Heated Hardox Target

[Triggermortis]

When will you be shooting your new heated target ?

If all goes well next weekend, come and join me, I’d be chuffed if you’d be an independent witness, might stop some of the keyboard warriors ranting on here?
I only asked if anyone had shot one not for an autopsy.

 

[Tim.243]

If all goes well next weekend, come and join me, I’d be chuffed if you’d be an independent witness, might stop some of the keyboard warriors ranting on here?
I only asked if anyone had shot one not for an autopsy.

I have my own hardox target which I made! Just post your results which means others can see the results also looks like you have the monopoly on them as no one else has yet shown their units.

I have made a note for the post on the 29th

 

[nick.308]

Just let me share my personal method. It works for me especially in those hot days. I place one heating-pad inside a cartdboard box (say 40x40x40 cm) on the opposite side of the opening and hook-suspend it somehow about one or two cm from the rear wall. Then I sweat with water the back of the box as to obtaining some evaporation & cooling rear the heating pad. Shadow + cooling + heating will make for one easy target with fine contrast for thermal scopes.

if it works for you great but sounds a bit long winded /expensive. I just tape a bit of tin foil to a cardboard box and it shows up black. the bullet holes can stay warm for 20 seconds allowing one shot zeroing.

 

[Triggermortis]

When I walked into a gunshop in Essex looking for ammo and see this made in 12mm Hardox not the usual 10mm and the owner said £150 and if you shoot through it I’ll give you your money back I couldn’t leave it there?
When you see the price of “Hardox targets” elsewhere it’s a no brainer and I’ve not seen anywhere else that gives a money back offer, have you?

 

[Motard]

if it works for you great but sounds a bit long winded /expensive. I just tape a bit of tin foil to a cardboard box and it shows up black. the bullet holes can stay warm for 20 seconds allowing one shot zeroing.

Hallo ..tested tin-foil sistem myself and thought it was smart on a claudy chilly day. But then when I tried replaing some times later, in hot & sunny days here in Italy, did not worked. Could'nt see holes and, could not drag the reticle at them.

 

[jthyttin]

For all the experts, there are different grades of Hardox. Genuine Hardox from SSAB. We can take an easy start with the stuff that has hardness included in the product name:

Hardox:
- 400
- 450
- 500 (two)
- 550
- 600

Then please understand, Hardox is not designed to stop bullets. And stuff that is (Ramor and Armox) is usually not designed to stop infinite amount of bullets hitting the same exact place, over and over again.

So "Pete from one street over" might have targets made from genuine Hardox (400) and might shoot holes in them with X cartridge. You might have something from 500, and Paul might have special ordered 600. And eventually all of them will fail, if you keep shooting them with modern rifles.

Have a blast:

SSAB – a stronger, lighter, and more sustainable world

SSAB, Swedish steel manufacturer of high-strength wear and structural steel. Hot and cold rolled, sheets, plates and coils, steel tubes and profiles, steel piles and more.

www.ssab.com

 

[Tim.243]

When I walked into a gunshop in Essex looking for ammo and see this made in 12mm Hardox not the usual 10mm and the owner said £150 and if you shoot through it I’ll give you your money back I couldn’t leave it there?
When you see the price of “Hardox targets” elsewhere it’s a no brainer and I’ve not seen anywhere else that gives a money back offer, have you?

My hot targets in Essex go in the chiller

 

[One on top of two]

Not with the varmint calibers. Under 200 and at 100 its ruins them, makes dents and holes after a while.

Sorry buddy but that’s NOT hardox you using. It can’t be surly?

 

[nick.308]

Hallo ..tested tin-foil sistem myself and thought it was smart on a claudy chilly day. But then when I tried replaing some times later, in hot & sunny days here in Italy, did not worked. Could'nt see holes and, could not drag the reticle at them.

I can imagine trying this on a hot sunny day wont be very successfull. Here in northern England its only a few days a year so I find this method works most of the time.

 

[Edinburgh Rifles]

10mm AR500 Hardox wont survive regular hits from 35-4000fps 204-22cf
AR - Abrasion Resistant
Makes it brittle but hard

Bog standard soft point 22-250 55gr will dimple it.
Higher velocity will cut through at short range

We have several water cut 12” plates at sub 150-175m ranges that have clean holes “cut” right through

750gr 50 cal bent the 6” plate but didnt mark the surface
55gr 22-250 put a 3-5mm deep crater in it

 

[Tim.243]

When I walked into a gunshop in Essex looking for ammo and see this made in 12mm Hardox not the usual 10mm and the owner said £150 and if you shoot through it I’ll give you your money back I couldn’t leave it there?
When you see the price of “Hardox targets” elsewhere it’s a no brainer and I’ve not seen anywhere else that gives a money back offer, have you?

Any luck with the hardox target picture's? how was the test at 200 yds?

 

[Triggermortis]

Morning Tim,
I’ve only shot it at 100m(106yds) with .243, 75g v-max and .22-250 , which just marked the surface with no damage, it’s 12mm Hardox, I’ll take some photos now , the
invite to you or anyone on here to come shoot it still stands……
Triggermortis

 

[Triggermortis]

 

[Tim.243]

Morning Tim,
I’ve only shot it at 100m(106yds) with .243, 75g v-max and .22-250 , which just marked the surface with no damage, it’s 12mm Hardox, I’ll take some photos now , the
invite to you or anyone on here to come shoot it still stands……
Triggermortis

Looks a good result, did it take long to heat up?

 

[One on top of two]

I use a .223 AI and 22-250 on mine at 100m out to 750 m and it’s the same as above , hardly touched it after nearly 5 yrs

 

[Triggermortis]

Takes 5mins if that to heat up…

 

[Triggermortis]

Anyone local to me (kent)needs to check zero on a foxing rifle with thermal, PM me,if I can help I will but be aware harvest is starting this week.

 

[Foxyboy43]

“I shoot a .222, when I can’t shoot accurately….”

Silly Tm!
Never going to happen…….

 

[Triggermortis]

Here’s one post impact and pre painting…

 

[One on top of two]

Nice what range and calibre?