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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Target Shooting: Casual, Fun and Competition » Backstop for .22 versus .177 needs Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  Backstop for .22 versus .177 needs   Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:14 pm redroush00 Member Joined: 31 Dec 2009 Posts: 78 Im getting a .22 and wondering if a .177 backstop is okay for .22 match type pellets?   Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:59 pm Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA My newspaper/cardboard box backstop will stop a .22LR rimfire, so either of those airgun calibers should be fine. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:12 pm fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2444 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia What is your .177 backstop? You probably won't need to change anything. Are you talking about a true backstop, or bullet trap? To me a backstop is a mound of dirt, which would be literally impenetrable by small arms. A trap is meant to contain "most" of the projectiles fired. _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:16 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho for anything 12fpe+... dried out tree logs. believe me.. stack them in a 25 or so degree angle ( for any ricochet) put some plywood behind the logs as cya (cover your a$$). _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:14 pm Lipoly Veteran Member Joined: 06 Dec 2009 Posts: 241 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA fritz wrote: Are you talking about a true backstop, or bullet trap? To me a backstop is a mound of dirt, which would be literally impenetrable by small arms. A trap is meant to contain "most" of the projectiles fired. Glad you clarified, I didn't realize the difference in terminology. I was wondering b/c my .177 caliber trap (started filling trap w/poly fill to help slow it down w/o much help) was taking a major beating just from my .25 cal slingshot balls...don't think it could take a .22 pellet from my RWS 350 @ > four times the fpe with a pointed pellet. _________________ Philip RWS 350 .22 w/Leapers 4-16x50 Crossman 1377   Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:37 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho Slavia wrote: My newspaper/cardboard box backstop will stop a .22LR rimfire, so either of those airgun calibers should be fine. sooo..... now we know what else you shoot in your basement. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:06 pm Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA Quote: now we know what else you shoot in your basement. WHAAAAT? I couldn't quite hear you. There's this constant ringing in my ears. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:09 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho Slavia wrote: Quote: now we know what else you shoot in your basement. WHAAAAT? I couldn't quite hear you. There's this constant ringing in my ears. oops.... i know that ring too... j/k..... for the record. slavia would wear the proper hearing protection.. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:48 pm Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA Quote: for the record. slavia would wear the proper hearing protection.. Yes, he would indeed. And he also might be smart enough to take the box out to the range to test it with a .22LR... Maybe. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:23 am sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho Slavia wrote: [ Maybe. maybe... love that word. oops i did it again. tree logs... i'm telling you. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:35 am Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA So anyway, back to the topic: You should be O.K. with either .177 or .22. Take a look at this thread for more backstop ideas, ranging from the very simple to Alstone's elegant design: http://www.airgunhome.com/agforum/viewtopic.php?t=234&start=0 _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:30 pm fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2444 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia If you're going to add anything to the trap, it should be plywood, carpet, or duct seal (preference to the ds). IIRC 2" should stop most .177 and .22 pellets. _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:00 am BBgunNoob Veteran Member Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 327 Location: Pa deck of cards could stop a 22 LR - mythbusters for the win   Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:37 pm fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2444 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia What load did they use? .22LR does between 75 and 125fpe usually. _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:25 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho BBgunNoob wrote: deck of cards could stop a 22 LR - mythbusters for the win wrong answer tim. .22 lr high velocity (130 fpe) zips right through a full size phone book. even with hollow points. also through a 5 gallon bucket of water inside 50 yards. and... the full power range of .22 rimfire (not wmr) is 12-180ish fpe. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it....... 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