I knew something would come up that would make a good buffer. This great idea.The trick will be finding a material that doesn't make a ridiculous mess as you shoot it to bits.
Maybe a sheet of that self-healing, reactive target rubber that they make these things out of.
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As RD10 says though - not sure that I'd be shooting 22WMag at anything that's only rated for 22LR.