The pellets get trapped in the card board box, no fuss, no muss no shredded phone books, or thick magazines as I have tried those first. Just in case I have a 3/4 inch press board as a back up.
The pellets are stopped by the golf shirt/carpet and does not even get to the oak bottom. Turn the box on one end and tape your target on it. Staple an old golf shirt, folded 3 times, over and in front of the carpet, then shirt side down on a bottom of a card board box. I get old pieces of carpet, staple it to a old oak magazine holder bottom, Or, I could just buy a metal pellet trap and line it with duct seal (to muffle the sound and protect the "range" from neighbor complaints/notice). near misses would get eaten up by the magazine stacked box, and wilder shots get caught by the 4x4s. So I figured I'd use the box of paper as a target backstop (with the 4x4 as a larger backstop to prevent wrecking the wooden fence) and the actual target area would be a clump of duct seal crammed into some smaller box attached to the paper stacked box. I also went and bought some DUCT SEAL from Home Depot (Hint: It's in the electrical section, not the hvac section!!!!) Which was like $2.50/1lb. I had been saving magazines and shoving them in a Costco bulk mini-wheats box to make an large stack of paper for a target. But for the target area that gets hammered, what do you do? Commercial pellet trap? This sounds like a great backstop idea and I will do this. Someone suggested getting some 4x4, cutting them and stacking them. OK guys, so what about a good backstop/target for backyard/basement ranges? i'd love to find a supergrade, but the prices are out there.I've never heard of Greg Fuller. the steroid tune took some time, which i was forewarned it would, but it ended up being totally worth it. I have yet done videos of those either.hence my YouTube project will be an on going and apparently not as ambitious progress. It's currently residing in storage next to my other Sheridans, Sharp Aces, Crosman 160, 180, 118, 114, etc.or what I called "vintage" lot.
My Mac1 Steroid that I have is a much newer model because I wanted the scope mount that was made. I was also a lucky recipient sometime ago of a Greg Fuller Sheridan.which just sits there. Tim is a very awesome guy, he is currently re-sealing my Career 707 rifle and I talk to him from time to time. I have been a fan of those for some time because I used a Sheridan to gain momentum in making money to buy my shooting instruments.well at least 75% of the money I made in pest control at least. My teenagers each have a blue streak, snd this will get handed down to my 5 yr old when hes old enough to actually pump it. I refinished the stock and forearm while it was away being rebuilt. Hits hard now, especially with the Eun Jin heavy hunting pellets. I had Mac1 in Gardena rebuild mine with a "steroid tune" and had the billet pump lever installed.