Pellet trap idea?

[pushycheese]

Hi all,
Beginner in the world of airguns and will soon be venturing into pistol shooting. Got a small garden but I would still like to practise, So I was thinking of making a pellet trap out of 8x4 sheet of 9mm ply or Osb and stapling some old carpet to it, Think it'll take out the noise on pellet impact?

Thanks
Dan

[astraman1]

carpet will take the noise out of it you could also use a tin with some plumbers mate in it

[CLASH]

For zeroing i use a yellow pages wrapped in gaffa tape its really effective at both noise reduction and pellet trap

[Benelli B76]

For zeroing i use a yellow pages wrapped in gaffa tape its really effective at both noise reduction and pellet trap

Also good poor mans air rifle chrono. Up to page 300 probably legal. Page 600 get an FAC !

Baz

[KeithW]

Cardboard box (e.g. crisps carton from the corner shop) stuffed with old clothes. Very quiet and lightweight, and it collects the pellets for you.

[Harry]

Breeze block is nice and quiet too but eventually if you shoot the same spot all the time it will go through but I use a nice square box with Argos catalogues in it and works a treat and also free
Harry.

[Rickenbacker]

Anything that avoids rebounds. Carpet stapled to ply might rebound. And if you tend to fix your targets in the same place, it'll definately rebound if the shots have nibbled a hole in the carpet layer.

Thats where a box of rags is really good. Adding another couple of rags when the middle gets thin, and gaffer tape to repair the front where you shoot and pin your targets.

If you want a really big extra-safety backstop around / above the box, perhaps a big piece of carpet hanging from a length of fixed batten or washing line.

Like the old wartime trick: A wet army blanket will stop bullets

[original45]

Cardboard box (e.g. crisps carton from the corner shop) stuffed with old clothes. Very quiet and lightweight, and it collects the pellets for you.

What he said. I use such as its quiet and safe . I occasionaly empty lead from the layers of clothing but initialy I remove zips and buttons .
I use a rag bag for crossbow arrows too. Dead quiet very very effective.

[Binker]

Cardboard box (e.g. crisps carton from the corner shop) stuffed with old clothes. Very quiet and lightweight, and it collects the pellets for you.

+1 Very good for noise reduction and will stop anything on the unlicensed side at 10 metres. I use empty wine boxes, the kind that hold six glass bottles not the ones with the taps. Never sheem to be able to hit a bleshed thing… hic.

[CLASH]

Also good poor mans air rifle chrono. Up to page 300 probably legal. Page 600 get an FAC !

Baz

Like that it made me larf

[Bruno27]

http://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/15/68/21/07/img-2018.jpg
A plastic gallon can
A square hole
2 metal strips
A few rivets
A few magnets
Some wheel balancing weight for stability
An old catalog

[where's it gone]

Like that it made me larf

Going back many years, a certain gun shop near me used this method when they put a new spring in my hW77.