Works very well for stopping 22 bullets and 177 pellets, have not attempted shooting anything else. I have not been bothered by the noise issues complained about in other posts. There is significant issue with shrapnel leaving the trap,however I have only noticed minimal distance from trap,maybe 2' maximum. I attempted placing sand in the bottom of the trap and found it to be more of a mess than worth it. I placed a thin faced foam sheet over front of trap behind target,as shown in picture. This reduces some shrapnel but not completely, but as i said it is not a big problem, just lands directly in front of trap. I simply vacuum up occasionally. Overall has been a welcome system allowing me to practice form and trigger time when unable to get to the range. Overall a thumb and 3/4 up.

I'd been wanting to teach my youngest daughter the basics of gun safety and help her get comfortable firing a weapon. However, I didn't want to take her to a gun range with its attendant loud noises and general confusion. I only wanted her to concentrate on the weapons and on what I had to tell her. We live in a neighborhood where the homes each sit on 2.5 acre lots--and most of them have surrounding fencing. While I could have set up a target range in our basement, I didn't want to deal with lead and gunpowder, and I also wanted to be able to push the boundaries to make her comfortable and capable with a rifle.

So I bought this trap and mounted it on two heavy duty pallets, put two more tall pallets behind it, and hung some heavy cardboard behind the target in the trap. Behind the pallets are some mounds of fill dirt and 100 feet of thick brush. In addition, there are no neighbors behind us for over two miles. The heavy cardboard was to stop any bullet splash back and also to help lower the sound of the bullet hitting the trap.

The final key to keeping all this a secret was to use two legal suppressors I have on the semi autos. You can use a variety of ammunition in both the rifle and pistol without having to deal with the "crack" of the bullets, giving you the opportunity to match each gun with the best ammo for it. And no one is the wiser. Mission accomplished!

The reviews I read on the Champion .22 caliber bullet trap were pretty accurate. It is very solid, and will absorb a .22LR shot with ease. It does leak a lot of lead dust and bullet fragments. I purchased the trap to use in a back yard 30 yard range to practice firing positions at our winter home in Texas.
I decided to try using foam board as a target backing. I purchased several 20 X 30 inch sheets at my local Walmart for 88 cents each. I first tried a piece 11" wide by 10" long for my initial test. I taped it with 2 in packing tape at the top and bottom sides. It worked, but after firing 21 test rounds I quickly realized that an extra inch in length would keep the foam board tighter against the round bottom of the trap. I thought this might also keep more of the lead dust and debris in the trap. I believe it helped.
In my first shooting session I shot about 65 rounds of CCI Standard Velocity primarily in groups of 10. I started with an 8 in. splash target. It worked fine, but a lot of little yellow spots appeared on the splash target from the lead "shrapnel" blowing back from the trap. But when I tried to peal the splash target off the backing it pretty much destroyed the target. I decided to switch to paper targets that I attached with push pins. That worked much better.
I definitely think the foam board makes a good economical backing for this trap and I will keep using it with 11" X 11" pieces. Like many reviewers I wish the trap were a little bigger, but it worked as advertised. I would highly recommend it for a back yard range.
Photo 1 - 30 yard range from firing position. Photo 2 "“ 21 rounds on 8 in. splash target on 11" X 10" foam board backing. Photo 3 - Lead dust and bullet fragments in front of the trap after 21 test rounds of CCI Standard Velocity .22 LR. Photo 4 "“ Inside of trap after 21 test rounds. Photo 5 "“ Lead dust and debris from 21 rounds. Photo 6 "“ 11" X 11" foam board target backing. Photo 7 "“ 11" X 11" foam board after 65 rounds. It could have easily absorbed more.

I bought this to make lead clean-up easier for my indoor airgun shooting. Previously, I had been using homemade pellet traps in my basement: rubber mulch, junk mail and old clothes all make good material to stop pellets. They are also nice and quiet, when the pellet hits them. The only problem with them is that it is quite labor-intensive to recover and recycle the lead from those kinds of traps.

This trap is another story. There's no need to renew the trap periodically; only clean out the lead. When hit with pellets, it rings loudly; so not something to use in the basement while your family is sleeping in other rooms.

The airgun-specific traps were either too small or too limited. (ex. limited to .177 caliber)

The reason I took off a star is because it doesn't trap all the lead. Depending on where (height-wise) you hit the trap, the lead splatter may bounce out, and sometimes even comes back through the paper. I find pellet remnants on the floor in front of the trap, but none of ricocheted to the extent that I'd worry about getting hit; it's just that some of the splatter comes back out if you hit it too high or low. I'm not talking about way up near the clip or way down by the bottom edge, either. I'm talking about in the area where you'd think it should be a good place to hit. For example, in this main image for this, 1-2" above the upper bullseye and 1-2" below the lower bullseye.

Take this all into consideration and you'll be quite happy with it.

About 10 years ago, I bought this device to practice my shooting skills in my basement. I use several different types of air rifles and pistols, including a very powerful .22 cal break barrel, spring piston rifle and a 1200fps .177 cal rifle. On occasion, I used to take it to a friend who lives in a rural area. There we plink with our .22 lr rifles and pistols. I wound up leaving it at the farm for my friend to use. He uses it quite a bit. It is still in good shape. Now I bought another one to keep at my place.
I never had any problems with denting or deformation. The ringing noise it makes upon pellet or bullet impact does not bother me at all. Just for the heck of it, I wrapped an old blanket around it which greatly reduced this noise. Good. Then I missed the noise and took the blanket off. Well, that's me. When using .22 lr rimfire ammo, you will experience some back splatter which peppers small holes in the target paper. This can be greatly reduced by putting a couple of corrugated card board layers or such behind the paper target. It does the trick for me. Depending on the thickness of the card board, you may need three layers.
This trap is well made and has withstood the test of time and usage. One thing you should not do. Don't place it in an elevated location like higher from where you shoot from. You may experience some bad back splatter, or even a bullet bouncing back. The back wall of this contraption is slanted at an appropriate angle causing the projectile to be deflected to the bottom. A curve lip at the front prevents it from exiting toward you. It is a clever and effective design. It is worth every penny it costs. Don't bother buying one of those cheap ones. It did once and wound up throwing it in the trash.