Picking up spent pellets from the garden?

[BC312]

If you fire at a steel thick plate as a back stop the pellets usually disintegrate in a pile in front, if you are concerned about picking them up put out a mat, sheet or a bit of carpet to collect the bits. If you grass is prized lawn with not much dirt or stones in just hoover up the spent pellets.

[Strimmer]

Put a tarp down before you start shooting or cut the grass and collect it then shoot and use a decent leaf Blower to blow them off the surface into the sides or make a pile to pick up.

A better option would be to leave them for a few months, then go out with a weed burner and set fire to the whole area leaving behind a lovely flat, lead plated lawn 😂

[Scott.]

Buy a plastic tray from B&M, Aldi, Lidl or someplace cheap like them* and put that at your backstop the pellets "should" mostly land on the tray and be easy to remove








*Or if you are feeling very brave you could purloin one of SWMBO's

[oliver13]

I've got an old steel water tank, the sort you use in the roof, a which is where I got this one after a water supply upgrade. It's on it's side with the targets at the back on a couple of bits of old carpet. I've occaisonally stuck a battery powered cupboard light in there but usually I don't need any extra lighting during daylight.
It's an old one & made of 3mm galvanised steel. That's all the back stop I need.
I empty it out every few months, I'm working on a big lead slab a la you tube's Taofledermaus.It currenly weighs about 12kg, when I ve got it to 20kg I'm planning on using it as a backstop, it's good to nave a plan.

[Steyr]

The Op isn't interested in the backstop or variations thereof.

His Q is how do forum members pick up the bouncers from the grass......these happen when you hit a metal target so the spent pellet doesnt hit the rear of the catcher.

In reality this will be a bugga. I wouldnt bother personally.

If its an issue, prevention is better than cure so get a tarp you can roll out when shooting like an apron and then roll it up at the end hopefully catching the stray spent pellets that do bounce out

If you want to collect spent lead from the grass then that seems like a proper drag. Good luck

[maximus]

I bet a Henry hoover would suck em up! Then take the advice of protective measures mentioned above.