Cleaning pellets as indoor ammo?

Artie · Jun 18, 2018

Hi all. This is probably a bad idea, but I can get around 12 yards down a hallway, and into a closet, in my house. I was wondering if it would be possible to use cleaning pellets in a low power Umarex Strike Point pistol for "rainy-day" indoor shooting. The Strike Point is a multi-pump pistol, but is fairly low power with just one pump.

Bad idea? Would this damage the gun?
Thanks all;
Artie

agnthooziast · Jun 18, 2018

Use old clothes in a box and magazine/newspaper/junk mail with tire mulch back up and low powered light alloy pellets and get much better accuracy and cost savings. wear eye protection just in case your backstop doesn't hold them but make sure it will!

Artie · Jun 18, 2018

Right after I posted, I priced some cleaning pellets. You're right. They do make fairly expensive "ammo".

agnthooziast · Jun 18, 2018

Cleaning pellets aren't accurate either.

Artie · Jun 18, 2018

Thanks. One more thing that I didn't think of. I'm still new to this.

I probably should have posted this in Pellets and ammo.

Stefanjan · Jun 18, 2018

I set up an indoor range in my basement. 12 yards on the dot. Built a pellet trap with phone books and cardboard and that electrical putty stuuf (my mind has gone totally blank on what that was called) shot the old 760 pumper at 5 pumps. Then i took the phantom springer down for 1 shot and the wife threw me and the gun out the door. I am now forbidden to shoot in her house. Lol i still set up on my covered porch and shoot into the side yard (20 yards). As long as the wind isn'tblowing too bad I stay dry (of course the targets get soaked)

Artie · Jun 18, 2018

I'll probably try something like that too. I'm not so concerned with staying dry as much as staying cool. First day of summer right around the corner.

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