Steel target thickness?

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digger9523

digger9523

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Morning peeps,

I have a hankering to knock up a steel Roe target. Just wondering what your thoughts are re the ideal type and thickness of the steel?

I'd plan to hang it from a frame so that it will swing and absorb some energy from a hit that way, but there's still going to be an optimum thickness needed.

Got a water jet profiler 200 yards away from work who can cut through a plate in no time.

Any thoughts or links to useful threads that I haven't found will be most helpful and gratefully received.

​ :)
 
Eventually it WILL start to bend! My suggestion would be to make a wood or aluminium deer cut out target. Wood is better you can past a facer over it. Cut a three inch hole for the appropriate kill zone. And then in the actual kill zone use a four inch diameter steel disc of some thickness that will ring when you hit it.

As steel targets, to record strikes, used to require a man with a pot of whitewash and a brush to "referesh" the target after each sequence of shots. Just like a shot gun pattern plate.
 
to save hassle get them to profile your targets out of hardened steel we were using 6mm mild steel out to 500 meters and still going through so it won't last long at all and its a ball ache welding up and patching we used a 10mm hardened steel plate last weekend and all we got was lead splash that wiped off and the bullet bases at the bottom of the targests a quick wipe and a spray with white paint and its good as new it will last forever, atb wayne

forgot to say this was a hanging target and the swing did not stop the bullets going through
 
Shot peen machinery is built using manganeze steel for its resistance to impact & erosion - like hardox / armox but cheaper. We used to get it from a company in Deeside (Flintshire). It's almost impossible to machine or drill & is extremely dense/heavy - all shaping is normally done by casting, plasma or jet cutting.

Ian
 
mereside said:
to save hassle get them to profile your targets out of hardened steel we were using 6mm mild steel out to 500 meters and still going through so it won't last long at all and its a ball ache welding up and patching we used a 10mm hardened steel plate last weekend and all we got was lead splash that wiped off and the bullet bases at the bottom of the targests a quick wipe and a spray with white paint and its good as new it will last forever, atb wayne

forgot to say this was a hanging target and the swing did not stop the bullets going through
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What calibre / bullet ?.
 
One was a 22-250 and the other was a 270 ,130 grain for the 270 not sure on the 22-250 but i know its putting out some speed, atb wayne
 
I made a 6mm roe target and bullets went straight through. I welded some 12mm the target area (giving 18mm) and the 243 went through if you hit the same point twice. So i welded some 25mm to that. It stops the bullets but the mild steel craters every time it is hit so it is only a matter of time before the rounds go through that as well. Hadened steel is the only way to go UNLESS you are shooping at long rangees, 3-400m and the 12mm coped fine and the bullets just started splashing rather than cratering
 
I agree with most the advice above, you need hardened steel.

My 22-250 will punch holes in mild steel out to about 400 yards, thicker steel just takes more shots. Makes no difference if the steel is hanging or not.

The hanging Hardox targets I have will take multiple direct hits from a 270WSM at 100 yards and this has so far only taken the paint off.
 
mereside said:
to save hassle get them to profile your targets out of hardened steel we were using 6mm mild steel out to 500 meters and still going through so it won't last long at all and its a ball ache welding up and patching we used a 10mm hardened steel plate last weekend and all we got was lead splash that wiped off and the bullet bases at the bottom of the targests a quick wipe and a spray with white paint and its good as new it will last forever, atb wayne

forgot to say this was a hanging target and the swing did not stop the bullets going through
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how much would one of them cost Wayne fox size on a frame like John robsons. See his video.
 
5mm ply and 10mm boiler plate as gong on kill zones as they can be replaced if made as removeable later on or 10mm with 20mm plates welded on kill zines
 
AnthonyR said:
The hanging Hardox targets I have will take multiple direct hits from a 270WSM at 100 yards and this has so far only taken the paint off.
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I have several Hardox steel plates also which I use mostly at extended ranges but as mentioned above the .308 with 178gr bullets only removes the paint at 100 yards! I haven't fired that many at 100 but they have received many at 500+ and once painted are as good as new!
 
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