TargetTalk

I am looking for some ideas how to make a pellet trap which would not smash the pellets. Not that I am going to re-use the pellets, but I am (and especially my wife) not a big fan of producing lead dust.

Currently I have the box with duct seal putty - it works perfectly for the individual shots, but once hits start to accumulate around 10-ring - pellets start hitting each other, pieces of lead flying around, etc. etc..

Anyone can suggest a better setup?
(I am thinking about piece of thick heavy rubber (e.g. tire), free-hanging by the top. So when pellet hits the bottom part - it will not penetrate it, but lose energy to swing the rubber, and then just drop down)

This is what I have in the beginning:


And this is in the end:

My trap, which gets used for pistol, rifle, and has a place for silhouette targets is backed by a thick piece if industrial conveyor belt, hung at a slight slant. It drops the pellets pretty much straight down. Very quiet, and very little spatter.

Why do you guys have so much trouble accepting the fact that a box of rags is the best (quietest, cheapest, and cleanest) pellet trap?

Rover wrote:Why do you guys have so much trouble accepting the fact that a box of rags is the best (quietest, cheapest, and cleanest) pellet trap?

Always trying to reinvent the mouse trap.

Rover is right. After building all kinds of trap over the years, it took his advice in an earlier post and filled a box with rags and I haven't looked back.

Rover wrote:Why do you guys have so much trouble accepting the fact that a box of rags is the best (quietest, cheapest, and cleanest) pellet trap?

Because I find beating a 10ga steel plate flat with a sledgehammer every few years is a good stress relief.

Well I've done the rag thing and it does eventually require attention. I also needed a really compact solution. I found that a lead plate made from melted down pellets and at least 5mm thick works very well. I have it in a thin box with some cardboard over the front, which contains the pellets which eventually form into a ball and just fall off into the box. Quiet. Set and forget.

Thanks everybody.
Indeed, ammo brick box filled with 1 old t-shirt worked perfectly - no lead, no mess.

Here is the new pellet trap:


And this is after 200 shots: