Sound insulated target apparatus with projectile butt container

Claim 1

Portable target apparatus comprising: a transportable container having a top, bottom, side walls, a back and a front aperture; a butt container mounted within the transportable container for collecting spent projectiles, said butt container having upper and lower walls, a solid rear wall, a front aperture and means for mounting a target at said front aperture; connection means connecting said rear wall of the butt container to the back of the transportable container such that the front aperture of the butt container is spaced rearwardly from the front aperture of the transportable container, said connection means including a resilient layer on said rear wall of the butt container providing a connection between the inner butt container and the outer transportable container, said resilient layer also constituting an impact absorbing means and a sound deadening means for projectiles striking the rear wall of the butt container, said upper and lower walls of the butt container being V-shaped and having apices facing inwardly toward one another; sound insulation covering in entirety the outside of said walls of the butt container; and sound insulation covering in entirety the inside of the transportable container.