Normally I shoot right through the winter months, Winter Trap league and some informal 22 plinking; guess age ( common sense as my wife would say) is catching up with me, not shooting any formal or informal leagues. Several friends and I were lamenting (whining) this fact and motivated by this and our wives really not wanting us around the house too much we decided to give Air Rifles a try. We all had various Air Rifle laying about, so we decided to do some indoor shooting. Bottom line we had a great time, mostly like other shooting events, it was the shared friendships that made it fun. We're getting serious because I believe the $$$$ escalations has started, I fully expect one of us to show up next week with a brand new Air Rifle ..
I thought I shared some details in case others wanted to give this a try.
DIY Pellet Trap. World?s best pellet trap | Air gun blog - Pyramyd Air Report
I used this method. Previously I used old phone books, try finding a phone book now. The trap: cardbox box 7x12 inches, used all of the .8 cu ft of rubber mulch. At point blank range this stopped a .22 and .177 pellet fired from a Springer Break Barrel Rifle. No pass through.
We have access to a Club House (this could work in a basement also, I have a range setup in mine), shot 10 meters using various targets.
Below is my sighter target, Break Barrel Spring Rifles will shoot if you do your part. The 10 ring is 1/2in dia. Shot at 10 Meters. The hit on the 7 Rings was my first shot, the rest are three shot groups with scope adjustments. I may have to move to a 1/8 MOA adjustable scope, 1/4 MOA maybe too much for 10 Meter Shooting (or this is what I'm telling the wife why I need a new scope).
I thought I shared some details in case others wanted to give this a try.
DIY Pellet Trap. World?s best pellet trap | Air gun blog - Pyramyd Air Report
I used this method. Previously I used old phone books, try finding a phone book now. The trap: cardbox box 7x12 inches, used all of the .8 cu ft of rubber mulch. At point blank range this stopped a .22 and .177 pellet fired from a Springer Break Barrel Rifle. No pass through.
We have access to a Club House (this could work in a basement also, I have a range setup in mine), shot 10 meters using various targets.
Below is my sighter target, Break Barrel Spring Rifles will shoot if you do your part. The 10 ring is 1/2in dia. Shot at 10 Meters. The hit on the 7 Rings was my first shot, the rest are three shot groups with scope adjustments. I may have to move to a 1/8 MOA adjustable scope, 1/4 MOA maybe too much for 10 Meter Shooting (or this is what I'm telling the wife why I need a new scope).
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