Page 3 - Air Venturi Quiet Pellet Trap Reviews

Good idea, but not strong enough. Two units arrived in the mail with the back panels detached from the weight of the ballistic putty moving during shipment. The back panel is thin and held on only with staples. A stronger design is needed to support the weight of the ballistic putty.

he back panel needs to be stronger and held on more securely to avoid having the weight of the ballistic putty make it detach from the rest of the box

Customer service was excellent -- among the best I've experienced for an internet purchase.

The trap functions well and as advertised is the quietest I've seen or used thus far.

The construction was weak and fell apart in transit. This is not a big deal as there are a number of ways to fix it on your own that are quite easy. It is a bit smaller than I would have like it to be and I would have really liked to get more targets with it.

Overall the trap works as advertised. Despite poor assembly and size issues it is a very quiet, practical trap for using indoors or out. Impact is probably 85-90% quieter than with anything else I've used. Be careful when shooting toward the edges on this trap. If your putty is not well distributed it is very easy to put a hole through the back of this thing. I have a few times so far but it has not stopped this thing from doing its job.

Overall design and concept

As noted by others, some additional depth would allow more putty to be packed in it.

I got this to replace my homemade traps. I "upgraded" it as soon as I received it from PA. I added 2 wood screws to the top and bottom on each side and 4 additional screws to the back. I sealed/joined the interior edges with silicone sealant. I spread a layer of silicone sealant on the interior back panel and placed two sheets of 18ga steel on top of the silicone. I had two pieces that fit the width perfectly and overlapped about an inch in the center. I packed an additional 5lbs (along with the 15lbs) on top of the steel plates. I tested it with some standard velocity 40gr 22's and it held up fine. I should note that this NOT what it's intended for. I wanted the trap to SAFELY handle 25 to 30ft/lbs - meaning most air rifles and pistols. The test with the 22's was only meant to convince me that there was a sufficient safety margin for "normal" air guns. I'm not suggesting that this trap is suitable for 22 rimfire in any way. But you can upgrade it a "little".

Very quiet, performs as advertised.

The weight of the putty caused the wood frame to disassemble in transit. It's held together with very few staples. After I used 2-part epoxy to reassemble it, it works fine.

Plan on putting it back together before use.

Nice box, better then I could do even if I put some effort into it. Quiet!!!! sized for nra targets.

more free targets????

I'd definetly get some more putty if you want to use something heavier then 18ft lbs. This will hold more putty then they rate it at. It's no wonder this item is always out of stock. Preorder. Also, a previous review mentioned that the putty didn't reach the top. They don't know how to stretch clay.

This is great for my apartment; no noise or mess, You get plenty of shooting off of one target with the twelve bulls eyes. The trap is solidly built.

A little expensive, but factoring in the good qualities, it's not that highly priced.

Other reviews mentioned the empty space at the top. Before I used this trap I mashed the ballistics putty around to fill in this area as well as assuring good contact/overlap of the three pieces of ballistics putty. Besides, if you're shooting in the unfilled area you're not near a bulls eye anyway.

Nice for practicing in small spaces - no worry about ricochets. Compact size.

Putty does not extend all the way to the top so pellets shot at the top row of targets can pass into open space and hit back of the trap. Best to invert the paper to shoot the last row of targets to avoid problems. Frame cracked where the paper groove is cut when I lifted an edge. Just glued it back on and now I am careful when lifiting. A handle on top would avoid this problem.

-Works as advertised, really is silent when struck with pellets -Looks to be built solidly -Comes with several target sheets to get you started -Virtually no mess thanks to design and materials

-Price was a little higher than I would like -At this price point I would have hoped that the trap could handle more than just "guns that produce less than 18 foot-pounds of energy at 10 meters." It would be nice if in the future they had a version that could handle upto 25 foot-pounds

-This has been one of my best purchases from PA
-Truly is quiet, based on another review here I bought this to use in my apartment and it's a great solution for my environment
-Before I bought this pellet trap, I had been using stacked phonebooks behind target sheets... this was an el-cheapo solution that created tons of mess for me to deal with. I didn't realize how badly a couple dozen pellets would tear up them, ie. I had paper dust in my apartment for a while. With the ballistic putty backing, the A.G.E. trap has no such side effects.

Nice large size. great for apartments.

I am adding a handle to the top for easy carry. There is a support wood beam near the top that tends to bounce pellets out of the trap, but it's not much of a problem. I would increase the box depth 1" to allow the addition of more leaded clay.

Stops pellets quite well.Easy to slip targets in.

Make it taller so that you can use the large twelve target paper that you get with the trap and not have to go down and turn the target over to shoot the last remaining targets on the sheet.Other wise the last three targets on the sheet hit the protruding wood backing instead of the puddy.

Shorter targets work fine with trap.