Beeman 2085 Pellet Trap Reviews

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Good Points: Not too expensive. Good trap for lower-power airguns. Holds targets.

Bad Points: Not very strong, advertising claims are misleading. Never use with BB's!

General comments: I bought this trap to use in my garage and home. It is made entirely of low-to-mid-quality steel and has a black, powdercoat finish. My package came with four little steel animal silhouettes (standard turkey, ram, etc). The silhouettes were painted fluorescent blaze orange.

For a product which is supposed to contain you pellets after shooting, I don't think the silhouettes work too extremely well with this. Causes a lot of random ricochets to fly about, and without a sheet of cardboard or (several!) sheets of stiff paper in the target holder grooves, I got at least 50% of my pellets coming back out the trap toward me. Of course, with anything at all in the target holder, you can't use the silhouettes, so...

Using a sub-12 ftlb QB-78, in .177, I shot THROUGH the back of the trap, so be careful what you use with this trap. I fit a small sheet of steel over the hole, and now I use a curtain (old carpet) to slow pellets down. Messy, but effective.

CO2 pistols seem to work fine, and the loud, loud, LOUD noise from the trap doesn't seem so jarring when you've got loud CO2 noises, too.

I still use my trap, mostly in the home on rainy/cold or windy days. Works fine for CO2 pistols (like already said) and for my Daisy 777 and IZH-53, etc.

Next time, I'm going to get a wooden trap and line it with Duct Seal putty...

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I bought a Beeman 2085 back in 2004 and after about 2000-3000 pellets from my UK spec Vulcan, the back and of it was deformed and actually ended up being penetrated by pellets! The box has recommended shooting distances for caliber being used which I had complied with. I sent mine back to Beeman with a letter of complaint and recommendation of product improvement.The sent me back two 5 packs of .177 & .22 pellets for my trouble, rather good I thought. I bought another one but I now stuff the thi ...

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The Beeman 2085 Pellet Trap is excellent for the CO2 pistols like the Crosman RepeatAir (400 fps) during 10 mtr target shooting. I enjoy shooting indoors with this combo knowing that all the led is safely canned in the trap. I've made a template of the exact size of the opening. I use the template to slice cardboard from old boxes. On my PC & printer I've made various targets & silhouettes. I center the paper on the cardboard, fold over the excess paper and slide it in place. Great fun and econo ...

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With the Beeman 2085 pellet trap you have 4 interchangeable metal silhouttes and the front hold 7" x 9" paper target if you put cardboard behind the paper target no pellets will escape. I had to reinforce the back because it was getting deformed with .177 pellets going at 495 fps @ 10 meters. I cut a square sheet metal of 6 3/4" x 8" and stock in the inside back with blue office Tic-E-tac. I paid $43 canadian 1 1/2 year ago for it at Canadiantire. I am happy with it . It is the one I use most of ...