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<blockquote data-quote="Ian M" data-source="post: 9960" data-attributes="member: 25"><p>One of my shooting partners designed a great apparatus for hanging our steel plates that is cheap, simple, strong and takes less than five minutes to setup.</p><p></p><p>I have a good image of it but am not setup to post images here, could send it to someone if they would be interested in posting it for everyone to see.</p><p></p><p>Have tried wood and steel, steel is better.</p><p></p><p>As for plates, in my opinion there would seem to be two routes. First, spend some money and buy some hardened sheets that will withstand a lot of abuse. Second route, and the one that we are doing, is to mooch, steal, borrow, find a good home for about any kind of cheap steel plate and shoot the heck out of it. When it is too pockmarked or shot full of holes then swap it back to the junk dealer for some fresh scrap plate.</p><p>Size - for long range zeroing, we like 2'x4' and at least 3/8" thick. 1/4" tends to buckle in the mid sectioin and is too easily penetrated by big fast bullets. 1/2" is nice but heavier and 3/4" would be fine if you can put it up and leave it in place.</p><p></p><p>Sound - not sure about quality as far as hardness goes, if the wind is wrong you will not here as good as if it is toward you.</p><p></p><p>We also use both round and square or rectangular pieces ranging from 4" to 18", usually have bases for them so that they can be knocked over.</p><p></p><p>Since we cannot leave our steel at the shooting locations we find that hanging steel is best done by simply drilling or torching 1/2" holes about 3/4" from two upper corners and simply hanging the plate by S-Hooks. Chain, wire or rope gets shot up, have heard that old fire hose is good for hanging targets, will take a lot of abuse.</p><p></p><p>Suggest hanging your targets near the ground to minimize low misses not being seen.</p><p></p><p>Also a great idea to try to have the steel hang on a bit of a forward angle so that bullet deflect downward into the dirt.</p><p></p><p>Best of luck with your endeavor. Remember to take along lots of white paint to freshen the targets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ian M, post: 9960, member: 25"] One of my shooting partners designed a great apparatus for hanging our steel plates that is cheap, simple, strong and takes less than five minutes to setup. I have a good image of it but am not setup to post images here, could send it to someone if they would be interested in posting it for everyone to see. Have tried wood and steel, steel is better. As for plates, in my opinion there would seem to be two routes. First, spend some money and buy some hardened sheets that will withstand a lot of abuse. Second route, and the one that we are doing, is to mooch, steal, borrow, find a good home for about any kind of cheap steel plate and shoot the heck out of it. When it is too pockmarked or shot full of holes then swap it back to the junk dealer for some fresh scrap plate. Size - for long range zeroing, we like 2'x4' and at least 3/8" thick. 1/4" tends to buckle in the mid sectioin and is too easily penetrated by big fast bullets. 1/2" is nice but heavier and 3/4" would be fine if you can put it up and leave it in place. Sound - not sure about quality as far as hardness goes, if the wind is wrong you will not here as good as if it is toward you. We also use both round and square or rectangular pieces ranging from 4" to 18", usually have bases for them so that they can be knocked over. Since we cannot leave our steel at the shooting locations we find that hanging steel is best done by simply drilling or torching 1/2" holes about 3/4" from two upper corners and simply hanging the plate by S-Hooks. Chain, wire or rope gets shot up, have heard that old fire hose is good for hanging targets, will take a lot of abuse. Suggest hanging your targets near the ground to minimize low misses not being seen. Also a great idea to try to have the steel hang on a bit of a forward angle so that bullet deflect downward into the dirt. Best of luck with your endeavor. Remember to take along lots of white paint to freshen the targets. [/QUOTE]
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