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Posted: 7/30/2013 8:54:26 PM EDT
| Well I'm not sure if this is the right place to post. Anyways I'm looking creating my own steel target at the steel fabrication shop where I work. I'm interested in using Hardox 500 1/2" plate as the target, is the AR500 plates I see online similar to the Hardox 500? Largest gun I have to shoot at the steel would be my 300 RUM (and of course .223, 6mm, .308, etc). Looking to fire off rounds at a minimum distance of 200 yards. Planning on making the plate on a static mount angled at 12 degrees. The place I work at has no knowledge about creating steel targets so I'm looking forward to see what fellow ARFCOM members chime in with. |
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for resale targets to the 3 gun community... heavy steel targets need to "shake" or otherwise react for bullet impact to be seen with a 55 grain 5.56 bullet at distance, if you are shooting under timed format...ported game guns put out a lot of muzzle blast shock wave that is difficult to see through....we shot 10" MGM (Mike Gibson Manufacturing) Flash targets at Ft Benning at 415 meters, and thankfully there was a US Army Sniper/Spotter on stage to call hits...in 2009 we shot on a shorter range (around 325m) and the wig wag flags were hard to see... my best stage finish at FB3G
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LjiV6Me-MM |
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We use 1/2" AR500 pepper poppers for quals at work using 62gr SS109. Each one sees several thousand rounds three times per year. They do show some pock marks from the closer shots (30+/- yards) but they are still safe and functional.
If you are shooting yours at 200 yards, they will last you many years. To give some play in the mount and to make them ring more when hit, weld some small channel to the back of the target (2" channel works well) and use some flat stock at a slight downward angle to hang it on. Another mount I've used before uses 1" pipes instead of channel and 1/2" round stock instead of flat stock. |
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