Cast Iron as Gong Target?

[SDC]

T1 is the best, but some plow blade steel would probably work; the best ones I've seen are those mounted at an angle hanging on chains, so ricochets are directed straight down into the ground, like so:
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My pictogram didn't come through very well, but I hope you get the idea.

 

[mustang_gt_350]

10-4

 

[protolith]

Gong

A buddy of mine told me of the most satisfying target he shot at.

It was an old scuba tank with the bottom torch cut off. An eyelet bolt with a nut and some big washers was put through the hole in the top and it was hung from a tree or tripod stand.

Dive shops that fill tanks usually have old tanks that didn't pass cert. They generally pull the valve and destroy the threads so the tank can't be used for compressed gas, then they sell them for scrap. Might also work at an industrial gas supply.

 

[kd7nqb]

One of the best targets I found was some unmarked aresol cans at a local junk shoip, certainly not the safest thing but it was from a good distance with nobody near by.