Recycling the foam for pellet packing

Funny. I've hung onto a bunch of them thinking that they would come in handy for something. I ended up throwing them out, as I never found any good use for them, and the count was starting to stack up.

Mike

I can appreciate anyone who repurposes anything. 
But I have to admit. I just threw out the few I had because they were just taking up too much space and I had not been able to find any use for them. 

I re-shipped pellets to friends in them. I've cut them up and jam packed them in hollow synthetic stocks to deaden echo. Used a few for packing loose parts I didn't want bouncing around inside a box. Cheap cheek rest on inexpensive rifles. Tool holders as mentioned above. Heck, even used them to ship my brother a couple bottles of his favorite wine in...lol. 

An airgunner on the Airgun Warriors forum said they make near indestructable targets.

That looks to be polyethylene foam. You can actually join sections of those together using a heat gun. Makes for some useful structures like custom padding inserts.

i bet some people around here have enough of those to insulate an entire house lol ...

I really liked thevidea of the little flags to mark sizes on those allen wrenches!! Dsmn hard for my old eyes to read them tiny little numbers stamoed on the wrench.. So simple, dont know why I didnt think of that. I have a number of those foam pieces sitting around, just waiting to have an idea just how to use them....

An airgunner on the Airgun Warriors forum said they make near indestructable targets.

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Many years back a fellow made cheap targets from that stuff. He used layers of foam cut into animal shapes, then added the hot melt glue to add a kill zone on the front. If the kill zone was missed the pellet passes clean thru, but ifvthe kz was hit, there was enough resistance to make the hinged target fall back. Nothing you would use in a real serious match, but fun for just plinking. He used his grandkids to make them, which was a great family time while teaching them skills with tools and having fun at the same time.