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I love my indoor 10 meter gun range . I can shoot pellet or BB gun on it and with the NEW target frame I can shoot my slingshot on it too . With the towel backstop it will captures the steel balls , BB's and even the lead pellets without any damage and drop them gently into a box on the floor . I shoot from the Master bedroom down a long hallway to my guess bedroom . There is 2 bathroom if the need come up , 2 bed if I need to take a nap and a kitchen for food or drink . It is air condition in summer and heated in winter and it is open 24 hrs and it has a mean guard dog . Now tell me that is not perfect range

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That's a great idea, and well made too! Thanks for sharing.

Great idea!

I like it ..

when it comes to things related to firearms, my wife is very patient with me .... unfortunately, I suspect that she'd not be too happy if I tried to set up a range in our hallway ..

I like the target stand might have to build a smaller model for shooting in my garage.

Very nice TG.

I have several questions.

I have been considering setting up a 10 and 5 meter range for shooting Daisy 499B's. My wife would not be happy with one in our house, but I have 24/7 access to a close building that is available for use as a an indoor heated/airconditioned range. Only thing is there can not be any BB's left behind.

So, do the BB's ever deflect where they would scatter? What is the expected useful life of the cloth? What is the approximate cost of the material to build one(ballpark figure)?

Thanks

Clever idea.

I know a man that runs a leather shop. He has a bullet trap setup in his back room and when business is slow, he can be found back there plinking wih his 22lr. Cinderblock walls and piles and piles of leather absorb the noise. His neighbors have no idea and he's been doing this for many years.

JEBar wrote:I like it ..

when it comes to things related to firearms, my wife is very patient with me .... unfortunately, I suspect that she'd not be too happy if I tried to set up a range in our hallway ..

I'm in the same boat.

That's a great indoor range. I like the target stand. Great idea.

RetiredSeabee wrote:I like the target stand might have to build a smaller model for shooting in my garage.

My stand is 34" high and 26" wide . I had it shorter but when I redesign it I made it taller to 34" .

Rimfire wrote:Very nice TG.

I have several questions.

I have been considering setting up a 10 and 5 meter range for shooting Daisy 499B's. My wife would not be happy with one in our house, but I have 24/7 access to a close building that is available for use as a an indoor heated/airconditioned range. Only thing is there can not be any BB's left behind.

So, do the BB's ever deflect where they would scatter? What is the expected useful life of the cloth? What is the approximate cost of the material to build one(ballpark figure)?
Thanks

I shoot my 499 at 10 meters only and it will shoot at 10 meter as good as any pellet gun with the Avanti BB's and a box under the towel should capture 99% of the BB's . The towel will not damage the pellet or BB's . You could reuse the pellets for tin can shooting with the kids and the BB for like should work the same as when they were new . A magnet broom will pickup all you BB's . I have less then $10 in it with 2 Walmart towel I got yesterday ... Remember the target frame is only 3 days old and I resigned do it works on slingshot , BB and pellet gun . I tried carpet and is a good backstop but the slingshot ball bounce back and the towel don't .

Rimfire wrote:Very nice TG.
Only thing is there can not be any BB's left behind.

I you ever watch those old "Columbos" (Peter Falk), there's always a BB left behind............

The "Smoking BB"

Henry88 wrote:

Rimfire wrote:Very nice TG.
Only thing is there can not be any BB's left behind.

I you ever watch those old "Columbos" (Peter Falk), there's always a BB left behind............

The "Smoking BB"

I moved to a new house many years ago and my father helped with a small part the move. He was moving my Mec shotgun shell reloader when he mistakenly dumped the entire shot container on our new kitchen wood floor. Shot rolled everywhere in the kitchen. It took hours to get all of the shot cleaned up. My father felt really bad about it and and after several years we could finally laugh about it.

Many moons ago in my shop they were putting a pump on a new barrel of 30 gal of 90 wt gear oil and spilled the whole barrel . Then they when to the store an got 6 plus bags of kitty litter to soak it up . I came back to the shop and saw the mess they had . 1st of all , gear oil is too thick for kitty litter adsorb . Now I had 6+ bags of kitty litter I must clean before I can put it in the trash . If they would have scooped it up with a dust pan and put it back into the barrel it still could be used but not with kitty litter mixed in it . Getting gear oil off the floor is like honey a sticky mess . It took me a year to get it cleaned with solvent and then drain it , to get the kitty to where I could toss it in the trash and not fined . The gear oil was a total loss and cost me $1 a gal to dispose of it . Plus I had to buy a new barrel of gear oil . So your shot spill was not a big deal to me .