Shooting steel targets

[safebuilder]

 

[BamaFan]

It is all in how you mount the targets. Notice angles of targets on my FB page.

https://www.facebook.com/Masterclasstargets/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

I love the white torso with the red swinger on it!

 

[kimchee45]

DAYHAM !

 

[kimchee45]

My back yard.
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I almost hate you OUT OF JEALOUSNESS !
My back yard an't that cool !

 

[kimchee45]

DAMN ! YOU GUYS Are Having more fun than me !

Gotta get back in the game !

 

[kimchee45]

What will help is the angle of the plates. The holders you have make the plates face you directly which is suboptimal. The Chambliss welding guy said he used to make those and had problems with ricochets from the hangars.
A better solution would be to use a 2-3" bolt to hang the gongs. Use washers, but use a nylon locking nut at the back. The weight of the gong will cause the chain to ride to the back of the bolt up against the nut and away from gong. Hanging in this position will cause the gong to face slightly down in it's resting position.

Kinda like this, but even further back on the bolt:

Oh ! Good plan !

I concur !

 

[19 Kilo]

I picked up my first steel targets today. I'm going to do some reading about it before I take them out, but any words from experience would be greatly appreciated. I have .22, .22 mag, 9mm , .45, .308, 5.56 calibers I could possibly use. 6" and 8" plates.

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Just make sure the targets are at an angle, wear shooting glasses and fire away. I shoot steel almost every weekend and have done so for many years with only one piece of a jacket hitting me in the face. The only bullet bounce back I've seen was when I shot soft steel that was welded to a rod and stuck in the ground with a 5.56 at 50 yards. The bullet hit me in the shin and yes it hurt, but didn't break the skin. We still shoot these targets but only at long range.
I've pulled out pieces of jacket from folks neck and face from shooting plate racks at matches over the years, but it's never been more than what you'd do when shaving. I shoot gongs as close as 20' and the silhouettes as close at 15' with no issues at all.

 

[kimchee45]

I'll read up tonight and make sure I'm 50-100 yards out, depending on firearm.

Just use common sense and be careful and you will be O.K. !

 

[kimchee45]

I'll read up tonight and make sure I'm 50-100 yards out, depending on firearm.

Good man ! You will do fine !

 

[kimchee45]

What will help is the angle of the plates. The holders you have make the plates face you directly which is suboptimal. The Chambliss welding guy said he used to make those and had problems with ricochets from the hangars.
A better solution would be to use a 2-3" bolt to hang the gongs. Use washers, but use a nylon locking nut at the back. The weight of the gong will cause the chain to ride to the back of the bolt up against the nut and away from gong. Hanging in this position will cause the gong to face slightly down in it's resting position.

Kinda like this, but even further back on the bolt:

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Well Done !