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Well I just ruined $350 of steel targets...
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<blockquote data-quote="engineer40" data-source="post: 1108226" data-attributes="member: 90399"><p>I've been emailing back and forth with the guy who made the steel targets. </p><p></p><p>He told me that with their testing, they have not noticed a big difference between bimetal jacketed bullets and regular copper jacketed bullets. Although steel core bullets will definitely destroy a steel target, even if it's AR500. </p><p></p><p>Although he did say any bullet traveling over 3000fps can chip AR500 steel. So he suggests stay 200 yards away with 55gr .223 ammo. I was at 100 yards. So maybe this was a combo of things; my bullets traveling close to the FPS limit of steel targets and the fact they were bimetal jacketed. </p><p></p><p>I have shot a lot of steel at 100 yards with different 55gr 223 ammo; and there was never an issue before. So I don't believe the FPS alone caused the damage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="engineer40, post: 1108226, member: 90399"] I've been emailing back and forth with the guy who made the steel targets. He told me that with their testing, they have not noticed a big difference between bimetal jacketed bullets and regular copper jacketed bullets. Although steel core bullets will definitely destroy a steel target, even if it's AR500. Although he did say any bullet traveling over 3000fps can chip AR500 steel. So he suggests stay 200 yards away with 55gr .223 ammo. I was at 100 yards. So maybe this was a combo of things; my bullets traveling close to the FPS limit of steel targets and the fact they were bimetal jacketed. I have shot a lot of steel at 100 yards with different 55gr 223 ammo; and there was never an issue before. So I don't believe the FPS alone caused the damage. [/QUOTE]
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