Pellet traps?

[cg21]

Which style is preferred for indoor use? The silent wood/clay type or the loud indestructible steel?

I am leaning towards steel with clay in it to catch spawling and sound. But would like to hear others experience with them if there is any first hand knowledge here I’d even settle for second hand. Have a good day.

 

[baranjhn]

I use duct seal in a wooden box.

 

[Scott58]

I've got a standard steel, but I have several t-shirts stuffed in the back to deadening sound.

 

[cg21]

I've got a standard steel, but I have several t-shirts stuffed in the back to deadening sound.

Got a pic? Does it kick lead out the front? I like this idea best sounds easy to retrieve lead

 

[Scott58]

No, it works fine. Lead stays inside.

 

[cg21]

No, it works fine. Lead stays inside.

Like that one? There’s quite a few options

 

[Creedmoor]

Got a pic? Does it kick lead out the front? I like this idea best sounds easy to retrieve lead

I have a small Detroit Pistol bullet trap,
I bought it to do quick tests on my handgun reloads without going out to the range.
It was well used when my sons were small.
I would lay either a piece of heavy carpet or conveyor belt across the top and down the back of it.
Cleaning it out was as simple as turning it upside down on a piece of cardboard.
This is it on its side with the tires in it. lol

 

[Mgderf]

Here's mine.
It's a J.C. Higgins .22cal bullet trap
I have it set up in the kitchen, where I can get a line of sight from my couch in the living room
I've got about a 30' shot...more or less.

I get trigger time in when I'm watching the news, or a movie...
I don't mind the sound.

 

[Hawkeye7br]

I use duct seal in a wooden box.

we use these for silo sighter targets. They work well.

We had a 4H kid built a trap as a fair project. He used an old rural type mailbox. Fitted cardboard to the opening at the front, stuffed clothes and cut a piece of 3/4" board for the back. Tape or push pin a target at the front, the mailbox is deep enough that pellets can't bounce out. Just shut the door and store when not in use.

 

[Jvernon]

There’s some cool DIY rubber mulch pellet trap YouTubes out there. I’ve been meaning to make one. There’s one area of my house I can set up for 10m.

 

[Mgderf]

Like that one? There’s quite a few options

That looks identical to mine, but I had mine given to me years ago.
They're awful proud of that Champion model!

 

[Glocker99]

I built a wooden trap with a steel plate behind duct seal, haven't had a pellet get to the steel plate yet. It is heavy but it won't fall over. Cut a slot to slide a piece of cardboard into for a target backer. Seems to work well.

 

[Leo]

I use a cardboard box, about 6 inches thick.

I put a piece of plywood on the back side just in case. I stuff the box with old towels and socks. Since I use an A-44 target with 5 bullseyes, I end up with 5 dime sized holes that eventually wear further toward the plywood. At about 10 tins of pellets, I shake the rags out and restuff them before any pellets touch plywood. I have used the same cardboard box since I bought this house in 2012.

I have used similar boxes since 1968. When I was single the box was on my living room wall and I could stand in my Bedroom door to get my Olympic regulation 10 meter practice distance. After I got married I found out I was not supposed to do that.

 

[Max Volume]

I've used a paper grocery bag filled with old magazines for awhile but it needed to be replaced often. Then I got this Highwild off Amazon. The only problem is it harmlessly splatters lead out the front all the time that is annoying to clean. I have some old carpet to put in the back to try or stuff it with old t-shirts. I can get about 30'.

 

[Mgderf]

after I got married I found out I was not supposed to do that.

 

[kennedy759]

I have two of the steel traps like the one above for shooting .22 in my garage, its 60ft long, I use heavy cardboard behind the paper target to catch splatter. One of the traps I have welded 3/16 plate on the angled back and lower back for lead .38

 

[Whip_McCord]

Take a cardboard box. Toward the back, hang an piece of carpet attached on top but unattached at the bottom. In the front, hang the target. The carpet will swing when hit. The pellet will stopp and fall to the bottom of the box. This works great for BBs too, and you could collect the BBs and reuse them. Easy and cheap to make.

 

[JettaKnight]

I use duct seal in a wooden box.

This. That stuff is cheap and traps everything.

 

[KokomoDave]

I used old scrap that I welded together but rust is taking hold of the frame. It has seen better days. At my old house I just shot a silk handkerchief suspended from a clothesline.

 

[cg21]

Found the metal style trap for cheaper. Going to go that route, stuff some towels in it and maybe a piece of cardboard towards the front behind the target. Should offer some good winter entertainment.