Mega pellet trap

They sell these at Costco but I bought mine at a garage sell at 20% cost. It actually does not work well in my situation because of where I need to move the trap to and from. The ground is too uneven and soft so now I am using my Rubbermaid wheelbarrow which works much better for moving it from where I store it and where I use it.

They make a version of this bin that has wheels but it is even bigger and the wheels are too small for my application. Something to consider though. I may also fabricate a way to put some big wheels and handle directly on this beast. Did I tell you it is heavy?

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thank you, this looks like a better solution
 
Those are great bullet traps but they are very loud when struck. The bucket of mulch will be much quieter.
Ditto on the loud factor . I have one in the basement also and I can't "plink " until the Queen is up and headed for coffee ! I've tried stuffing it w/ rags , I've put ductseal in it ( sticky/ messy ) but its a pain to try to do anything other than hang the target , shoot then dump the lead when needed . Note ; I use a HEPA shop vac to handle the dust & don an N-95 mask while at that task .
 
Ditto on the loud factor . I have one in the basement also and I can't "plink " until the Queen is up and headed for coffee ! I've tried stuffing it w/ rags , I've put ductseal in it ( sticky/ messy ) but its a pain to try to do anything other than hang the target , shoot then dump the lead when needed . Note ; I use a HEPA shop vac to handle the dust & don an N-95 mask while at that task .
Have you had any problems with ricochets? Seeing the warnings on it after I got it I was like um my basement isnt that big lol and I have dual 55" 4k tv's to protect.
 
Those are great bullet traps but they are very loud when struck. The bucket of mulch will be much quieter.
I have those Do All bullet traps and yes they are loud but here’s what I did with mine. I stuffed mine full of rubber mulch just like you would those plastic storage boxes. I cut cardboard and fold the sides in and at the bottom so the mulch doesn’t fall out and tape it over the front to hold it in. I cut additional square piece of cardboard to go behind this front price of cardboard to layer up the cardboard because I think it holds up a little longer and helps keep the mulch in place as I shoot out the center of it. I just keep taping up the hole as it gets bigger. When the cardboard is too shot up just replace as needed. I recommend blue painters tape as it doesn’t leave sticky glue residue behind. It works great. Much quieter and best part it has a built in backdrop so no chance for pass throughs. It’s smaller and and more compact and the “box” doesn’t wear out or get broken.
A pellet might reach the backstop with a powerful air rifles, my Taipan Veteran is shooting at 45 fpe, but the rubber mulch prevents any pellets fragments from bouncing out. The only mess I get outside the box is from fragments of paper and cardboard.

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I have those Do All bullet traps and yes they are loud but here’s what I did with mine. I stuffed mine full of rubber mulch just like you would those plastic storage boxes. I cut cardboard and fold the sides in and at the bottom so the mulch doesn’t fall out and tape it over the front to hold it in. I cut additional square piece of cardboard to go behind this front price of cardboard to layer up the cardboard because I think it holds up a little longer and helps keep the mulch in place as I shoot out the center of it. I just keep taping up the hole as it gets bigger. When the cardboard is too shot up just replace as needed. I recommend blue painters tape as it doesn’t leave sticky glue residue behind. It works great. Much quieter and best part it has a built in backdrop so no chance for pass throughs. It’s smaller and and more compact and the “box” doesn’t wear out or get broken.
A pellet might reach the backstop with a powerful air rifles, my Taipan Veteran is shooting at 45 fpe, but the rubber mulch prevents any pellets fragments from bouncing out. The only mess I get outside the box is from fragments of paper and cardboard.

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Thanks for the pics and ideas. I was just thinking about how feasible it would be to fill with mulch. I also have alot of cardboard to cycle through.

Have you had any problems with flyers missing this since its small? I will have maybe ten yards shooting distance in the basement so I cant imagine it being too bad once the rifles are zeroed.
 
Have you had any problems with ricochets? Seeing the warnings on it after I got it I was like um my basement isnt that big lol and I have dual 55" 4k tv's to protect.
MD , I did sometimes have some low speed ricochets . Depends on the pellet , the velocity & angle of the trap to line of sight . I've found that placing an old towel inside the "bin " area helped on rebounding from there. Also most ricochets only came out a few feet from the stand . I had an old 30 gal. container from job salvage that I stood on end where the pellets hit just below the sight line . It solved the issue & collected most of the lead .Obviously this may not work for everyone . The rubber mulch seems to beat out most every other trap so far for me . Oh , My shooting range is 12 yrds .
 
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Thanks for the pics and ideas. I was just thinking about how feasible it would be to fill with mulch. I also have alot of cardboard to cycle through.

Have you had any problems with flyers missing this since its small? I will have maybe ten yards shooting distance in the basement so I cant imagine it being too bad once the rifles are zeroed.

No I’ve never had a “flyer” miss my target completely. I only have about 10 yards to work with also.
However, I did one time awhile back make a scope adjustment on a rifle in the wrong direction for some stupid reason and missed the target completely. The foundation wall is behind this wall so no risk of a pass through to another room where someone could be. Just a dumb mistake on my part. The target box was a little further to the right from we’re it sits in this picture because I just barely missed the target. So yes you still need to be mindful of of your backstop. I’ve probably should maybe make a bigger backstop in case something like that happens again but 2.5 years of shooting in this basement and only had that one mishap.

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