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What range canyou use normal steel?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 1216633" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>From my little experience with mild steel, it'll have to do quite a bit with what bullets are being used and the velocity they are being spit out at (and impact obviously). With a 1" mild steel plate and my .338 Edge shooting 300 grain matchkings @ 2850'ish: if it's at 800 yards it will just leave a splatter on the paint, at 700 I expect it to leave a small divot, 600 it'll crater, and 400 burn through at times.</p><p>With my .408 and 415 Cutting Edge @ 2900'ish fps: the two times I hit it at 400 it cratered and caught the bullets, 600 and past it really just splatters the paint off.</p><p>As a comparison though; a 3/8" AR 500 plate will stop the .408/415's @ 100 until I really push it to 3,000 fps or more. The solid copper bullet seems soft. The 300 grain matchkings will penetrate it like nothing at 100 and won't get used on it under 300 yards, and even then it will beat the snot out of it until you push it out past 500.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 1216633, member: 8873"] From my little experience with mild steel, it'll have to do quite a bit with what bullets are being used and the velocity they are being spit out at (and impact obviously). With a 1" mild steel plate and my .338 Edge shooting 300 grain matchkings @ 2850'ish: if it's at 800 yards it will just leave a splatter on the paint, at 700 I expect it to leave a small divot, 600 it'll crater, and 400 burn through at times. With my .408 and 415 Cutting Edge @ 2900'ish fps: the two times I hit it at 400 it cratered and caught the bullets, 600 and past it really just splatters the paint off. As a comparison though; a 3/8" AR 500 plate will stop the .408/415's @ 100 until I really push it to 3,000 fps or more. The solid copper bullet seems soft. The 300 grain matchkings will penetrate it like nothing at 100 and won't get used on it under 300 yards, and even then it will beat the snot out of it until you push it out past 500. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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