Picking up spent pellets from the garden?

[Portzy]

Place an old piece of carpet twixt the target and backstop, the pellets go through the carpet but will not bounce back through it. You end up with nice neat pile of lead bits that are easily collected.

[jefrs]

Place an old piece of carpet twixt the target and backstop, the pellets go through the carpet but will not bounce back through it. You end up with nice neat pile of lead bits that are easily collected.

Thank you.

That is not the problem but the pellets that are now lying on what passes for a lawn.

Back stop is not the entire answer, yes it would be nice if all the pellets stopped there. Most of them to go into the catcher or fall to the ground right there. They can be tipped out or dust pan and brush easily enough.

The problem is the ones that maybe pinged off a spinner into another dimension. Certainly for me, crawling about on the ground is not an option, I could be stuck there for hours

How does one collect (that word in the search bring up a whole other topic, apparently some folks do collect pellets) together and pick up spent pellets that are not where they should be.

[rapidresponse1]

ive never really bothered my self

[jefrs]

ive never really bothered my self

Apparently it bothers Swimbo

[angrybear]

Easy solution do nothing, next easiest peg out a sheet before you start to catch any that bounce out of the stop.
Unless you crawl around on all fours feeling for them, they're too small to collect.
Catch what you can in your backstop / catcher, forget the rest.

Other thing is to build a decent backstop designed to catch them by angling them in to a specific area.

[T 20]

Roll your lawn.

[jefrs]

Roll your lawn.

Got a dog that uses it as a race track. Sparse grass and hard packed ground.


Got back stops btw that will embed or angle shots down. Most go into the target catchers. A few will inevitably ping out from hitting metal bits. The few soon add up to many.

I still have to pick up the pellets.

I'll shoot until the CO2 is empty. That's getting on 80 shots per. So if I use up 3 or 4 CO2 it soon adds up.

At the moment rake out the ground then broom and pan, but it is far from a good solution.

Any better ideas?