Steel Targets

[Flintshooter]

AR-500 for sure.
This is a life size turkey that was used on the woods walk at Friendship for years. The clapper is 1/2 steel as is the body of the turkey.
The turkey is bent into a shallow C and the clapper actually has a hole beaten all the way through it. Granted, it took years and thousands of rounds, but this was done with low velocity lead balls. It is not AR-500

 

[Chuck R.]

View attachment 882264 AR-500 for sure.
This is a life size turkey that was used on the woods walk at Friendship for years. The clapper is 1/2 steel as is the body of the turkey.
The turkey is bent into a shallow C and the clapper actually has a hole beaten all the way through it. Granted, it took years and thousands of rounds, but this was done with low velocity lead balls. It is not AR-500

I'd say they got their money's worth!

 

[Dirtybob]

Bit of a thread necro but I didn't think this deserved it's own thread.
3/8" thick traffic rated 17" steel manhole cover shot offhand at 50 yds. with 1 oz. 1200 fps 12 ga. foster slugs. Zero damage to target...

Made and used before the internet told me I need 1/2" thick ar500 plate for slugs :/

 

[Riomouse911]

Bit of a thread necro but I didn't think this deserved it's own thread.
3/8" thick traffic rated 17" steel manhole cover shot offhand at 50 yds. with 1 oz. 1200 fps 12 ga. foster slugs. Zero damage to target...
View attachment 950779
Made and used before the internet told me I need 1/2" thick ar500 plate for slugs :/

Velocity and bullet construction are what can really tear steel up. I had a large set of mild steel plate targets that got dented by handgun rounds like.44 Mag and slower rifles like .45/70 lead and jacketed sp bullets... but .223 rounds went right through them.

.223 also ruined my one 3/8” AR plate that had a hook welded onto the back side. I guess the heat altered the steels hardness, so in the areas directly under the welds the bullets penetrated. The outer edges just had dings from the same bullets.

My 10-year old pair of 1/2” AR 500 3/4 scale IDPA torso targets have hundreds of bullet strikes on them from all sorts of rifles. Absolutely zero warping, bullet holes or large ricochet-causing craters on the surface to date.

For the OP, spend a bit more up front for AR 500 or 550 targets, you won’t have to keep going through the time or expense to replace them like mild steel plate.

Stay safe.

 

[jmorris]

One that everyone has liked is a high pressure cylinder "gong", I made by cutting the bottom off and hanging it. Because it is convex, downrange needs to be safe by more than 180.