hello , alaska , good work ,ervery youtuber should take care to get the lead back with target and plinking shooting . you can put old clothing back in the in the catcher , and try a differnt angle .the catcher hanging back or to the front
That’s a great idea, I remember having a pellet trap in the 80’s that had some type of cloth inside it. I’m kinda bummed this is yet one more item that requires further futzing with.
During shooting I was thinking about what you told me about chamfering the breech on that Hatsan. I couldn’t even seat the Hatsan pellets with my fingers, I discovered I have to use the pell seat to get the skirt down far enough to not get shaved off.
You even know it puts the cardboard at a slight, long enough to wear. I can still clip it on but have enough meat to put behind the bottom edge to stop the cardboard from flapping around.
@thatalaskaguy-airguns Just cut Your backboard long enough to slip behind the lip down at the bottom. Of the pellet trap.. That way the pellets can't push the cardboard when they bounce off the back of the pellet trap should keep all them in there. I just remembered.I actually cut a piece of wood that fits in their perfect.Thin enough to wear it'll go through but strong enough to wear they won't bounce back out. Sorry for any confusion.
I use a magnet to hold the bottom of my target in place. Yours looks different from mine. The pellets stay in mine. Even used a Airforce Escape putting out 50-60 FPE.
I think this would work a lot better if it had some kind of raised edge at the bottom to both hold the target in place and contain the lead. If I were to buy another trap in the future I’d pay closer attention to how it was configured.
Yeah, somethings changed or that ones a knockoff of the one I bought years ago. The pellets slide down the back sloap and are stopped in the bottom. Those are bouncing back and coming out at the bottom of the target it looks like. Mine weights a lot so I'm back to boxes since I don't need to stop the pellets. After a while mine would have pellet scraps come out the little cracks in the bottom and make a mess in my SUV. @@airgunsofalaska
@@charlesoutdoors2424 I’m going to try out some duct tape in different orientations to see if I can stop the lead from bouncing out. I’m thinking a ledge across the bottom would work and also give the bottom of the target something to slide behind. If that concept works then maybe I come up with something more permanent.
I tried to leave a cabela's link to the one I have, but that reply seems to have disappeared. For me I just wanted to stop them. Just your luck you wanted to catch them.@@airgunsofalaska
l own a champion .22 bullet proof trap it's came as a 1 piece it seems to work really good l have had for maybe 5 years now l payed 75.00 new. have you tried .22 pellets or .177 pellets in your's maybe those won't spit out of the trap.
The first pellets I used were .177 and I was surprised to find some deformed pellets lying in my driveway in front of the trap. I then realized they were bouncing out. I bought the trap for the .30 cal gun and was disappointed that it didn’t contain those pellets either. My old Beeman trap did contain pellets. It’s been great getting ideas from fellow shooters on things I can try to improve the trap. At $53 it wasn’t terribly expensive and is really heavy duty but it’d be a lot better if the lead stayed inside the trap.
Bummer! Thinking I’d try adding a piece of wood trim, just wedged in across the bottom to see if that helps. If it did then I’d probably replace it with a piece of angle iron with magnetic tape for easy removal. Or I’d just return it for a different design.😂
I’ve got some ideas of what I could try but yeah… it’d be a lot better it’d have just worked. It’s heavy duty and well made, I’m pretty certain I’ll hold onto it. I’ve read about people getting in trouble with Amazon making too many returns and I just had to return a set of shoes that arrived in the wrong size.
I just watched the video on my TV and didn’t see either pellet pop out the front in slow motion. I’ll have to test and experiment some more as I’d like for it to contain the lead, especially with the .30 cal.
I wonder why they configured this one the way they did? I was surprised by how much lead was on the outside of the “trap”. Maybe it should have been listed as a backstop instead. 🤣
Bummer it didn't work better. I use a piece of beam I found, the metal kind for big buildings, it's tough enough for anything but I didn't even think about the lead dust factor that might be worse than leaving pellets solid.
