oh yeah, I didn't even notice that. rifle rounds will chew up rebar. mild steel doesn't fair any better.
personally, it's so expensive to build a long lasting rifle target, I'd rather just keep it cheap and slag the rebar back together once in awhile.
13fcolt wrote: it's so expensive to build a long lasting rifle target, I'd rather just keep it cheap and slag the rebar back together once in awhile.
Why is it that the stand always gets hit, unless your trying too?
I used to use discarded railroad tie plates, they crater pretty bad with hi-power rifles but worked good for pistols and .22's. The AR-10 really cut down the useful period for rifle practice, the groups are so tight that 50 rounds or so and they usually have a good hole eaten out of the center and that takes the fun out of it!
My dad has an 16 inch x 1 inch x by 8 foot chunk of steel made to repair an old maintainer blade, anyone have any experience with this type blade steel being used for a target?
It almost appears to be two different layers of steel, one side is considerably rustier than the other. I don't want to waste the effort getting it cut into targets if they wont hold up better than the RR-tie plates.
wish I knew the answer to that. I've tried old brake rotors, manhole covers, so called self healing plastic, you name it.
I was considering saving my caps for a real AR500 plate, but honestly a big honking chunk of steel laying in the back of my bronco until I need it does not exactly sound like fun.
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