Pellet trap?

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Rusty Toyota

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Since there's has been some discussion lately about airguns, I'd like to know from people who's into the higher powered stuff use to catch their lead.

I have a RWS 34 and am shooting the Crosman premier domes (heavy), but I've been having trouble stopping them effectively.
 
I'm working on that now.

I've made a plywood box and used to stuff it with newspaper and the like, which makes a huge mess.

So I tried shooting different thicknesses of steel, upright shooting perpendicularly into it. Thin sheet steel deformed a lot and some of the pellets left the box. I *think* the thicker steels rips apart the skirt sending shrapnel everywhere and the head portion of the pellet stays intact and ricochets where ever it wants. I even tried at different distances (4, 11, 20yds). Same thing every time.

I'm trying to make an insert for my box with vertical rows of angle iron so it looks like this: ^^^^, from the top, with thin sheet steel lining the back of the box.

I have no idea if it will work, I'll post results.
 
Why not cut a couple pieces of corrugated cardboard to put in front of the metal. This should provide something to attach your target to as well as catch any flying debris.

When I was younger and shot my pellet gun indoors I found a box about the size of a piece of newspaper folded in half and then half again (shaped like a square so that one large normal size piece would have 4 plys after folding). I then proceeded to fill the box with the old newspapers and it seemed to work fine with no mess. However, I wasnt using an adult air gun but one of the 10 pumpers. I would imagine it would still work though.

Outside those targets that are a metal plate shaped like an animal and swing around in a circle are fun but don't catch the pellets.
 
Vertical rows of angle iron ??? I shot at a range [pistol not pellet] constructed like that.The designer wasn't very bright as the bullets would hit a panel [panels set at 45* like angle iron] ricochet to the next panel and back to the shooter !!! Take a piece of steel [1/16" or 1/8" ?] set at 45* so the bottom is further back .
 
I user a chinese cone pellet trap and have had no problems at 1200fps , they are cheap as well.
 
If you google duct seal and air gun, you'll find some detailed plans. Lots of folks use duct seal, because it absorbs the pellets, kind of like shooting into clay. I've used a simple box of made of plywood with a few layers of old carpet to avoid ricocheting but I use a relatively low powered gun (Beeman R7) so I haven't had to be as concerned about it as folks using higher power guns.
 
find a heavy piece of rubber. hang it freely from the top. crossman sold pellet traps like this back in the early 70's make sure its at least 1/4" thick with cardboard behind it just in case. a gravel pit might have some old conveyor belt they might let you have. it has nylon reinforcement in the middle which will help stop a pellet.
 
I took a large shoe box filled it with newspaper then wrapped it in duct tape. Works great, and when it becomes ragged out I just add more duct tape. Shoot the Beeman HW97.20 and Webley Longbow .22 .
 
Rusty Toyota said:
Since there's has been some discussion lately about airguns, I'd like to know from people who's into the higher powered stuff use to catch their lead.

I have a RWS 34 and am shooting the Crosman premier domes (heavy), but I've been having trouble stopping them effectively.
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I use a heavy rug behind the target. Pellets hit the rug and drop into the carboard box I setup below
 
Shann said:
If you google duct seal and air gun, you'll find some detailed plans. Lots of folks use duct seal, because it absorbs the pellets, kind of like shooting into clay. I've used a simple box of made of plywood with a few layers of old carpet to avoid ricocheting but I use a relatively low powered gun (Beeman R7) so I haven't had to be as concerned about it as folks using higher power guns.
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I used something similar - Plumbers Putty (try your local Home Depot). A few containers of this stuff squished into a wooden box worked for 3+ years shooting my Logan (i.e., high power) .22 airgun.

- Mark
 
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some pellets left the front of the trap through some paper, 5 holes going in, 2 going out(left side). Sorry, Mr. Russell about shooting up your catalog. I was in a rush to test the trap and it was the first thing I grabbed.:o

I have some other ideas I'm going to try as well as looking into your guys' suggestions.
 
I use one of those .22 rimfire traps. Also, cover the front with paperboard (replace as necesary) to control any lead dust and prevent ricochets.
 
Outer's 22lr bullet trap. Nice solid steel unit. If it will stop a 22lr, it will handle any .22 and under air rifle.
 
Shann said:
If you google duct seal and air gun, you'll find some detailed plans. Lots of folks use duct seal, because it absorbs the pellets, kind of like shooting into clay.
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+1

If shooting outdoors, get a rimfire trap and be done with it. They are cheap and reliable.

Indoors is another matter because you don't want lead splatter or dust contaminating your home. Make or buy a wood box (or a discarded baking pan) and fill it with electrician's putty (duct seal). DON'T use plummer's putty, which is what most Home Depot sales clerks will lead you to. It is too thin to reliably stop high-powered pellets. Get electrician's putty, found in the electrical department. If the sales clerks seem confused, just ask a seasoned-looking electrician. They'll know it by it's nickname: monkey s**t.
 
I used to use a trap similar to the outer's .22 steel trap. But didn't like the bits of lead that found their way outside of the trap. Even if I'm shooting in my backyard I'd rather not trash my backyard with lead. So I ended up buying this one very easy to build yourself. But I had more money than time, at the time of purchase. http://www.babymd.net/aa_improved_silent_pellet_trap.htm#NEW AR5/10 TRAP
Much happier with this trap. Quieter and cleaner.
 
Indoors is another matter because you don't want lead splatter or dust contaminating your home. Make or buy a wood box (or a discarded baking pan) and fill it with electrician's putty (duct seal). DON'T use plummer's putty, which is what most Home Depot sales clerks will lead you to. It is too thin to reliably stop high-powered pellets. Get electrician's putty, found in the electrical department. If the sales clerks seem confused, just ask a seasoned-looking electrician. They'll know it by it's nickname: monkey s**t.
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I do use a .22LR trap indoors to catch airgun pellets. To avoid splatter and unncessary contamination, I seal off the front of the trap with duct tape and cereal box paper board. It has worked very well for me.
 
Back in the day, I used a copier paper box, placed a bundle of stacked newpaper in it so that the newspaper stack took up 1/3 to 1/2 of the depth of the box, and then filled the rest of the space with lots of crumpled up newspaper. Put the top on the box, stand it up, and add a target.

The stacked newspaper stops the shot, and the packed in crumpled up paper arrested any errant bounces.

But a commercial .22 trap would probably be the best route.
 
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