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Hey guys, been doing abit of thinking about building a moving target, and incorporating some sort of game into it. Pretty much a long silent pellet trap with a conveyor belt floating above it. Im thinking ill stick some velcro tape on the belt to make attaching targets easy. After abit of thinking I've come up with the idea of mounting 4" long, thin wood dowels to the belt, then attaching 3" of really light fishing line or sewing thread to the dowels and the other end to the target. the idea is that when the target gets hit the line breaks and the target goes flying into the back of the trap. This way, minimal shock will be put on the conveyor belt. I can even cut notches into the dowel to make attaching the line easier. (after acouple years of hardcore fly fishing, i can tie loop knots in my sleep). If a dowel gets hit from a stay pellet, no problem, a new dowel and a bit of velcro is a quick replacement. I originally got the inspiration for this project from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtVHj54sryA
At first i was going to hang ping pong or foam balls but im thinking small cork balls would probably be better as they are probably more durable and come in alot of sizes. From 1/2" to 1" they are quiet cheap, however for the 2" size they get a bit expensive. Anyone have any experience shooting corks? Do they last acouple shots. I have hear that foam filled ping pong balls last acouple pellets. Anyone have any ideas as to what might make a better target. I will be shooting inside from 10-20m non pal guns.
As for the fun/game part, 3 different colour balls, you can mix and match sizes to handicap better shooters, last shooter with targets left wins. I might just have to go pick up acouple of crosman 357s
Has anyone done anything similar or have any other cool shooting games they would like to share?
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