Duct Seal at Amazon

[ztirffritz]

I saw this at another forum and thought I'd share: Amazon.com has duct seal 5 lb bags(2.2 kg) for about $13 with free shipping for Amazon Prime members. Seems like a good deal to me. I know that many people use the stuff for sound dampening and pellet capture in their backstops. 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VZPWZW/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687442&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000BO8XD6&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1228VD7X6VMYQT4NYWW0

 

[pretbek]

I used to use it. The stuff is very quiet and traps a lot of pellets really well.
But prying out the pellets when the duct seal is getting filled up is a royal PITA, so now I'm considering a rubber mulch trap or compressed carpet pieces trap for easier pellet removal. 

 

[jfrazier30]

I've been using this stuff in my trap for years. It has thousands of pellets stuck in it and still going strong!

 

[30cal]

That looks like a good deal Thanks! I ordered a custom bullet/pellet trap in fact it should be here today: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-8-x16-x16-22-Trap-Deceleration-Chamber-Made-in-USA-Free-Shipping-Sale-/261532936005?

I plan to dampen it somehow. Its a larger one than the Champion and similar ones. Its mouth is 16"x16". I may use duct seal but will take quit a bit for this larger one. I was thinking of gluing high density foam carpet pad to the steel then 3/4" plywood on top of that like a foam sandwich. At least on the top and sides. Would not add as much weight that way (Maybe). I will have to experiment with it.

 

[billydjann]

I used to use this..It works very well.. always bought it at Home-depot...
I quit using it.... I shoot so much it got to be a pain cleaning pellets out of it all the time....

 

[Kgb1024]

Rubber Mulch.........enough said!

 

[linsfreak]

This stuff is better then all noted above...... http://www.precisionairgunsandsupplies.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=24x24BallisticRubberTile

 

[linsfreak]

This one to.... bBallistic Rubber 12" x 24" x 2" Panel/Tile

 

[ztirffritz]

"linsfreak"This stuff is better then all noted above...... http://www.precisionairgunsandsupplies.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=24x24BallisticRubberTile

Might as well go this route then. You'd get many times as much material and it costs WAY less. Shipping might be rough though...

http://smile.amazon.com/Rubber-Recycled-Floor-4-Inch-10-Feet/dp/B001V7DBY8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1441919783&sr=8-2&keywords=horse+stall+mats

 

[pretbek]

Careful ztirffritz, the density and tear strength of the ballistic rubber could be MUCH higher than that of the recycled rubber mat. 
You might actually need the extra material and STILL shoot through it more quickly. 

 

[ztirffritz]

I have two sheets of the recycled rubber mat that I've been using to shoot at for quite a while. .25 pellets either go through or get stuck in the first sheet. The second sheet is more or less un-touched.

 

[Pauls Custom Targets]

This is what I use. It is a 2"x8" Box that I cut two groves in the sides. I lay it on the back and fill it with rubber mulch from Home Depot. Then after packing it in as tight as possible I slide a piece of foam board that you get at Wal Mart for 1.77 a sheet, It is like 24" x 30" so it needs to be cut down with a razor knife. i then stand it up and the mulch stays put. The slide another piece in the front groves and atttach your targets. Take a beating and keeps going...I used it for 9 months with the same boards in place. I used to use it to site in at various distances for FT. Now I have a diff set up. It is about 6" thick with a 3/4" recessed plywood back. It stops .22 pellets at 32 FPE dead! I don't see a problem with .25s . The pellets eventually end up on the bottom, working their way down from vibration. Best of all there is no ricochets.

You can go bigger too......

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[bobad]

linsfreakThis stuff is better then all noted above...... http://www.precisionairgunsandsupplies.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=24x24BallisticRubberTile

Is that the same as horse mats you can get at Tractor Supply? I eye that stuff every time I visit, looks very tough, stands up to horse hooves.

 

[ztirffritz]

"bobad"

linsfreakThis stuff is better then all noted above...... http://www.precisionairgunsandsupplies.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=24x24BallisticRubberTile

Is that the same as horse mats you can get at Tractor Supply? I eye that stuff every time I visit, looks very tough, stands up to horse hooves.

The stuff that linsfreak linked to isn't horse stall mats. The stuff that I linked to is though.

 

[Zephyr]

4mm steel fronted with 12mm EVA foam floor mat. The pellet goes straight through the floor mat, splatters against steel, but floor mat contains all shrapnel. With >12fpe you may want to increase thickness of steel and double thickness floor mat.

 

[linsfreak]

It's really heavy duty stuff!!! I have that duct putty as well. You shoot in heat outside, putty starts to fall off. Also can hear it hit.

 

[linsfreak]

I know you know I showed this before but it's just a great setup!!!!

 

[Pauls Custom Targets]

I too have looked at the foam horse stall mats. I may just get one to experiment with. I can fire up to my friends .50 cal Dragon Claw. I work with metal so I will make a respectable backstop of steel to see the splatter effect. I will post here if/when I do it. My best backstop so far is 2 tons of fill dirt. Tough to get into a 24"x24" box though...LOL

 

[ztirffritz]

You're going to need several layers of the horse stall mats for a .50 cal

 

[Pauls Custom Targets]

We'll see I bet you're right on that.