Incognito Backstop?

[6gun]

Just a quick thought. If your target is a smaller cardboard box filled with rubber mulch and reinforced with the fiber strand packing tape, could the shooting face be sealed/re sealed each session with some of the wide stretch-and-stick wrap for shipping goods? Thin enough to be quieter but also weak enough to need service each session.
I'm brainstorming for a future target for myself too.

 

[Vana2]

The backstop will absorb the energy from the pellet but still reflect the energy/ noise from the initial impact.

A friend asked how to muffle the pellet impact noise from his suburb backyard backstop. I suggested creating an anechoic chamber out of tires to attenuate the sound.

Roping 4 tires together and positioning them tight up against the backstop created a "baffled tube" similar in design to a silencer. It worked pretty well.

Guess that the number of tires required would depend on the power/caliber and hardness of the backstop face so some experimenting might be required to achieve an acceptable level of noise.

Cheers!

 

[6gun]

If you have the space, there's the old standby of shooting the length of a bail of straw if near the op's energy levels. This doesn't work with high energy 22 cal + slug guns, don't make the mistake my group did.

This is a topic I have much interest in. My 22mag bullet trap is so loud I shoot in the warehouse before work hours and am crippled to 15 yard testing.

 

[Rondo]

Old rubber mud flaps. Places with non-road worthy semi trailers now used for storage give them away if you ask nicely and take it off yourself.
For my indoor Outers trap, I use leather from old motorcycle bags. The wife sleeps thru it.

 

[daddypaddy]

The backstop will absorb the energy from the pellet but still reflect the energy/ noise from the initial impact.

A friend asked how to muffle the pellet impact noise from his suburb backyard backstop. I suggested creating an anechoic chamber out of tires to attenuate the sound.

Roping 4 tires together and positioning them tight up against the backstop created a "baffled tube" similar in design to a silencer. It worked pretty well.

Guess that the number of tires required would depend on the power/caliber and hardness of the backstop face so some experimenting might be required to achieve an acceptable level of noise.

Cheers!

this sounds like the best way to really silence the impact. all one needs is the space to put it and the tires

 

[Junk Punch]

I think there are limitations to this. I use a cardboard box filled with rubber mulch. The sound it makes is no louder than the same pellet hitting an iguana. The impact on anything will make a noise. By avoiding wood and metal I think you’re getting the majority of quiet you’re going to get.

 

[Peashooter]

the back stop i have literally found for the pellet traps for the range, semi tire thread which have come off the truck tire.

I assume put so the pellets hit the inside at a shallow angle mean most energy will be dissipated and not so much get transferred to the pellet deflecting downwards CUZ only a wood bottom in the pellet traps i have on the drawing board.

This of course not related to noise as it is at the range, though i do think they will be fairly quiet, the big ? is can a fat truck tire hold up to repeated hits from .177

 

[Bayward]

Used/old conveyor belts make good backstops for pellet guns. If you have an industrial place nearby you can get sections for free. I once had a 4' X 4' piece that lasted for ages. It was mounted at an angle so pellets deflected downward. Heavy stuff though and tough to cut to size.

 

[Peashooter]

Also looking at playground rubber tiles, these made of recycled rubber is also doable in regard to prize.
I have a couple of these one put up at 55 M and from that distance you do not hear very much of the impact, many MANY times less than hitting the 20 foot container directly,,,,, the mega gong as i call it.

 

[PGinsandiego]

Backstop? Get a Home depot rubber mat. $15-$25. Let it hang like a curtain just so it has about 2" of sway to absorb stray pellets.

Target box? I tried them all, IMO, best is to use Old clothes stuffed in a cardboard box wrapped in shipping/duct tape. Lots of old large bath towels work a little better. Close Suburban shooting quiet and lasts a long time! Simply open and shake pellets from clothing, Restuff, and retape. Back in business.

 

[Bayward]

Backstop? Get a Home depot rubber mat. $15-$25. Let it hang like a curtain just so it has about 2" of sway to absorb stray pellets.

Just checked HD online and they have a 3/4" thick mat in three different sizes made from old tires and good for outdoors. I ordered the 2'X3' piece to put behind the 6" thick block of wood I currently shoot against in my urban setting.

Thanks for the HD suggestion. Way easier than driving around looking for an old conveyor belt.