Large-Scale Pellet Backstop?

[Zzyzx]

Check with your local team and ice arena and see if they are dumping hockey goals. They would be a good ready made framework to put the wood and padding materiel on. They sloping back section would help deflect pellets downward and they are big enough for really lousy shooters too.

[fisherdude]

I use concrete cinder blocks - stacked about 4 feet X4 feet.  They are pretty inexpensive, quiet, pellets don't ricochet, and its easy to reconfigure or repair.

[redroush00]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acAKTglhgzY

[daveshoot]

Some very good suggestions and food for thought here, thanks everyone.

Since my neighbor backed his truck into my motorized rolling gate and said he "din't have no money", I have a different weekend project now. However, I am going to look for conveyor belts. I have plywood and lumber, and I was thinking about blocks (just a little worried about ricochet).

Someday we'll get this range up and running!