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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr_Mitch" data-source="post: 4290193" data-attributes="member: 7417"><p>This is fake news.  When used in action shooting sports a steel target made of AR500 will get impacted 400-1000+ times per month, and in steel challenge it is 1500-2000+ times per month per target.  After a few years, frags become common but not routine.  After several years, frags become common and routine.  Targets remain in good shape, but the flat surface changes increasingly to a slight waviness per time, and bullet splash becomes more erratic and fragments begin impacting shooters.  People who do not shoot high volume don’t experience these things.  Steel targets are placed 7-8 yards from the shooter at the closest position, which is plenty far away for safety, since eye protection is mandatory.  Frag impacts are rarely painful or dangerous.</p></blockquote><p></p>