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  • gungate

    NRA Patron Member
    Apr 5, 2012
    16,731
    Damascus. MD
    What is an adequate back-stop for a .25 pellet from a Hatsan spring action pellet rifle? I know a 3/4" thick ping pong table top is not since someone missed the target, went clean through the table top and through 1 side of the door behind it (dent showing on the far side but no penetration). Would 3/4" plywood do it?
     

    Bugthor

    Active Member
    Oct 27, 2018
    118
    Aberdeen Area
    I've used a cardboard box completely filled with layers of cardboard cut to fit the box. I placed this in a 3/4 in plywood box with an open face. This ensured the pellet was slowed in case I had a blow thru in the cardboard. Cardboard box was a 15 inch cube. It worked well but was a bit messy as the pellets ripped it up. I would turn it around and then replace from the back. I now use a metal pellet trap inside the plywood box. The noise is a pain and I'm thinking I may go back to the ol cardboard box method. Pyramid Air forum has some good articles on backstops. I found it enjoyable to set up a range in my basement just shy of 10m. Happy shooting.
     

    gungate

    NRA Patron Member
    Apr 5, 2012
    16,731
    Damascus. MD
    Just to clarify, I have the below .22 target trap. I just want to put something around the trap in case the trap is missed. Like a 3/4" thick plywood board. With the ease the pellet blew through the ping pong table I want to make sure I get something adequate. I am at around 30 feet.
     

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    John from MD

    American Patriot
    MDS Supporter
    May 12, 2005
    22,734
    Socialist State of Maryland
    What is an adequate back-stop for a .25 pellet from a Hatsan spring action pellet rifle? I know a 3/4" thick ping pong table top is not since someone missed the target, went clean through the table top and through 1 side of the door behind it (dent showing on the far side but no penetration). Would 3/4" plywood do it?


    I use a piece of 1 inch plywood behind my .22 LR steel trap. It is really overkill as I am shooting at 1 inch pasters with a scoped rifle at 35 yards.
     

    gungate

    NRA Patron Member
    Apr 5, 2012
    16,731
    Damascus. MD
    I use a piece of 1 inch plywood behind my .22 LR steel trap. It is really overkill as I am shooting at 1 inch pasters with a scoped rifle at 35 yards.

    Damn 1". Have you ever hit it with a pellet? If so, can you post a pic of the hole? I think I might have to just shoot at a couple different sized pieces to determine if it is adequate as a backstop.
     

    John from MD

    American Patriot
    MDS Supporter
    May 12, 2005
    22,734
    Socialist State of Maryland
    Damn 1". Have you ever hit it with a pellet? If so, can you post a pic of the hole? I think I might have to just shoot at a couple different sized pieces to determine if it is adequate as a backstop.

    From 35 yards, depending on the pellet, they go about in about 1/4 inch. Some lighter weight flat and dome pellets indent and then bounce off. 3/4 inch will be fine, I used 1 inch 'cause that is what I had laying around. I rarely miss because I am leaning on my pickup truck with a scope. The .22 bullet trap is really hard to miss. :lol:
     

    JRisBundyboyz

    Active Member
    Nov 23, 2007
    142
    Bel Air
    You need to double up the backstop at least. Even so you should be shooting In a safe direction, as you’ve seen you can get a flyer or a guest can have errant shot.

    With a .25 depending on the rifle you can blow through some plywood

    Scrap wood and then some metal preferably angled down so the pellets if deflect they go toward the ground
     

    Flametamer

    Active Member
    MDS Supporter
    Mar 6, 2014
    796
    Frederick County
    Rubber mulch in a cardboard box, or a 5 gal bucket on it's side with a square cut in the lid and a target taped on it. 6" of mulch will pretty much stop any 25 cal air gun.

    Rubber mulch makes it really easy to recover the lead when the box is 'no longer useful'. Just dump the contents of the box in a tub of water; mulch mostly floats, lead does not. I do this outside on a nice day, in the very remote chance that I release any lead dust.
     

    Vic

    Ultimate Member
    Jul 2, 2010
    1,454
    Whiteford, MD
    I shot angled 3/4" plywood with my MRod .25. After a few shots they started going through. I'd just use you .22 trap and call it a day.
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    bgoodsoil

    Member
    Aug 24, 2020
    76
    I sometimes shoot very late at night and the steel pellet traps make quite a racket. I shoot in to my stacked-carpet archery target when I do that. It's not a long-term solution though. I'm thinking of getting some dirt bags from HD and building a berm for my late-night pellet stopper.
     

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