Shooting steel targets

[Boz1911]

I've shot thousands of steel targets as close as 7 yards. Wear eye protection and you'll be fine. Have fun

 

[kimchee45]

I've shot thousands of steel targets as close as 7 yards. Wear eye protection and you'll be fine. Have fun

Yeah, but us sissies do feel pain when 'tweezing' metal fragments outta our skin.

 

[safebuilder]

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

I'll have that one and a whole lot more of our products at the NRA show Booth 5016

 

[napp]

If you're close enough to hit it, you're too close to be safe.

 

[Boz1911]

Go search and watch Steel Challenge matches on youtube.

 

[Kman]

Go search and watch Steel Challenge matches on youtube.

I did and damn those are are fast and accurate, close and at distance.

 

[Boz1911]

I'm not saying I haven't been hit by a frag during my years of shooting USPSA but never anything that even remotely slowed me down and never saw anyone (and I've RO'd 1000's) get seriously hurt with one either. The worst situation I encountered was shooting the Nationals in Vegas where hundreds of shooters had been shooting at the same targets all week long and there was no dirt left behind the targets, The bullets were hitting rocks and ricocheting all over the dam place. I must have been hit a couple dozen times over the week. You learned real quickly to stay under the canopies when you weren't shooting.

 

[GlockGirl]

I know that if you shoot a badly pitted steel plate at 10 yards with a S&W model 37, the bullet fragments have enough velocity to bounce back and go into the leg of the person that's standing beside you.

Just ask GlockGirl ..... she has the scars to prove it!

YEAHHHH BANGBANG!!!!! I wonder WHY I have scars to prove it...........

 

[IceColdEric]

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:

Mine are installed exactly like this never had problems with ricochets. However, I am kinda Leary of double taps once they start swinging!

 

[kimchee45]

YEAHHHH BANGBANG!!!!! I wonder WHY I have scars to prove it...........

YES !
It does grab one's attention !