Bullets - GunClaims

Nov 3, 2026

US12779473 - Systems and methods for separating bullets from backstop material

Systems and methods for recovering bullets from a backstop are disclosed. In one example embodiment of a method, fired bullets and backstop material are collected from the backstop. The fired bullets and backstop material may be vacuumed. The collected bullets are separated from the backstop material based on buoyancy of the collected bullets and backstop material in a liquid. The liquid may have a density that is greater than the density of the backstop material and less than the density of the collected bullets.

Sep 22, 2026

US12742619 - Two-stage multiuse gun clearing and test trap with replaceable decelerant

A reusable gun clearing and test trap has two chambers, a bullet capture chamber and an attached bullet inlet chamber to stop fired bullets, the capture chamber having at least one user-serviceable door for interior access to receive a bullet decelerant. An elastomeric mass such as blocks of compressed crumb rubber or vulcanized virgin rubber retardant is removably insertable into the inlet chamber for slowing the fired bullets. A slurry, such as a mixture of sand and oil such as is removably loadable into the capture chamber through a trap door and serves as the decelerant for the fired bullets. The capture chamber and the inlet chamber are made in a shape and of encasing materials that are sufficient to contain explosive discharges and ricochets associated with fired bullets. A labyrinth baffle is for dispersing discharge gases.