Homemade pellet traps

[scar_11]

I am looking on the Internet for ideas on how to make a homemade pellet trap I was just wondering if anyone has built one them selfs and will it stop a .22 pellet at 1000 get per second

 

[Grizzlypeg]

You can either go soft or hard. Hard, as in a steel plate at an angle, to deflect the pellets downward. Soft, could be plumber's putty, old phone books, or a box of rags. Always have a fail safe hard stop behind it all, just in case the pellet punches through.

 

[godheadx]

I used an old wine box and 1 inch of duct sealant, it's supposed to
Be able to stop a 22lr

 

[DEZ]

wood box line back with old phone books etc

 

[garmic]

I made a plywood box and lined the back with 1 1/2" duct seal, my .22 is about 580fps and the .177 is 700fps I have never had a pellet penetrate more than 1/2" only when there was a wad of 50 or more stacked in one spot did they penetrate maybe 3/4". The duct seal can be cleaned and reused. I copied a design off Archer airguns site.

 

[NS_Kan8dn]

Not sure if this would work in your case , but my kids use to shoot down in the basement into a 3/4" plywood box roughly 10" deep and 3'x3' square. I had a piece of carpet about 4" off the back and draped down to catch the BB's and pellets. The targets were attached to a removable 1/4" plywood front.

It worked very well. You could lift up the carpet at the bottom and reuse the BB's.

 

[Levi Garrett]

x3 on the electrical duct seal,
sold in 5 lb bricks, make a box you can hang targets at the front, place duct seal in the back/inside of the box...have fun

Here is a 1 lb , cost more this way, but if your picky on a custom fit on your backstop, might need one or more extra lbs...

 

[geologist]

For my <500 fps air guns I just put 4 layers of wall to wall carpet cut to fit inside a sturdy cardboard box. For a 1000 fps I'd double or triple the layers of carpet.

 

[dizzy]

an inch of the Duct seal stops .0177 pellets traveling at 1000fps, should have no trouble stopping .22 also

I simply put it in the bottom of an old wooden tool box, similar in size to the metal cheapo ones you can buy at Can tire for around $12. works great, have not had a pellet reach the wood yet.

 

[j.krug]

I plan on making a wooden open front box with a couple of loose hanging rubber curtains. Until then I'm using a carboard box with an old floormat folded up and held in place with plastic shopping bags stuffed behind it. It's working good so far.

 

[Lodi]

An old breaker box filled with plumbers putty.

 

[dHb]

A 5" thick carton stuffed with old clothes does the trick for 900fps .177s.

 

[jackrabbit000]

I use a 5 gal pail and put in 7 round pieces of high density hard plastic packaging material that I got from work. Each piece is 2" thick, works like a charm. .177 pellets stop on the 4th to 5th section.