Homemade steel-backed pellet trap

[goodoldbvc]

I started with an old table I put together crudely with some scrap ...

I decided to go cheap and get 1/4 steel panels in smaller sizes...there's a decent price jump above a certain size

Spread adhesive on 3/4 ply, use a jawn to get it nice and even....

Clean steel plates with rubbing alcohol and set in place like tile, I used some picture frame clips I had handy as well...

Let it dry overnight, screw into table and add side blocks, also add wheels this bugger is heavy....

Fill with rubber mulch tightly packed into cardboard....

Add your favorite target ....

Even shooting at 10m can be fun and rewarding...

And remember to be careful....

 

[Hangtown-Shooter]

Great job, I am envious! 

Its 106*F outside, way too hot for me... I’d prefer 56*F personally ha!
I would be really happy if I had a indoor range

My wife would not be so happy

 

[Skydivingmiami]

How loud is it when a pellet hits the metal? 

 

[Lewis]

That came out great!

 

[ChrisUSA]

The 1/8" steel plate is isolated at the edges and behind. Pellets make a dull whack noise. The 4x4 "wall" is for doing close range indoor chrony work (sub 5') with +50 fpe .25's.

Exceptional job you did there!

 

[goodoldbvc]

So far the pellets are getting trapped in the rubber mulch and there is no sound. There is 16 inches of packed rubber mulch in front of that steel. If there is sound, I'll know the mulch isn't settling into the pellet holes- but I know from past experience with rubber mulch that it settles and fill gaps as you shoot. Just give it a good shake from time to time. **BUT I'm not shooting anything over 50 ft lbs so this is all from experience with lower power rifles**

If there were no rubber it would hit with a dull thud, no twag- there's no vibration. The steel is totally bonded to the wood which is secured with 8 screws to the wood frame which has about 80 pounds of material attached to it.

 

[goodoldbvc]

Is there anything old 4x4's aren't good for? I swear I never throw them out. If you want to laugh----the 4x4's I used were old fence posts from my backyard. They were very popular with carpenter bees so I made sure to pick posts that were not "occupied"

Low and beyond, at least one of them had eggs in it, so when it came to the following spring there were FULL SIZE carpenter bees emerging into my living room. If you had to guess how many total- you probably would not guess about 20 over the course of 4 weeks. That was fun....NOT.

 

[Bigragu]

Nice design!!

 

[Dingfelder]

So fun to see the creativity here!

I'm all in favor of the over-build, too.