Homemade target box, comment please

[barrow_matt]

I have plenty of newspaper so can pad up the entry area.

Would it be better to have the angled pieces the other way so any direct deflection goes down.

Was also thinking that I have a larger old rug in the garage, if I use this as the back drop, screwed to the wall then fold the old carpet for use inside the box, and use the car mats to add protection to the sides.

Maybe it's overkill but I don't want pellets bouncing round the garage!

Matt

[bullbarrel]

Be careful when you start to get better and the groups tighten up.

Pellet after pellet in the same place will start to work through most backdrops quite quickly where the material is weaker than the pellet.

[mattinlondon]

As Andy says 20 or so pellets in the same place and you will have a hole in all that lot!

I would pack the box full of newspaper or thick magazines, phone books or catalogues are great

[Arch.Stanton?]

DIY is not my thing , but I use an old half size plastic carbuoy - plastic barrel to you and me - its only a short one so easy to handle - has a clip on lid and a locking collar .
Over time I have dispensed with the collar and even the lid that I cut a circular hole out of .
I prop the barrel on its side and filled it with breeze blocks - then after a while was wondering what was whizzing past my head after each shot
(I may be a numpty but I lways use eye protection ) . My .25 pellets had 'holed' the blocks and they were bouncing off the back of bottom of the barrel .......

I now use old telephone books / catalogues etc with some blocks still inside .
Brilliant ....and after a bit easy to replace ..

[SteveR]

For indoor pistol targets I use Plumbers Mait, which you can buy in tubs from DIY shops. I wouldn't recomend it for anything 11ft/lb (ish), but works fine for < 6ft/lb.

Its pretty messy applying it.

[MWNimrug]

I use a concrete paving slab in my garden as a back stop and all pelets drop to the floor flattend with no rebounds
a sheet of cardboard in front for sticking targets to

[Wadhill1]

top marks for putting safety first.
Just a suggestion; if you canmake a frame to go infront of the pellet catcher it so much easier to use this to clips you targets on (most DIY shops sell cheap clips)
Good Luck for the future
ATB
Charles