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<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 1992914" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>I once shot at a range where mild steel was used for targets. In addition to spatter and flying hot steel as evidenced from deep craters, hot glowing fragments flew and occasionally started fires. </p><p></p><p>I use store bought hard steel targets & hang them using straps cut from mud flaps so they swing back and deflect bullet fragments down. Looking at features near steel targets it can be seen that they show signs of being blasted with bullet fragments and possibly steel fragments. Higher velocity strikes produce shallow craters in hard steel targets. Plastic tape streamers used to gauge wind don't last long even when positioned 3 feet away from the steel. </p><p></p><p>Bullets containing hard penetrator cores also do a number on even hard steel targets. I remember seeing a penetrator core firmly embedded into a 3 inch thick slab of mild steel, it looked like remnants of some .50 BMG bullet (armor fiercing). </p><p></p><p>I only feel comfortable when steel targets are at least 200 yards away, unless tiny steel chickens at 40 yards for .22LR silhouette shooting sitting on railroad ties in front of a soft sand berm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 1992914, member: 115658"] I once shot at a range where mild steel was used for targets. In addition to spatter and flying hot steel as evidenced from deep craters, hot glowing fragments flew and occasionally started fires. I use store bought hard steel targets & hang them using straps cut from mud flaps so they swing back and deflect bullet fragments down. Looking at features near steel targets it can be seen that they show signs of being blasted with bullet fragments and possibly steel fragments. Higher velocity strikes produce shallow craters in hard steel targets. Plastic tape streamers used to gauge wind don't last long even when positioned 3 feet away from the steel. Bullets containing hard penetrator cores also do a number on even hard steel targets. I remember seeing a penetrator core firmly embedded into a 3 inch thick slab of mild steel, it looked like remnants of some .50 BMG bullet (armor fiercing). I only feel comfortable when steel targets are at least 200 yards away, unless tiny steel chickens at 40 yards for .22LR silhouette shooting sitting on railroad ties in front of a soft sand berm. [/QUOTE]
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