[Harry Knuckles]

Apologies if this has been discussed already. I wanted to post this in case anyone else was looking for a good backstop material that did wear out after a few 1000 shots.

I've been using this ballistic nylon mesh I got from Amazon for about 1 month now and it still hasn't worn out. I shoot about 300 shots a day. I started to run out of old t-shirts and towels to use for my catch box. I was also sick of having to constantly take the time to replace the backstop.

This is the link (nonaffiliate) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y3QK95Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Stankard757]

Hmmmm. Interested might have to look into this. My catch setup is pretty big I currently run with a twin size bed sheet. Thanks

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[Tobor8Man]

Great idea. How do the bounce-backs compare with t-shirts and towels?

 

[Harry Knuckles]

Great idea. How do the bounce-backs compare with t-shirts and towels?

About the same. I would like to say less but I didn't track that so I don't have any real data to compare. The holes in the mesh make it pretty light for how robust of a material it is. One layer gives way easily to catch the ball without a lot of bounce back.

 

[StringSlap]

I said the same thing as Stankard... Hmmmmmm! Might just be worth a shot (pun intended!).

 

[StringSlap]

Hey HK, how are you hanging the material? Fixed in some way or just draped? Single layer or two? Thanks.

 

[Harry Knuckles]

Hey HK, how are you hanging the material? Fixed in some way or just draped? Single layer or two? Thanks.

I cut it down to size and have it hanging/fixed from the top so it doesn't touch the sides or bottom of my catchbox. Just a single layer is all I've needed. I've been shooting mostly 3/8" steel at it.

 

[Tag]

Thanks for sharing

 

[Ibojoe]

Gonna try this. Thanks for the info.

 

[snydes]

curious - anybody tried a piece of rug ? I learned I can't attach it to the back of my catchbox, but if I keep it a few inches from the back, it has room to recoil & doesn't allow the shot to come forward. I'm not sure how long it will hold up though ... let me know if anybody has any negative experiences with using rug material ... thx !

 

[Ordo]

I tried rug once. Bouncy.

 

[Harry Knuckles]

curious - anybody tried a piece of rug ? I learned I can't attach it to the back of my catchbox, but if I keep it a few inches from the back, it has room to recoil & doesn't allow the shot to come forward. I'm not sure how long it will hold up though ... let me know if anybody has any negative experiences with using rug material ... thx !

I tried a lot of different materials in my backstop before I ordered this stuff. I found that the lighter material makes for less bounce, but the problem is the light materials often wear holes in it really quickly. The more consistent I became the more the shots were hitting the same 3" area. I would wear a hole in a t-shirt in a few shooting sessions. I still have yet to wear a hole in this stuff, I'm guessing to have close to 5000 shots at it so far and it's still going strong. It would say it has the same amount of bounce as t-shirts or towels.

 

[StringSlap]

I got this same material from Hobby Lobby (Have a thread posted "Significant catchbox upgrade"). It's the best material I've used so far. You'll have to tweak it to get it set right for your own particular catchbox, but once you do it should work extremely well.

 

[snydes]

Great intel man - will def be ordering some of this ballistic mesh on my next amazon order - it's dirt cheap, so have to try it - Thanks !!

 

[craigbutnotreally]

I bought the same material a couple weeks ago after seeing this post originally. Nothing bad to say. Has held up better than other things I've tried. And I get less bounce outs too. With the pillow case before I'd estimate I was getting 10% bounce outs. This I get maybe 1 out 100. But that's my experience with mesh in general. It's just never lasted long for me. So far so good on this material though. I tried GZKs mesh last time. Bounce out rate was the same but within a week it was tearing out in the middle behind my spinner.

 

[TimR]

curious - anybody tried a piece of rug ? I learned I can't attach it to the back of my catchbox, but if I keep it a few inches from the back, it has room to recoil & doesn't allow the shot to come forward. I'm not sure how long it will hold up though ... let me know if anybody has any negative experiences with using rug material ... thx !

I use rug with pellet guns but not with slingshots, and I shoot at the edges.

You cut a bunch of strips of rug, wide as your catch box and a few inches deep, stack them between a couple of 2x4s, and use all thread and nuts to compress them. It catches pellets well and you can unbolt and recover if you want but I don't usually bother.

 

[bottlecap]

I hung a mop head from the top of one of my catchboxes, zero bounce outs. Probably a smaller area coverage than most like in their boxes but it worked beautifully in a 5 gallon cutout style.

 

[TimR]

I hung a mop head from the top of one of my catchboxes, zero bounce outs. Probably a smaller area coverage than most like in their boxes but it worked beautifully in a 5 gallon cutout style.

Wait - you can hit a 5 gallon pail every time?

<shakes head in stunned admiration>

 

[vince4242]

Tim a 5 gallon bucket six months ago would have been impossible for me to imagine hitting every time. Now I have two spinners in my 5 gallon catch bucket. I use normal cotton dark blue sheet material for curtains inside it. I have 3 curtains inside the 5 gallon bucket. No bounce outs and when not using it I put the top back on to keep everything sealed up.

Cheers

 

[bottlecap]

I hung a mop head from the top of one of my catchboxes, zero bounce outs. Probably a smaller area coverage than most like in their boxes but it worked beautifully in a 5 gallon cutout style.

Wait - you can hit a 5 gallon pail every time?

<shakes head in stunned admiration>

LOL, it was mounted up on a stand, also had a large blanket behind, but yeah, hit the target area way more often than not.