It wasn’t until the past year I started thinking about the lead I was spreading around my yard. Overall it’s definitely less lead that what’s in a single car battery but it’d be nice to capture it. I keep thinking it’d be handy to build a backstop of some fashion this summer.
@@airgunsofalaskaSeems like a great idea I hate to think of how much lead I've scattered over the years. Would be a big improvement to start catching all my pellets from bulk shooting.
Thanks for sharing. I have one with a little different design. the lip is way closer to the front edge.That one is way to far back to capture anything. OOPs !
I agree, it needs a lip at the front edge to help capture the lead. Live and learn, I didn’t know what to look for when I bought it. I just took it for granted that it would work as a trap since it is labeled as one.
Back maybe around 20 years ago there was a small store in Anchorage near the Diamond Red Robin called Alaska Airguns. He had all the Gucci airguns and paint ball guns. I only stopped in there once or twice, definitely a high end store. I think I bought a single tin of expensive pellets. Sportsman Warehouse seemed to have the biggest selection of airguns but the last time I was in Anchorage they didn’t have hardly anything. Don’t know why? I just buy my guns from Amazon. If I want something high end and really nice I order from Airguns of Arizona. Walmart sometimes has a decent selection of break barrel guns in the $100-$200 range. I would think Cabelas and Bass Pro would have airguns but I don’t recall being impressed with Cabela’s selection last summer.
hello , alaska , good work ,ervery youtuber should take care to get the lead back with target and plinking shooting .
you can put old clothing back in the in the catcher , and try a differnt angle .the catcher hanging back or to the front
That’s a great idea, I remember having a pellet trap in the 80’s that had some type of cloth inside it. I’m kinda bummed this is yet one more item that requires further futzing with.
During shooting I was thinking about what you told me about chamfering the breech on that Hatsan. I couldn’t even seat the Hatsan pellets with my fingers, I discovered I have to use the pell seat to get the skirt down far enough to not get shaved off.
@@airgunsofalaska if pellet get shaved accuracy is gone
@@peteralexben have you found a Pellseat having a negative affect on accuracy? Presently it’s the only way I can load pellets to prevent skirt damage.
@@airgunsofalaska if pelletsget a loose fit .you get powerloss and different speeds .and the piston seal will get more wear .
You even know it puts the cardboard at a slight, long enough to wear. I can still clip it on but have enough meat to put behind the bottom edge to stop the cardboard from flapping around.
I don’t understand your comment?
@thatalaskaguy-airguns Just cut
Your backboard long enough to slip behind the lip down at the bottom.
Of the pellet trap.. That way the pellets can't push the cardboard when they bounce off the back of the pellet trap should keep all them in there. I just remembered.I actually cut a piece of wood that fits in their perfect.Thin enough to wear it'll go through but strong enough to wear they won't bounce back out. Sorry for any confusion.
@@skinnymitchairgunbrotherho7152 good idea 👍 I’ll try that.
I use a magnet to hold the bottom of my target in place. Yours looks different from mine. The pellets stay in mine. Even used a Airforce Escape putting out 50-60 FPE.
I think this would work a lot better if it had some kind of raised edge at the bottom to both hold the target in place and contain the lead.
If I were to buy another trap in the future I’d pay closer attention to how it was configured.
Yeah, somethings changed or that ones a knockoff of the one I bought years ago. The pellets slide down the back sloap and are stopped in the bottom. Those are bouncing back and coming out at the bottom of the target it looks like. Mine weights a lot so I'm back to boxes since I don't need to stop the pellets. After a while mine would have pellet scraps come out the little cracks in the bottom and make a mess in my SUV. @@airgunsofalaska
@@charlesoutdoors2424 I’m going to try out some duct tape in different orientations to see if I can stop the lead from bouncing out. I’m thinking a ledge across the bottom would work and also give the bottom of the target something to slide behind. If that concept works then maybe I come up with something more permanent.
