Percussion Shooting Thru steel??? Is that possible...??

[snakebit]

Another good one Mark.

 

[LonestarShootR]

Has anyone ever thought what happens to the bullet that hits one of those big dents and doesn't go through the steel? Our friend the OP will eventually find out the same way I've seen dozens of unlucky shooters before him with a trip to the ER to have fragments or worse pulled out of his flesh. There is a REASON to only shoot at undamaged HARDENED steel..... safety. This guy is living on borrowed time.

This is a good tip on shooting safely. Mild steel dimples and distorts with enough energy from bullets. This increases the likelihood of ricochets and bullets bouncing off of it.

Shooting AR 500 is a much better way choice when shooting steel targets. AR stays flat and bullets discinigrate when they hit eliminating the chance of the bullet ricocheting. This is really important when shooting at very close ranges.

We need to help each other out when safety is concerned.

 

[yellowhammer]

This is a good tip on shooting safely. Mild steel dimples and distorts with enough energy from bullets. This increases the likelihood of ricochets and bullets bouncing off of it.

Shooting AR 500 is a much better way choice when shooting steel targets. AR stays flat and bullets discinigrate when they hit eliminating the chance of the bullet ricocheting. This is really important when shooting at very close ranges.

We need to help each other out when safety is concerned.

Ehhh... Uhh... don't want to start an argument, but... that I think that's bass-ackwards...

 

[BrianL]

Wife and I were shooting 22's at a dinged up plate. Caught a crater just right and boomeranged. I was wearing a heavy sweatshirt and it hit with enough force to drive the sweatshirt into my arm bullet deep. Completely crushed the fibers of the sweatshirt so it ended up a hole. Have a nice scar to show when I tell the story about not backtalking the wife ever again after she shot me

 

[snakebit]

Wife and I were shooting 22's at a dinged up plate. Caught a crater just right and boomeranged. I was wearing a heavy sweatshirt and it hit with enough force to drive the sweatshirt into my arm bullet deep. Completely crushed the fibers of the sweatshirt so it ended up a hole. Have a nice scar to show when I tell the story about not backtalking the wife ever again after she shot me

Lucky for you she wasn't REALLY mad. She might of gut-shot you.

 

[hangfast]

I'm more afraid of a dried out dead Locust or Elm stump sending a ball back than any steel target. Brother Steve caught a lead .45 Colt in the chest off an Elm stump from about 10 yards, didn't break the skin but it left a welt. My poor old home made 75 yard Davis Tutt steel hanger is pretty well bowed from all the hits. The Whitworth with Linotype bullets is particularly hard on it I've only seen one guy hit shooting steel, it was a piece of jacket from a very hot Commie pistol round. Bounced back a good 15 yards off AR500 and nicked him in the ankle drawing a bit of blood. As I said it was a hot round at 1600 or so FPS.

We used to shoot Bowling Pin Matches like 2nd Chance years ago. There are voids inside of bowling pins that will reverse a .45 230 gr RN and send it back 25 feet right into your bag of jewels. You ain't lived until you catch 230 in your bag.... I can still feel it.

 

[hangfast]

Wife and I were shooting 22's at a dinged up plate. Caught a crater just right and boomeranged. I was wearing a heavy sweatshirt and it hit with enough force to drive the sweatshirt into my arm bullet deep. Completely crushed the fibers of the sweatshirt so it ended up a hole. Have a nice scar to show when I tell the story about not backtalking the wife ever again after she shot me

My wife caught a fragment in her neck touching her carotid artery. Had to be surgically removed. It was a dented piece of steel at an indoor IPSC match.
A friend caught some frags in his hand and after weeks of pain he finally found they were imbedded in his tendon. More surgery. Same indoor range.
Another friend had a bullet come back and crease his cheek and penetrate his headphones.... more dented steel.
It's always hilarious until the blood squirts across the room.

 

[Justin.44]

You ain't lived until you catch 230 in your bag....

 

[hangfast]

This is a good tip on shooting safely. Mild steel dimples and distorts with enough energy from bullets. This increases the likelihood of ricochets and bullets bouncing off of it.

Shooting AR 500 is a much better way choice when shooting steel targets. AR stays flat and bullets discinigrate when they hit eliminating the chance of the bullet ricocheting. This is really important when shooting at very close ranges.

We need to help each other out when safety is concerned.

Ehhh... Uhh... don't want to start an argument, but... that I think that's bass-ackwards...

No, he has it exactly correct.

 

[snakebit]

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