bought my first proper AEG

[Ian_Gere]

Your CM16 should shoot BB's through both sides of a cereal box and still put dents in the kind of things you might find lurking in a garage. The cheapest way to stop BB's is to stand whatever you are shooting at as a target in front of some cloth hung loose from above. The BB's hit the cloth which moves absorbing the momentum and then the BB's just drop.

 

[Sako]

Thanks for that, I have nabbed a good sized beach towel to put to use, hopefully the missus won't notice

 

[Airsoft_Mr B]

Just some wood will effectively stop a pellet travelling ~350FPS+

I also use my garage as a shooting range occasionally and I would say a good idea is to use an old cereal box as a container to stop used ammunition going everywhere.

Then you can insert metal / wood into the box to stop any rounds going straight through.

I'd recommend you have a few though as opposed to just one small box, of course you will probably be quite close and accurate but I would still like to have at least two or three to make sure. Finally, if you want paper targets then A4 sheets will fit perfectly onto an standard size cereal box and there are a load of websites you can print targets off for free from.

 

[Moose87]

ahh wasnt sure. think this went a little off topic lol

 

[two_zero]

Your CM16 should shoot BB's through both sides of a cereal box and still put dents in the kind of things you might find lurking in a garage. The cheapest way to stop BB's is to stand whatever you are shooting at as a target in front of some cloth hung loose from above. The BB's hit the cloth which moves absorbing the momentum and then the BB's just drop.

*note: be careful with which material thou. shoot thru a thin bed cover

Thanks for that, I have nabbed a good sized beach towel to put to use, hopefully the missus won't notice

beach towel will be great. I'd have a unfolded evening standard in front of it as well. cant eve draw a target on it!

Just some wood will effectively stop a pellet travelling ~350FPS+.

Wood will definitely not stop a BB travelling ~350FPS+. They will ricochet everywhere causing maximum damage to everything if not stopped by something.

Neither would I put a piece of wood inside a cardboard box so I only have one layer in front of it. behind? sure. inside? nope.

 

[Ian_Gere]

I use a bed sheet inside my flat!

I stand any old cardboard box with a padded envelope taped to the front of it and A4 sheets with targets drawn on in black marker taped to the front of that, on a chair next to a wardrobe. On top of the wardrobe is a piece of wood with some stuff weighting one end and the other sticking out so an old fitted sheet can hang from it.

I use that set up to practice snap shooting. The BB's collect in an elastic edged bit, which allows me to use them again in my guns with 6.03mm or wider barrels :blink: yeah, I know you're not supposed to, but I haven't had any problems doing it so far - its easy enough to fish out any shattered bits.

For accuracy shooting I replace the box with a sticky target like this:

The plastic frame of mine is barely holding together these days because it doesn't do well against 365+FPS :lol: but the sticky layer is still going strong - you can put any image behind it. I got bored of George Osborne and went back to the roundel, but I think maybe I need a pic of Boris with his mouth open

 

[Unrustle_Thine_Jimmies]

Those sticking targets are the bomb-Very handy for zeroing scopes,I need to get one,my friend's probably sick of me borrowing it all the time before game day.