SACON Shock-Absorbing Concrete For Today's Bullet Traps

SACON®   The safest, most environmentally friendly munitions management system available!

SACON Shoot House at 29 Palms   SACON Shoot House at 29 Palms
SACON urban training building in California constructed of "T" and "L" panels.
 

Benefits of SACON for Firing Ranges and Shoot Houses

  • Closed-cell foamed concrete provides dry, alkaline medium for holding lead.
  • Cannot burn or rot.
  • Construction techniques are similar to conventional concrete (block, pre-cast panels, or cast-in-place).
  • Alkalinity results in low lead leaching.
  • Used SACON generally considered construction waste -- non-hazardous and non-flammable.  (Results of Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) tests)
  • Can be formed and pigmented to assist in concealment.

 

Sample SACON Bullet Penetration

Rifle Caliber Depth Pistol Caliber Depth
22 long (37 gr) 1.5" .38 - cal. 1"
5.56 (56 gr) 2.5" .45 - cal. 1.25"
270 (150 gr) 4" 9 mm (115 gr) 3"
7.62 x 39 (126 gr) 4" 7.62 x 25 (85 gr) 3"
    380 (95 gr) 1.5"

 

Terran is the most experienced SACON provider in the U.S.

We have designed and constructed SACON structures for indoor and outdoor ranges and shoot houses.  Structures are normally combinations of standard blocks fit together to form backstops, frames, walls or expendable bullet traps.  This example drawing shows how standard blocks and panels can be used to create a 5 lane shooting range.

Custom shapes, figures and structures can also be made.  Terran's SACON process is mobile, allowing custom manufacturing at or near your site and SACON can even be "poured in place."

 

Contact Terran Corporation if you have any questions about SACON.

Terran Corporation
4080 Executive Drive
Beavercreek, OH 45430-1061

Phone: (937) 320-3601
Fax: (937) 320-3620

Or send e-mail to Brad Huntsman

 

Additional Information about SACON:

SACON - Past Installations by Terran (PDF document)

Brochure:  Shock-Absorbing Concrete for Today's Shooting Ranges

Presentation:  Development of a Movable Wall Shoot House for Small Arms and Grenade Training

Technical Paper:  Development of a New Bullet Trap Design Using Shock-Absorbing Concrete (SACON)

Examples of SACON projects Terran has completed:

     SACON Shoot House MOUT Facility 29 Palms, California

     SACON Design and Fabrication Fort Bragg, NC