AR500 or other "gonog" steel

jwmorris · Nov 24, 2015

Another one showing the 8" plate rack resetting between 53 seconds in to reset at 1:03

jwmorris · Nov 24, 2015

What you want is a plate that won't deform and throw "stuff" back at you.

You want the splatter to go parallel with the target.

Like the plate around 8:00 into this video.

If it craters like this 1" mild steel plate as the splatter hits the crater it can turn perpendicular and come back at you, if you are too close.

ridefst · Nov 24, 2015

Wow, pretty cool stuff there jwmorris!

bigtiller · Nov 25, 2015

Here is some "splatter" from a .45 colt.

JerryK · Nov 25, 2015

With steel, you don't just have to worry about 'too fast' which may damage the AR500. Too slow, and the bullet will not fully disintegrate... and worse case, bounce directly back at you. That's why it is best to mount it with the top leaning towards you a little... and free to swing upon impact.

[ 8" to 12" AR500 3/8" set up from 10 to 25yds with a 9mm, my 50yd. target is permanently chain mounted and I paint in place ]

k0ua · Nov 25, 2015

Shooting steel targets is sure a lot of fun, when done safely. There is nothing more satisfying than making cold steel ring with a bullet.:thumbsup:

We used to shoot these "Man vs. Man" shotgun matches where you would each have 9 straight pepper poppers to put down starting on your left for the guy standing on the left and starting on the right for the guy on the right. The 10th popper for each is angled slightly so that they would cross and fall across each other. The winner is the guy with his popper on the bottom of the crossed poppers. It is often the only way to tell who won as many times the guys are within a few hundredths of a second apart in time.

4570Man · Nov 26, 2015

JerryK said:
With steel, you don't just have to worry about 'too fast' which may damage the AR500. Too slow, and the bullet will not fully disintegrate... and worse case, bounce directly back at you. That's why it is best to mount it with the top leaning towards you a little... and free to swing upon impact. [ 8" to 12" AR500 3/8" set up from 10 to 25yds with a 9mm, my 50yd. target is permanently chain mounted and I paint in place ]

Those targets are not safe to shoot from 10 yards with that bolt in the center. I also shoot steel as close as 10 yards, but the face needs to be completely flat. I have shot steel with 38 special rounds as slow as 800 FPS, and have never experienced any bouncing back.