Cheapo pellet trap "armor" plates

melchloboo · Post by **melchloboo** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:49 pm

Just a quick cheapo tip for re-enforcing cheapo sporting goods store pellet traps. I was wandering around my local hardware store and stumbled upon a solution in the electrical department.

I found what are about 3"x3" steel plates with corners having pre-drilled holes, for $0.50 each. Not sure what they are called, but I think they are used for the backs of household light switch boxes that need to be grounded. Don't know the exact steel gauge, but its pretty heavy.

All I had to do was drill holes in the light-gauge trap for mounting screws, and viola, my $15 cheapo trap has $2 body armor that can take 10m air rifle hits at 20 feet (garage practice) much better. Added bonus is for some reason the trap is quieter now.

zollman · Post by **zollman** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:31 pm

Put a thin layer (c. 1/8"-3/16") of duct seal between the armor and trap, and it will get even quieter. I applied 1/4" behind an angled reflecter trap and it made a huge difference in dampening the initial impact and after ringing.

zollman

peepsight · Post by **peepsight** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:01 am

Not sure if your trap has an angled deflector plate, if it does, you can make it real quiet by replacing the angled plate with some nylon/polypropylene board. I got a food chopping board from my local store about 6-mm thick and cut it to size.
We have used this chopping board material in our club and after thousands of pellets they are still OK. I don't think this will work on a vertical back plate.

Peeps