DIY pellet trap

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Had an idea for an A4 pellet trap as there’s not many about and can have a premium price mostly shipping costs due to the weight.
I bought a couple of cheap safes off Amazon about £23.50 including postage each.
Removed the door and all the mechanisms, found out the door can be reattached inside the safe and will sit at 45 degrees to stop ricochet just waiting for some coconut matting usually found as a door mat to stop the ringing notification of a hit neighbours just ardour. A couple of magnets and I’m away just waiting on the matting was going to use rags but it’s going in the garden and will just be a soggy mess speeding up the rusting process.
 

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I made a dual function pellet trap using an old Bisa shoe cabinet from Ikea. I screwed in a steel plate across the back of the top half, which I then glued some thick rubber sheet (from an old gym flooring tile). The top shelf I dropped down to the horizontal and screwed into place to form a level ledge. I added a wide sheet of ply on the top which I then covered in roofing felt to create a waterproof roof with an overhang over the ledge.

This gave me a place to set up targets and various pellet trap targets. But it also allows me to set it up as a bait station for squirrel control (we have a lot of grey squirrels and no keepers in the surrounding woods to keep numbers under control). It means I shoot into a solid back stop. If shooting squirrels they fall to the back of the box and down into a bag I have set up to catch them. Neat, discrete and less mess.
 
I used a letterbox that was screwed to my gate. Ground the door off, reinforced the back with 3mm plate, stuffed an old t shirt to deaden the noise, and clip a A4 sized target with cardboard backing to the top.
 
Gym.Hodgson said:
Saw a video on yt - tin baking tray, lined with Plumbers Mait which could be either freestanding or screwed to a ply frame. This ‘none Newtonian’ substance seems to catch the pellets really well, might be worth considering(?)
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My original plan was to use Plumbers mate now I’ve managed to secure the door at an angle inside I’m not sure that I can use it which is why I went for the coir/coconut matting. Got about 6 tubs of Plumbers mate now look likes I may have to try and sell it as plasticine to the local kids! 😂
 
That's a really good idea, and not a bad price. Taking your idea and thinking out loud, for a total newbie, starter like myself, who at this stage has no idea how accurate I'll be, I'd wonder if a bigger safe would be an idea? So that the target wouldn't be so close to the edge or surround of the safe? Then put the target onto a larger piece of paper? That would mean a bigger catchment area for any stray pellets.
I do like all the different ideas for catching pellets. I'm going to try and set something up in my garden but would like something non permanent so easily moved and stored. All stuff like this is really good for ideas going forward.
 
Great idea, I got a heavy duty one from wolfman that’s been excellent but it’s starting to look worst for wear. I’ve also been using therma blocks, they last a long time and are silent on impact and cheap. Just pin a target on and away you go. They also make excellent back stops rather than wood etc,
 
Peddy said:
Great idea, I got a heavy duty one from wolfman that’s been excellent but it’s starting to look worst for wear. I’ve also been using therma blocks, they last a long time and are silent on impact and cheap. Just pin a target on and away you go. They also make excellent back stops rather than wood etc,
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Do you mean thermalite blocks or is this something different?
 
Nordboy70 said:
That's a really good idea, and not a bad price. Taking your idea and thinking out loud, for a total newbie, starter like myself, who at this stage has no idea how accurate I'll be, I'd wonder if a bigger safe would be an idea? So that the target wouldn't be so close to the edge or surround of the safe? Then put the target onto a larger piece of paper? That would mean a bigger catchment area for any stray pellets.
I do like all the different ideas for catching pellets. I'm going to try and set something up in my garden but would like something non permanent so easily moved and stored. All stuff like this is really good for ideas going forward.
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I’ve used thermalite blocks not sure about the differences in breeze block but had a couple of very large ones (maybe Ytong blocks) these have worked good for a couple of years but are starting to wear through now hence the safe pellet catcher upgrade. I’d did buy some actual thermalite blocks which work well out to distance 45m but wanted to try to catch the lead.
You could try some railway sleepers or Thermalite blocks to expand the backstop area until you get sighted in.
Once zeroed in you should be able to keep within the frame of an A4 target. But if you catch the bug you will probably want a larger plinking space.
 
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