Canadian Airgun Forum :: Reactive targets indoors

I shoot some spinners here and there. I have my target stacks in which are mostly self contained traps in or on milkcrates. Traps when new I added a heavy piece of steel into backs. I bought a bunch different heavy duty spinners and mounted them on bars and drilled hole on each side and installed. Used shrink wrap to keep spinners in place and to hold bar in place.

My inside of my mulitiple target stacks in milk crates and have 3 knockdown animals and a 5 ring. I used kids play mats to suround the sides and bolted knockdowns to the milk crates. I put steel furnace doors behind the mats at the back.

Big steel wall inbehind the whole target stand in which I try to stop pellets before they get back to the steel wall. Build a shroud to stick out infront of targets about a foot sticking out front.

Part time spinners and such I have a small table that I put out front and put spinner on and place a furnace door behind it. Spinner like my "Know-your-limits" sits likely more or less flush with the shroud when setup. Sometimes I use my Champion bullet trap and put spinners infront of that to shoot. The Champion I trap is from my short range and sits in a milk crate also. It traps pellets the best of any traps I own.

I use all my guns but some guns can only shoot certain traps.

But saying all this I do shoot into my walk in attic upstairs. I have 2 ranges that I shoot from my bench. Attic one if exaclly 33 feet and other short one is 14 feet if the attic is to hot or snow on roof for extended period of time I shoot the small 14 foot one. Short range I have two seperate scoped guns. Three open site guns shoot both ranges. Pistols normally on short range.

I shoot daily and ussually multiple times a day. Some play video games and some of us do the real thing.

Portable AC, Fireplace when attic door is opened to suppliment the house temps, TV, laptop, music. I live upstairs basicly.

All my lead goes to a guy that makes sinkers for fishing and sell them to people along the shortline. It is a win win situation.

So basicly all my spent lead get thrown in the lake. [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji38]

CHEERS!

Author:	Red Beard Forge [ Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:47 pm ]
Post subject:	Reactive targets indoors
I am interested to know if anyone here shoots spinners, metal silhouettes or any other kind of reactive targets indoors? And what designs and safety measures they use to contain ricochet risk and lead etc in an indoor informal range setting. When I was in cadets many years ago we used to convert the cadet hall into an air rifle shooting range and I am well aware of the target and backstop measures needed to safely shoot paper targets indoors but I am curious if it is possible to do so safely with more "interesting" reactive targets.

Author:	grantmac [ Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:53 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Reactive targets indoors
This will heavily depend on your risk tolerance. For me in a space I own I'm not particularly worried at all with guns under 7ft/lbs so long as the targets are angled down a little and I'm wearing eye protection.

Author:	wheeliehd [ Tue Mar 29, 2022 5:28 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Reactive targets indoors
I shoot some spinners here and there. I have my target stacks in which are mostly self contained traps in or on milkcrates. Traps when new I added a heavy piece of steel into backs. I bought a bunch different heavy duty spinners and mounted them on bars and drilled hole on each side and installed. Used shrink wrap to keep spinners in place and to hold bar in place. My inside of my mulitiple target stacks in milk crates and have 3 knockdown animals and a 5 ring. I used kids play mats to suround the sides and bolted knockdowns to the milk crates. I put steel furnace doors behind the mats at the back. Big steel wall inbehind the whole target stand in which I try to stop pellets before they get back to the steel wall. Build a shroud to stick out infront of targets about a foot sticking out front. Part time spinners and such I have a small table that I put out front and put spinner on and place a furnace door behind it. Spinner like my "Know-your-limits" sits likely more or less flush with the shroud when setup. Sometimes I use my Champion bullet trap and put spinners infront of that to shoot. The Champion I trap is from my short range and sits in a milk crate also. It traps pellets the best of any traps I own. I use all my guns but some guns can only shoot certain traps. But saying all this I do shoot into my walk in attic upstairs. I have 2 ranges that I shoot from my bench. Attic one if exaclly 33 feet and other short one is 14 feet if the attic is to hot or snow on roof for extended period of time I shoot the small 14 foot one. Short range I have two seperate scoped guns. Three open site guns shoot both ranges. Pistols normally on short range. I shoot daily and ussually multiple times a day. Some play video games and some of us do the real thing. Portable AC, Fireplace when attic door is opened to suppliment the house temps, TV, laptop, music. I live upstairs basicly. All my lead goes to a guy that makes sinkers for fishing and sell them to people along the shortline. It is a win win situation. So basicly all my spent lead get thrown in the lake. CHEERS!

Author:	tom_ke888 [ Sat Apr 09, 2022 7:21 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Reactive targets indoors
wheeliehd wrote: I shoot some spinners here and there. I have my target stacks in which are mostly self contained traps in or on milkcrates. Traps when new I added a heavy piece of steel into backs. I bought a bunch different heavy duty spinners and mounted them on bars and drilled hole on each side and installed. Used shrink wrap to keep spinners in place and to hold bar in place. My inside of my mulitiple target stacks in milk crates and have 3 knockdown animals and a 5 ring. I used kids play mats to suround the sides and bolted knockdowns to the milk crates. I put steel furnace doors behind the mats at the back. Big steel wall inbehind the whole target stand in which I try to stop pellets before they get back to the steel wall. Build a shroud to stick out infront of targets about a foot sticking out front. Part time spinners and such I have a small table that I put out front and put spinner on and place a furnace door behind it. Spinner like my "Know-your-limits" sits likely more or less flush with the shroud when setup. Sometimes I use my Champion bullet trap and put spinners infront of that to shoot. The Champion I trap is from my short range and sits in a milk crate also. It traps pellets the best of any traps I own. I use all my guns but some guns can only shoot certain traps. But saying all this I do shoot into my walk in attic upstairs. I have 2 ranges that I shoot from my bench. Attic one if exaclly 33 feet and other short one is 14 feet if the attic is to hot or snow on roof for extended period of time I shoot the small 14 foot one. Short range I have two seperate scoped guns. Three open site guns shoot both ranges. Pistols normally on short range. I shoot daily and ussually multiple times a day. Some play video games and some of us do the real thing. Portable AC, Fireplace when attic door is opened to suppliment the house temps, TV, laptop, music. I live upstairs basicly. All my lead goes to a guy that makes sinkers for fishing and sell them to people along the shortline. It is a win win situation. So basicly all my spent lead get thrown in the lake. [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji38] CHEERS! [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

Author:	abslayer [ Sun May 01, 2022 1:15 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Reactive targets indoors
I don't think it is a good idea to shoot anything that can have a pellet come back at shooter period My go to target is #3 4x4 lumber in a box with a blanket stuffed in front of lumber NO pellets bounce out of this target

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