Steel target

[bow125106]

I am going to order an ar500 plate for shooting and am wondering what size u guys shoot at. Target will b primarily used for 3-600 yards. Maybe 1000 if i ever find a place to shoot at. However my usual place to shoot max distance is 385 ..target wont b shot closer than 300

what size do u guys shoot. I found an 11" round 3/8 thick target for pretty cheap...would this b an ok size

i plan to suspend the target by chains...also how far can u hear a hit with these things

[chukarmandoo]

Look up "JC Steel Targets",they have good targets and a good cause!

[bow125106]

Im on a poor mans budget and found a 11" ar500 3/8 for 25 shipped.

what size are ppl shooting

[LoneWolf]

I can consistently hit a 5 in plate at 545yds with my 308. 11" would be a little boring. go out to 890 and I was working on a 17" plate. I only work with a 10x optic though.

[seanhagerty]

Get it. The price is right. Even if its too small for the range you are shooting at, you WILL use it.

[bow125106]

Yea i went ahead and ordered. Im still a beginner and didnt want something too small..am i gonna hear hits at 385? Also is tge chain th best method. I dont have a spotting scope and my typical spotter has a3-9 scop

[chukarmandoo]

Will you hear it ? Yes at least to 600. I've had a hard time at 1000. Out to 500 you'll see the hits through your scope if you paint your steel white.

Is chain good? Not really. Web belting. Do a search.

[seanhagerty]

Look for truck mud flaps along the highway, use them to hang your steel. They hold up to multiple hits, and they are free.

[Stockrex]

So bolt the mud flap to the steel? And same to the steel pipe to hang it?

[seanhagerty]

yep. Put the flap on the back of the steel and the front side of the pipe and it hangs slanted down

[sharpshooter]

Old fire hose works well, also.

[missed]

I have 4" 10" and an ipsc torso. 1/2" ar 500

my round targets are hung by 3/4" sucker rod bolted to the targets and rod is curled around the sucker rod frames. Cheap and works great. I found the guy for the targets on Ebay out of Houston and there water jet cut.

[Onewolf]

I have 6", 8", 10", 12" round, and a 10"x17" with 5" chest popper all in 1/2" AR500 targets I bought from Kurt at Las Vegas Steel Targets. We shoot these from 600-1000 yds on the long range. The 6" is 'challenging' at 1000 yds with any sort of variable wind, but then I'm a beginner at long range shooting.

At the normal rifle range (300m) I shoot the 6" but that's pretty hard to miss at that close range.

[Rifleshooter308]

Thickness depends on caliber. If your shooting 30-06 and under then 3/8" works fine as long as your past 100 yards. Anything bigger then go 1/2". If your into precision shooting then I agree a 10" plate at anthing less than 600 yards is boring. I consider my rifles MOA or better so I have an 8" plate and 3" plate at my 350 yard range. The 8" plate is for my friends with hunting rifles. :cool: The 3" plate would be sub MOA at 350. My 1000 yard club uses 18" ISPC targets and UKD from 300 to 1K. 18" is just under 2 MOA at 1K but at 1K you have wind which makes things much more challenging.

Old conveyor belt also works excellent as hangers. Everything else gets shot off!

[bow125106]

I had th guy send me an extra 5" plate as well. The mounting hole is crooked but for 4.00 extra i cant complain

[markb317]

Yes you will hear hits on that steel.
With the bigger target you can just paint a spot in the center then hold the paint can against the target and spray a different color around the can. You will have a small spot to aim at and be able to see where you hit around it on the steel.

[BBS70]

I cut 3" wide strips of an old conveyer belt to hang my targets with.
The belt was free and it takes quite a few hits before it has to be replaced.
As for the target, I'm a cheap, I use old railroad tie plates I found on old abandoned train track.

[JackinSD]

Thickness depends on caliber. If your shooting 30-06 and under then 3/8" works fine as long as your past 100 yards. Anything bigger then go 1/2". If your into precision shooting then I agree a 10" plate at anthing less than 600 yards is boring. I consider my rifles MOA or better so I have an 8" plate and 3" plate at my 350 yard range. The 8" plate is for my friends with hunting rifles. :cool: The 3" plate would be sub MOA at 350. My 1000 yard club uses 18" ISPC targets and UKD from 300 to 1K. 18" is just under 2 MOA at 1K but at 1K you have wind which makes things much more challenging.

Old conveyor belt also works excellent as hangers. Everything else gets shot off!

It is the distance, speed at impact, caliber and type of the bullet that determines how thick of target you will need.

[BobT]

My Targets are 8" round x 1/2 inch thick, I figure if I can hit that consistently at whatever range I can put it in the kill zone of anything from coyote on up. My targets have taken hits from a 7 ultra and and 300 Winchester and have zero damage. Use grade 8 hardware and some sort of belting to hang them. you can see/hear hits a long way off.

Bob