Thanks for all the input folks! Sounds like I'm on the right track, and there's no such thing as "overkill" when it comes to safety. Can't put the round (err...pellet) back in the chamber, after all.On another topic that is related to creating a backyard range for this rifle, how would you gauge the effectiveness of this type of weapon for improving overall rifle technique? My wife and I are novice shooters with our powderburners, and I am hoping that time with the pellet rifle can help us improve on some fundamentals, in addition to being a convenient source of fun and friendly competition. I have read up on the artillery hold for piston-based airguns, and I understand that this part will be quite a bit different, but surely there can be some significant gains to be made in other areas?
Thanks for the reassurance. I was hoping that was the case but wanted to get some community thoughts as well.So, I went to Lowe's to do some price checking, and my proposed solution isn't cheap! Roughly $130 for the 27gal plastic tote, 5 bags rubber mulch, 5lb duct seal, 1 sheet of 3/4" pressure treated plywood (cut in half), and a 6'x8' indoor/outdoor carpet to cover the plywood sections, along with the required carpet adhesive and wood screws to put the backstop together. Safety is paramount of course but dang! Any tips on how I could safely reduce costs? One thought is to get a smaller tote, which would require less rubber mulch. Any other ideas?Thanks!
Try driving around on garbage collection day and see if anyone got new carpeting and has the old stuff rolled up and out at the curb or check with local carpet places. They have to do something with the old carpet they remove before they install new and they may have a bunch in a dumpster they'll let you have for nothing.There are cheaper places than a big name place like Lowe's you should be able to pick up a decent sized plastic tote. Check the sales flyers in your newspaper or hit places like Walmart or a Big Lots or even Dollar General or Family Dollar and see what they have.Got old clothes, rags or towels?? Stuff them in the bottom of that tote, then dump in say 2 bags or maybe 3 instead of 5 of rubber mulch and you should still be very safe and a few dollars ahead.Pressure treated stuff always costs more, consider going to just standard 1/2" with carpet in between and if you can find enough from a carpet place or stuff you find curbside, you can cover the outside of one or both sides and end up with 2 to 3 layers of carpet plus your wood for a backstop behind your tote.The hale bales? Try a local feed store if you have one or even area farmers that might sell you a few fairly cheap to back up the above if you wanna add those to the mix.Hope some of the above helps
Think like a scrounge, go to junk & 2nd hand stores, estate sales. My trap is big and I only have two bags of rubber mulch in mine. (It is 30x30") The mulch is the only thing I paid for in it. The carpet is my last years shower mat. I just went to this estate sale and got a big metal box that was made to hold some sort of artillery fuses. I am thinking of making a indoor trap with it.
So, I went to Lowe's to do some price checking, and my proposed solution isn't cheap! Roughly $130 for the 27gal plastic tote, 5 bags rubber mulch, 5lb duct seal, 1 sheet of 3/4" pressure treated plywood (cut in half), and a 6'x8' indoor/outdoor carpet to cover the plywood sections, along with the required carpet adhesive and wood screws to put the backstop together. Safety is paramount of course but dang! Any tips on how I could safely reduce costs? One thought is to get a smaller tote, which would require less rubber mulch. Any other ideas?Thanks!
Straw bale. Light weight, quiet. 6 bucks and done. Just don't shoot the strings 😉I just put 150 rnds thru my new hatsan 95QE today-17cal and really like it. Settling down pretty good now. I am shooting out of a window in the shop out to 20 yards so far. Dusted a collared dove at 45 yards to boot
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