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re: Steel disc targets for sale $6
Posted on 1/31/14 at 3:57 pm to rattlebucket
Posted on 1/31/14 at 3:57 pm to rattlebucket
Not to derail the thread...but I've often wondered what the risk of ricochet is when shooting at steel plates.
Is there any appreciable ricochet risk?
Is there any appreciable ricochet risk?
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Posted on 1/31/14 at 4:45 pm to NASA_ISS_Tiger
FMJ bullets just turn into a little disk of lead and fall to the ground. That's why the steel needs to be hardened. Soft steel will dimple and ricochets happen. This looks like soft steel, I would be careful at short distance pistol ranges.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 7:58 pm to NASA_ISS_Tiger
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Not to derail the thread...but I've often wondered what the risk of ricochet is when shooting at steel plates.
Is there any appreciable ricochet risk?
As long as the plate is able to physically move, the chance of ricochet is pretty much nil.
I have shot steel from very close and have caught shrapnel exactly 0 times. And I have been shooting steel for about 2-3 years. There are guys at steel challenges that have shot steel their whole lives and have never been touched.
A target like this is riskier since the target is unable to transfer any of the kinetic energy into the plate.
But with the stuff from shootsteel.com and Action Target, the plates are either able to move, or are angled down to send the bullet into the ground at the target.
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