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<blockquote data-quote="ss7mm" data-source="post: 159872" data-attributes="member: 5"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">You don't say what kind of steel it is but if it's regular mild steel I'd not even think about shooting it at less than 300 yards just for the survival of the steel. Safety wise I'd agree with Kirby on the 200 yards. I've seen a lot of videos of lead and pieces flying back from steel at 100 yards and less.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">A friend of mine put up some 5/8" mild steel at 200 and 300 yards where we shoot. He'd been shooting it with 243s and 30/06 rounds. I asked him if I could try the one at 300 with my 7mm AM. Shots one and two put nice big holes through it and shot #3 tore the steel off the chains. Guess who had to go out to 300 yards, pack the steel back, get it fixed, pack it back and put it up.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">I now have a couple of plates of AR500 and they work so much better. Steel is, in my opinion, better used at longer ranges. anything closer than 500 yards or so and you can use clay pigeons, pop cans, etc. and save your steel for the longer fun stuff.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ss7mm, post: 159872, member: 5"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]You don't say what kind of steel it is but if it's regular mild steel I'd not even think about shooting it at less than 300 yards just for the survival of the steel. Safety wise I'd agree with Kirby on the 200 yards. I've seen a lot of videos of lead and pieces flying back from steel at 100 yards and less. A friend of mine put up some 5/8" mild steel at 200 and 300 yards where we shoot. He'd been shooting it with 243s and 30/06 rounds. I asked him if I could try the one at 300 with my 7mm AM. Shots one and two put nice big holes through it and shot #3 tore the steel off the chains. Guess who had to go out to 300 yards, pack the steel back, get it fixed, pack it back and put it up.:) I now have a couple of plates of AR500 and they work so much better. Steel is, in my opinion, better used at longer ranges. anything closer than 500 yards or so and you can use clay pigeons, pop cans, etc. and save your steel for the longer fun stuff.:) [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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