Anyone shoot at steel targets?

[Rastminikov]

Originally Posted by carver

Josh, I use the same kind of internet conection, mine is Verizon, and I am limited to 3G. However, watching movies on youtube is streaming, not down loading. If you download, you will hit 5K real fast, but just streaming, you use none of your alloted 5K.

That's incorrect... Streaming still uses bandwidth, which is what they're tracking. Netflix will fill up your cap quite quickly. The internet connection doesn't "know" that you're streaming video rather than downloading PDF documents - it's just 0s and 1s to the internet. I'm assuming that you are on a Verizon mobile hotspot. To be honest, 5Gb is a kinda lame limit for a household connection. I use approx. 75Gb per month or more (I used 2Tb once - lol). I suppose you're out in the country and that's all you can get, right?

[Bobitis]

Very nice Jay.

For the average shooter, I'd just settle for some A36 plate. It's the most common for every day structural purposes. The next most popular would be A513. It's a step up in chemical content requirenments, and comes with a higher yield/tensile range.

I like the idea of hitting up the local welding shops. Scrap steel has pretty much no value, and it takes a LOT to make it worth while when turning it in. Where I work, we'll get at least a ton, and the recycler is next door.

[CampingJosh]

Originally Posted by Rastminikov

That's incorrect... Streaming still uses bandwidth, which is what they're tracking. Netflix will fill up your cap quite quickly. The internet connection doesn't "know" that you're streaming video rather than downloading PDF documents - it's just 0s and 1s to the internet. I'm assuming that you are on a Verizon mobile hotspot. To be honest, 5Gb is a kinda lame limit for a household connection. I use approx. 75Gb per month or more (I used 2Tb once - lol). I suppose you're out in the country and that's all you can get, right?

Yeah, Youtube torches my limit in a hurry.

5GB is almost nothing, but my only other option was dial up. There are only 4 houses on my mile-long road, and not too many in the area at all. Cable TV doesn't come within 5 miles of me.

I've gotten promises from our phone company that DSL will be available before the end of the year, but I don't believe it.

[sting75ray]

We shoot at steel targets all of the time. My home range is set up with steel spinning targets at 50 yds and out to 400 yds. All of them spin except for the B12 target at 300 yds. There is always a pile of lead in front of it.

[pulltabbob]

There is nothing like hearing the ringing of steel to confirm a hit. I shoot steel almost every weekend. Some are reactionary and some are not. Hard to say you missed if it falls down when it gets a direct hit. I have 5 targets in my range for pistol work. I take a couple of knock downs to the local gun range to shoot once in a while.

[pickenup]

Under the right conditions, ricochets can happen.

Was shooting a handgun match a few years ago. We had a lot of steel targets set up. I was "behind" the cars that were parked at the range. Felt something thump me in the chest. Looked, reached down and pulled my t-shirt (and the chunk of metal) out of my skin. Bled like a stuck pig for a while. Estimated distance from the steel targets....30-40 yards.

[Jay]

If the steel is set up properly, there won't be any ricochets. I tested small pieces of this boiler late with all of the calibers I was planning to shoot at it, from various distances. There was no cratering, or penetration. Then, when I built the targets, I incorporated the angle towards the shooter, forcing the projectiles downward, into the ground. I've shot .22 caliber, .223, .45ACP, .380, .357 mag, 30-30, and 44 mag at my targets with no ricochet other than hitting the plate and going into the ground, right in front of the plate. I've also seen steel targets suspended by chain, with no ricochets that I'm aware of. A vertical steel target, that can't move, would make me hesitate to shoot at it.

[HunterAlpha1]

Originally Posted by Jay

If the steel is set up properly, there won't be any ricochets. I tested small pieces of this boiler late with all of the calibers I was planning to shoot at it, from various distances. There was no cratering, or penetration. Then, when I built the targets, I incorporated the angle towards the shooter, forcing the projectiles downward, into the ground. I've shot .22 caliber, .223, .45ACP, .380, .357 mag, 30-30, and 44 mag at my targets with no ricochet other than hitting the plate and going into the ground, right in front of the plate. I've also seen steel targets suspended by chain, with no ricochets that I'm aware of. A vertical steel target, that can't move, would make me hesitate to shoot at it.

do you collect the fired projectiles from the ground to mold back into bullets?
would be a great way to save money; reuse your brass AND lead