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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UnSafe" data-source="post: 1914971" data-attributes="member: 100">We had a guy get shot in a railroad tie built shooting room at Camp Guernsy, WY. Turns out that even an overlapping, double layer of used railroad ties are lousy at stopping 5.56 ball all the time. Good for holding up dirt, but the inconsistant density/ voids and rot allow for the "Magic bullet" phenomena. Lets air out of lungs and makes livers dribble. Point being that ties may indeed be capable of holding up large volumes of barrier material and form a visual border to shoot within, but don't count on them alone to consistantly stop centerfire bullets. LARscout311- Why 2 foot barrier?. Can you make room for 6 foot? If so, you can build the tie backed dirt pile from hell.</blockquote>