Help make a back stop?

[TX_Shooter]

Not sure where to post this, but I am looking to purchase some Aquila SUPER Colibris due to the fact that I hear these are more quiter then shooting a BB/pellet gun. The reason being is b/c my son shoots his airguns on 1 acre land we have, but never a real rifle due to noise. So I hear that the Aquila SUPER Colibris would be a good way to shoot on the land for target practice and also to not let neighbors know were shooting a real gun.


Now what I need to ask for is safety. Back stop. I like to know what I can build in the back stop of the target area so that the bullets gets stopped on my property and not go out of the 1 acre property?

Love to hear what would be a good back stop to stop the bullets. I was thinking a huge/big pile of dirt, just like @ the shooting range, but I am sure there is a more simple/safe idea. Thanks!!

 

[spartan55]

tires

I have built a back stop with tires, regular tires I got from the old tire shop, they were in fact free due to the fact the tire shop had to pay for thier removal, they were more than willing to let me have them and even helped load the trailor on one of the many trips. That said I shoot REAL firearms, rifle, pistol... I placed the tires about 30 feet wide and atleast 3 rows deep, placed a picket in the center of each tire and filled it with cement, continued placing tires on top till atleast 8-10 feet high, filling them with sand or dirt as you go along. I the painted the top two and the side two tires orange as a good left and right as well as a top limit. This worked for me, a little labor intensive, but pretty cheap. This may be a liitle excessive for you, you may only need 1 row, I aint too familar with those rifles you shoot!

 

[pdowg881]

Three trunks or logs work good. Ypou stack them up and make trghem a couple logs deep. But that may be more work than is neccessary.

Do they sell those colibri's at most gun stores? How far can you shoot with them?

 

[Jim K]

For firearms, the best backstop is dirt, lots of dirt, deep and high.

For those Colibris, though, a few sandbags should be more than enough, as they have less power than some air rifles. Just make sure you shoot into them, not over them.
Jim

 

[nibb]

I would suggest tires old tires are the best. I think they work better than sandbanks. you could also use old wood or any other material you have on your land just be sure it's big enough and that the bullet will not bounce back or go through.

 

[Steven1281]

A standard CB round (available in short or long shell configuration) is available at most sporting stores, Bass Pro, etc and is probably quieter than most pellet guns when fired from a rifle (A handgun will be substantially louder). The Colibris just seem more exotic than what can probably be readily had locally.

As for the backstop, I can state the CB shorts will go completely through a 3/4" pine board, and embed about 1/4" deep into another pine board from about 20 ft from a rifle. Something like 727fps IIRC. Firewood can make a good backstop for these relatively weak rounds, but I'd worry more about the bullet bouncing off than over penetration.

 

[Greybeard]

Those Mexican "primer only" loads are prone to be very erratic accuracy-wise. IIRC, a "good group" with 'em at 50' was about 3".

Any they can fail to clear rifle barrel. Double check me on this as it's been a few years since I played with 'em, but the box may even say something to the effect of "use in handguns only".

The CB loads mentioned above are slightly louder, but much more consistent. 724 fps sounds about right. If able to go up one more notch, the Remington "Sub-Sonics" dropped a lot of crows for me - semi-quietly.

And that Mexican outfit also makes a subsonic load - a funny looking 60 grainer. Cheaper Than Dirt is last place I recall buying 'em.

 

[model4006]

i bought a couple boxes of these, i shot them out of my bolt action marlin no problem. the box does say to only use in pistols as they may not fully exit the barrel of a rifle. it is easy to see them hit, you can watch them in the scope travel just before impact. so you pretty much know if it left the barrel or not. i think maybe being a bolt rifle helped, since it wasnt trying to cycle a semi auto which they will not do anyway. they had no trouble breaking christmas ornaments, the round glass bulbs, at 50'. i would say sandbags from the local hardware store would be a perfectly fine backstop. however many you need to cover the area you think the rounds might fly into. theres no way one of these could exit a typical bag of playsand. and yes, they are quieter than any bb or pellet gun ive ever shot.

the "sub-sonic" 60 grain rounds they talk about are NOTHING like the super colibri, they are much much faster, and TONS louder. they will do nothing for you if you dont want your neighbors to know your shooting.

heres a couple pics

 

[TX_Shooter]

I think it should shoot fine in my son's single shot rossi w/o any jam issues.