Steel Target Thickness?

[SportingShooter 0]

AR500 is the only steel target I've seen that you can move about and not penetrate,

 

Immense power in these rifles, even at distance

 

Used to have a 30mm piece of steel that got pinched some years ago, still make some hefty holes in that in the end.

[shropshire dan 467]

Cheers guys. Gonna try that steel tomorrow at 100 yards and see what its like. Ill put some pics up once tested

 

Atb

Dan

[Alsone 789]

One thing you could do is hinge the target.

 

The advantage of hinging is that some of the energy is absorbed moving the plate and thus less is transferred to the steel.

 

If you work with steel, it shouldn't be that difficult to get someone to weld something up - I would suggest you want a tube welded to the top of the plate and then a slightly smaller diameter tube as the apex of the frame with something welded either side of the tube when hung to stop horizontal movement, maybe a couple of scraps of steel.

 

I would have thought that a simple frame with the target hung from it should be all that's required - something like this but on a bigger scale with a fox sized target obviously due to the weight. Never tried it though with CF. It could be too powerful, you'd have to experiment.

 

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The other advantage of something like this is the weight of the plate ensures it resets after every shot plus there's less chance of ricochet with a hinged target due to the fact that it "gives".

 

As for Hardox, take a look below. Some significant damage from .223 and .308 is straight through.

 

Although, .223 is stopped, I wouldn't have though the longetivity was that great with such deep surface damage from a single batch of shots.

 

 

 

There are some plate tests of different materials here. As SS Suggested, AR500 is pretty much immune to everything.:

 

Edited August 22, 2014 by Alsone

[Deker 3,478]

This is 12mm Building steel, hit with various calibres/ammo at 100 yards, it will not be long before they punch their way through.

 

Front and rear view.

Edited August 22, 2014 by Deker

[Cedric 132]

I wonder how well the disks off disk harrows would stand up? Plenty about and really tough steel. You could stack and weld a few together if needed + they are dished so would help with ricochets.

[Andrew Batley 0]

You could try to get hold of some RHA plate? I know that .308 FMJ bounces off 7mm RHA at 200m.

[shropshire dan 467]

Great ideas lads. Ill test this steel to see if it is strong enough as its plentiful and if it is make a more permanent system

 

Thanks again

[hiddenmongoose 23]

I got a few AR500 steel targets shipped from America (the wife got them for me as a xmas present) It wasnt that dear to ship really and because its ar500 it wont dent and will last for nearly ever .Here is a few pics of them

 

Iv shot them with 220 swift,223,308 and 243 from 100m to 800m and not a dent yet just respray it with road marker paint and away I go.The wife ordered them from here http://www.jcsteeltargets.com/

[shropshire dan 467]

Cheers mate. Ill have a look at that