I need a trap

[Twocompassheads]

I use a heavy cardboard box with a piece of 1/2 rubber mat at the back and several layers of folded gray pig mats. The pig mats come in a roll and using 4 or 5 you can fold them and place in the box. Using 3 or 4 of the mat bundles they usually catch all of the bb's and the pellets. Some of the pellets that make it to the rubber mat just stay there in the back. The rubber mat is from Tractor supply that sits outside by the doors. I had a left-over piece from a project. You can lay a towel or pig mat on top of the box to cover it. Any salvaged pellets can be loaded into a 12-gauge shotgun shell for target shooting.

 

[Stevel]

Save your junk mail (8.5"x11") for a week or so and duct tape them in a stack.

 

[MedWheeler]

I've used an archery target block with pretty good results.

 

[wesmonster]

For shooting outdoor I built a backstop and shoot into a box of rubber mulch.
For indoor shooting I use a Super Target Systems 12"x12" steel trap rated up to .22 short, about $120 on Amazon.
Just big enough to hold my Splatterbird targets and the rear steel plate is removeable if it gets worn or needs an upgrade.
STS also has a heavier version of the same size trap rated up to 9mm/.38spl/.40/.45acp. And they have traps up to AR500 backplates.
I put a few blocks of electrician's putty on the back to keep noise down. It has a self healing 1" thick rubber cover that pellets pass thru to keep lead particles inside.
I also regularly shoot .22 rimfire into it, holds up well. Not sure how many shots the rubber self healing barrier is supposed to last but so far it's still 100% intact.

 

[kBob]

Do not use Hollow point .22 LR on “self sealing” rubber targets. The HP acts like a tiny cookie cutter.

I have some stall mat scraps from new mats and some used mats I hope to play with this summer….. or when ever the artificial knee decides to let me dash about for more than a half hour.

-kBob

 

[kBob]

Oh and our local scout council used a hanging carpet as the back stop for Cub Scout Summer day camps using the lever action spring powered BB guns, both the old Rotary Club target models and whatever passes for “Red Rider” type today.

As a kid I was used a smallish card board box about a cubic foot filled with wadded up paper.

any time I ran low on BBs (my Dad insisted on calling them “Double Bees”) I would shake the box a bit and pour out BBs to reload with.

Outside we recovered BBs by placing rinsed out soda cans far enough out so a BB could penetrate the front but not the back. Of course you had no “stop “ behind the can, but our yard backed up an a couple of miles of woods and swamp and I did not worry much about BBs.

-kBob

 

[kidneyboy]

Mine is made using an old speaker/amp cabinet with a piece of 1/2" plywood wedged in to angle the pellet down and back. I cover the plywood with denim, pleather, old carpet (whatever) to keep the impacts quiet.

 

[doubleh]

I built one Sides and bottom are from 3/4" plywood scraps. Sides are sloped at 45 degrees and I bent some scrap 14 guage steel plate fora short top and the back. Screws hold it together and it has a 3/4 X 1 1/2" piece of pine across the front, top and bottom, to staple a piece of cardboard to. I cut some pieces of rubber doormat to line in front of the steel but it shot through pretty quickly. Lead pellets didn't bother it at all but steel BB's have put a little bulge in the steel. There was no cost as it was stuff I had laying around but I did buy a screen door pull so it was easy to carry. About $2 I believe.