Editing Shooting range (section)

===Butts / backstop===
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The butts or backstop is the area behind the target into which the shot impacts having passed through the target. Earth, sand, or rubber berms are common, particularly on outdoor ranges. Vertical or angled steel plates with collectors are common indoors, often with a ballistic rubber curtain through which the bullet passes and is then stopped by a metal plate. The rubber curtains help reduce ricochet or bounce-back of bullet fragments.

Ranges without automatic target placements sometimes have galleries or trenches from where personnel lift and retract, mark and replace targets.

Backstops need to be of sufficient height to capture the projectile intended for the target as well as any ricochet that may occur from the projectile striking the range floor. The height is determined by range distance, as well as the approved firearms - a range for unsupported or pistol shooting may require a larger backstop than a range exclusively used or prone or supported rifle where a greater level of accuracy is expected.