent the bottom for allowing bullets to pass out of the first generally cylindrical bullet containment chamber; and one or more plates defining a second generally cylindrical bullet containment chamber segment for decelerating bullets, the second generally cylindrical bullet containment chamber having a top and a bottom, an inlet disposed adjacent the top for receiving bullets into the second bullet containment chamber segment and an egress adjacent the bottom for allowing bullets to pass out of the second generally cylindrical bullet containment chamber; and wherein the first bullet containment chamber segment and the second bullet containment chamber segment are attached to one another end to end in a horizontal array so that the inlets of the first bullet containment chamber segment and second bullet containment segment form a single uninterrupted ingress extending horizontally along a bullet containment chamber formed by the first bullet containment chamber segment and the second bullet containment chamber segment.