Trap/Backstop

Not familiar with this at all but I did try to look it up... if I found the right product, seems like a dang sturdy kit but the ballistic sheets I saw are claimed to weigh 24lbs for a 2x2 panel and to prevent bounce back from a 9mm pistol. For Airgun use, that might be like shooting a golf ball or the side of a tire. Just something to think about.

Mount a panel to something firm, get your shooting glasses on, make sure it wont bounce back to your house etc, hide behind a tree and take a shot?

Hi Guys

i ordered a trap 2ftx2ft from STS, and backstop material made of 1 inch 2ftx2ft panels.

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Who is STS? Do you have a link to the sight?

At 15 meters, a .25 Cal. JSB 25.39 grain pellet at 940 fps will pass through 1.5 mm mild steel. It will deform and bell 2.0mm mild steel. It will not deform in any way 4.0mm mild steel even after multiple strikes in the same spot. These tests were performed with perpendicular strikes. Pellet strikes at a 45 degree angle will not cause penetration of 1.5mm mild steel, but will cause deformation and eventual slitting and cracking over time. Mild steel 2.0mm thick survives the 45 degree angled strikes reasonably well.

These tests were performed as a test on the survivability of the cheap 14cm x 14cm standard and inexpensive BB target traps. These are very inexpensive as are the 14cm targets. These traps are formed from 1.5mm steel and pellets from a PCP gun will destroy these traps as delivered. However, with additional welding in strategic places and the addition of a 4mm thick impact plate in the trap center, survivability is greatly enhanced and will survive thousands of rounds. At failure time, replacement traps are cheap.