Duct Seal - The Ideal Pellet Trap Material

Duct Seal is the ideal material to use in airgun pellet traps. It is cheap, long-lasting, effective and quiet. That's why we specify and supply it for the Archer Airguns "Silent" Pellet Traps.

But sometimes folk are not readily convinced and ask for proof of it's ability for pellet trap use.

So, here's a photograph of a test I made. It shows the penetration of a heavy (14.5 Grain), pointed RWS Superpoint pellet, fired "point blank" (from 6 inches) into a 1-inch thick block of Duct Seal. The pellet was fired by a QB36-2 air rifle at 800 fps, the muzzle energy being approximately 20 ft/lbs.

As you can see, the pellet penetrated just under 7/8-inch into the Duct Seal. To allow for the effect of multiple impacts, we recommend depths of Duct Seal in our "Silent" Pellet Traps as follows:

For .177 wadcutters Muzzle Velocity Duct Seal Depth
500fps 1 inch
900fps 2 inches
1200fps 4 inches
Add 50% to all depths for pointed pellets

For .22 wadcutters Muzzle Velocity Duct Seal Depth
500fps 1 inch
700fps 2 inches
1000 fps 4 inches
Add 50% to all depths for pointed pellets

And, if that's not good enough for you, we also offer 3/8-inch sheet steel plates to put behind the Duct Seal as a final insurance policy against penetration by pellets.

Our second photograph shows my long-serving Premium "Silent" Pellet Trap, used for Gold Service tests on air rifles. As you can see, the DuctSeal shows impacts from many pellets - this is still the same Duct Seal I've been using for over 5 years! Also you can see how target debris and spent pellets collect in the base of the trap, instead of bouncing out, as they tend to do with other pellet traps.