steel targets

[leatherman92]

How thick do steel targets need to be for shooting .308win @ 100-500 yards?

[Hazcat]

at 100 you're gonna need at least 1/2 inch.

[TAB]

http://www.mgmtargets.com/index.php


is a great place to buy steel targets.  I looked into making some a couple years back, long story short I found out it would actually cost me more to make them( my time+ materials) then it would to just buy them.

[jaybet]

Sometimes you can get some "custom" steel targets from metal fabricators, machine shops, welders, or junkyards. We've got a company here that does big welding on commercial fishing boats (deadliest catch type stuff) and they've always got chunks of plate that they'll part with.

[m25operator]

TAB is right MGM targets are wonderful.

Thickness is not as important as the steel type, I like AR500, AR stands for abrasion resistant.  Since our range went to using it, with pistol calibers and shotgun slugs, we don't have any more craters in the steel. If you make your own, remember that welding to the target may change the hardness, so if you have to weld, try to do it at the bottom or top of the target, not in the middle. We have some old T10 steel silhouettes that are an inch thick, and they are'nt perforated but pockmarked to beat the band. We have to reface them once a year, or .22's will just go in a crater and come right back at you.

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