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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 2635662" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>You have to watch what steel the target is made from. </p><p></p><p>.22 rimfire will work just fine with mild steel for swingers. </p><p></p><p>When velocity gets to the .17HMR range, it will crater the steel, and cause the lead to fly back to the shooter if using mild steel, no matter how thick the steel is.</p><p></p><p>I shoot USPSA and Steel Challenge every weekend. Some targets are steel, others are paper. Regs say the steel must be AR500 shot at no closer than 23 feet. </p><p></p><p>If the steel is at 90 degrees to the shooter, it will splatter using common target loads.</p><p></p><p>Years ago I built a target stand of mild steel, 1" thick. 5'X5'. Thinking if it were angled at 45 degrees, the bullets from high powered rifles would deflect into the ground. It didn't happen. The bullets from .243 to 30-06 would crater the steel at that angle when shot at 100 yds. A buddy brought out a .300 win mag to shoot. One shot dimpled the back side of the 1" thick steel. I believe if he had shot it again in the same place, it would have gone through.</p><p></p><p>It will be a PITA, but I can drive out there and take a pic to show the carnage high power rifle rounds can do to some steel at an angle to prove my point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 2635662, member: 5412"] You have to watch what steel the target is made from. .22 rimfire will work just fine with mild steel for swingers. When velocity gets to the .17HMR range, it will crater the steel, and cause the lead to fly back to the shooter if using mild steel, no matter how thick the steel is. I shoot USPSA and Steel Challenge every weekend. Some targets are steel, others are paper. Regs say the steel must be AR500 shot at no closer than 23 feet. If the steel is at 90 degrees to the shooter, it will splatter using common target loads. Years ago I built a target stand of mild steel, 1" thick. 5'X5'. Thinking if it were angled at 45 degrees, the bullets from high powered rifles would deflect into the ground. It didn't happen. The bullets from .243 to 30-06 would crater the steel at that angle when shot at 100 yds. A buddy brought out a .300 win mag to shoot. One shot dimpled the back side of the 1" thick steel. I believe if he had shot it again in the same place, it would have gone through. It will be a PITA, but I can drive out there and take a pic to show the carnage high power rifle rounds can do to some steel at an angle to prove my point. [/QUOTE]
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