Basement range

Howard Law

RICHGCOOP

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If you are not shooting in your basement you're missing out.
Here is pictures of how I made my indoor BB and pellet stop.
You can use any scrap wood and used telephone books or newspapers or magazines. A lot of businesses give away free pallets.
The size is not important just make a big enough to get a phone book or magazine in it.
Staple piece of cardboard on the front of it and wen it gets to shut up just replace it with another piece of cardboard.

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This is what mine looks like. I put a strap steel on the top with the keyhole cut into it so I can hang it on the basement door and take it down anytime.

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This is the basic idea.

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This is what it looks like wen it's time to put new card board a new book inside.

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Here it is hanging on the door ready for a target.
Give it a try and let me know how it works out for you, BB guns and pellet guns are a blast to shoot and are good to practice for self defense.

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jackjr

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Thanks RICHGCOOP.
We use the cotton pellets that are for cleaning the pistol and just have a bath towel behind the target. Good for shooting in the livingroon as we don't have a basement. Works great and when we are done I run one through with some EEZOX on it.
 

RICHGCOOP

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Yes I was going to mention if you don't have a basement you can use your garage or a laundry room if you throw a pellet wild it won't hurt anything.
Good idea on the cleaning pellets.

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BubbaDX

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The wooden box is a good idea. I've been using an old laptop box stuffed with cloth and newspaper. Your's is much more durable.
 

RICHGCOOP

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I know what you mean down to the lake in the fifth wheel I use the corn dog box stuff full rags. Use the paper plate on the front of it.

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davevabch

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Bravo Rich! I use my garage and get a heck of a lot of range time. I love my new 1911 BB gun so much that I'm sending one to my brother for Christmas. Glad to see you into the air guns! :)
 

kraigster414

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Be careful about the need for ventilation, that would be my only concern. I'd rather die from cigar smoking than lead poisoning. Ideally I'd like to die from neither.
 

kraigster414

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BBs??!!! I should start reading these threads. I thought he was shooting .45/70 down there. Better yet .458 Win Mag.

BBs??!! I don't want to shoot no stinkin' BBs!! :eek:
 

RICHGCOOP

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This is what 320 BB holes look like at 7 yards Rapid Fire not staging.

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Here is a close up photo.

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3Coyotes

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We've been doing very similar with Airsoft guns in the family room. My biggest concern is a wild miss could result in a dimple in the drywall.
Co2 cartridge or spring handguns are fine indoors. I have to discourage the use of my brother-in-law's electric Thompson on full auto. That could get a little... Dicey. YMMV and LOL!
 

SkipD

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3Coyotes said:
My biggest concern is a wild miss could result in a dimple in the drywall.

That's nothing that a 2-minute application of drywall compound and another 2-minute paint touch-up can't take care of. Way back when I lived in an apartment and peppered a wall in my bedroom (shooting from the living room). It didn't take much at all to patch that up before I moved out.
 

BubbaDX

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One thing I have not seen mentioned yet about the basement range is cleanup. The box I use to trap the bb's catches 99% of them, but I always have that stray bb that gets into the carpet. For picking these up I use this:

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Any magnet works, the larger the more bb's you can pick up at once. But I like this telescoping magnet so I don't have to crawl around on my hands and knees picking up bb's. Works great, give it a try.