I tried to leave a cabela's link to the one I have, but that reply seems to have disappeared. For me I just wanted to stop them. Just your luck you wanted to catch them.@@airgunsofalaska
@@charlesoutdoors2424 Dang… UA-cam is weird about links. 🤷♂️ I like how stout this trap is. I’m likely to just make it work
l own a champion .22 bullet proof trap it's came as a 1 piece it seems to work really good l have had for maybe 5 years now l payed 75.00 new. have you tried .22 pellets or .177 pellets in your's maybe those won't spit out of the trap.
The first pellets I used were .177 and I was surprised to find some deformed pellets lying in my driveway in front of the trap. I then realized they were bouncing out. I bought the trap for the .30 cal gun and was disappointed that it didn’t contain those pellets either. My old Beeman trap did contain pellets.
It’s been great getting ideas from fellow shooters on things I can try to improve the trap. At $53 it wasn’t terribly expensive and is really heavy duty but it’d be a lot better if the lead stayed inside the trap.
Bummer! Thinking I’d try adding a piece of wood trim, just wedged in across the bottom to see if that helps. If it did then I’d probably replace it with a piece of angle iron with magnetic tape for easy removal. Or I’d just return it for a different design.😂
I’ve got some ideas of what I could try but yeah… it’d be a lot better it’d have just worked. It’s heavy duty and well made, I’m pretty certain I’ll hold onto it. I’ve read about people getting in trouble with Amazon making too many returns and I just had to return a set of shoes that arrived in the wrong size.
I need to get me one of those.
Maybe try putting duct seal on the inside back?
I just watched the video on my TV and didn’t see either pellet pop out the front in slow motion. I’ll have to test and experiment some more as I’d like for it to contain the lead, especially with the .30 cal.
I have a 22 rim fire trap like this one. The inside lip is is much shorter. Very little lead is reflected.
I wonder why they configured this one the way they did? I was surprised by how much lead was on the outside of the “trap”. Maybe it should have been listed as a backstop instead. 🤣
Bummer it didn't work better. I use a piece of beam I found, the metal kind for big buildings, it's tough enough for anything but I didn't even think about the lead dust factor that might be worse than leaving pellets solid.
It wasn’t until the past year I started thinking about the lead I was spreading around my yard. Overall it’s definitely less lead that what’s in a single car battery but it’d be nice to capture it.
I keep thinking it’d be handy to build a backstop of some fashion this summer.
@@airgunsofalaskaSeems like a great idea I hate to think of how much lead I've scattered over the years. Would be a big improvement to start catching all my pellets from bulk shooting.
Thanks for sharing. I have one with a little different design. the lip is way closer to the front edge.That one is way to far back to capture anything. OOPs !
I agree, it needs a lip at the front edge to help capture the lead. Live and learn, I didn’t know what to look for when I bought it. I just took it for granted that it would work as a trap since it is labeled as one.
Balled up news paper behind the cardboard. Should sponge up the shrap.
That’s a quick and easy way to manage it, thanks!
Do you know of any airguns dealers here in Alaska?
Back maybe around 20 years ago there was a small store in Anchorage near the Diamond Red Robin called Alaska Airguns. He had all the Gucci airguns and paint ball guns. I only stopped in there once or twice, definitely a high end store. I think I bought a single tin of expensive pellets.
Sportsman Warehouse seemed to have the biggest selection of airguns but the last time I was in Anchorage they didn’t have hardly anything. Don’t know why?
I just buy my guns from Amazon. If I want something high end and really nice I order from Airguns of Arizona. Walmart sometimes has a decent selection of break barrel guns in the $100-$200 range. I would think Cabelas and Bass Pro would have airguns but I don’t recall being impressed with Cabela’s selection last summer.
After asking you. A friend told me there is a airgun shop in Wasilla called "Airguns of Alaska " . He said the shop is behind Gorilla Fireworks.
@@gunner5178 that’s great news! I didn’t know there was a speciality airgun shop here in state. Thanks for letting me know. 👍
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