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Posted: 9/7/2009 6:57:02 PM EDT
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I have a freind in Tucson who said he could cut me some steel targets on his CNC plasma cutter and would not cost me anything except the truck freight.
He has a lot of scrap he could use.Anybody got some photos, examples of of steel targets and how thick.Not too big now. 
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I just bought 1 from Wideners....
Target Used it today. Appears to hold up. Just a little ding. Still need to fab up some sort of mounting for it that's portable. Today I rested it right against the Berm to test it out. |
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what ever size you get make sure it's hardend steel.
I have a plate that is 3/4" thick 16"x24"but it's soft steel. at 50 yards I put 3/8" deep craters in it with 5.56 and the face looks like a cheese grater. and it's damn heavy. it's the same stuff they make road plate to cover holes in the road during construction, hell it might be 7/8" thick I haven't measured it. a 3/8" armore plate welded on a stand would be nice. make sure to put a downward angle on it so the splatter goes to the ground and not back at you. I caught a piece of jacket in the eye brow just above my shooting glasses when shooting flat steel at 15 yards with my pistol. a downward angle would have prevented that I think. the post above is a nice example. |
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Wow thats agood thread you found.I have some round steel plates i cut out for hand gun and some are 1/2 mild steel. I did not use them much as i got bullets coming back at me.But i did not have them angled they was supposed to swing. Since freight on what those wideners type would cost i think i will make something like below on a angle with mine, I have welding, cutting equipment.Thanks... Damn, link don't work bt its the round ones on angle the guy made on that thread. 
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I run MGM auto poppers for 3 gun practice, they are self resetting.
I use them up close to practice shotgun and at 200 to practice for the major multi guns. Needless to say at 200 and further they are a bit of a challenge, which is good! 125 per target from MGM, but I got these three used and shipped for 200 here on ARFCOM EE 
I also have a "small man" from curt at LV steel. HE makes some nice targets as well You really need 500 brinell or whatever its called to deter/prevent the strike marks from becoming apparent on the steel (which can lead to unsafe steel, so I was told). |
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