WHO IS SHOOTING STEEL?

[hotshot357]

I picked up a 8" AR500 round target and stand early this year. I liked it so much I have bought a 10" with a stand & a 7"x 12" that fits on a steel fence post. I have so much fun shooting them I am planning on getting more this winter. Are there any of you guys & dolls "shootin' steel"?

 

[Chuck R.]

I've got a few pieces scattered about the place:













About 45 pieces in all from zero to 760 yards.

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

I've got a few pieces scattered about the place:

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About 45 pieces in all from zero to 760 yards.

Good lord that's awesome.
I have a few steel targets (NOTHING like the above), but pics aren't handy right now

 

[Chuck R.]

Good lord that's awesome.
I have a few steel targets (NOTHING like the above), but pics aren't handy right now

It's kind of like a carnival of ringing......

All but 1 piece is AR500 and it's a large popper that I use for handgun and shotgun to trigger movers.

 

[George P]

Amazing how steel, but not silhouette, is going strong. Silhouette was always fun.

 

[.38 Special]

Chuck has me beat too, but I do bring an 8" gong to the range most of the time.



My eight year old (at the time) thought that it was shaped like an animal head so made a chalk drawing of a bear and preserved it with clear coat. I asked him why the bear was sad and he looked at me like I was an idiot and said "Because he's gonna get shot". Of course I can't stand the thought of ruining it so only shoot the other side.

 

[Condor]

Yes we do! We are lucky to have a range on our land and have an 8” gong at 100 yards and 200 yards. I sourced mine from Amazon...i am planning on getting some smaller ones soon...we have had a great time practicing on these.

 

[jmorris]

If I am just having fun I am shooting steel most often. I suppose, at the house, even if I am shooting paper, I am hitting steel.

 

[sisyphus]

I use three setups like this on the pistol range with 7.5x12" ar500, it's all I shoot with handguns and lever guns really unless I'm adjusting sights then I'll shoot the splatterburst targets to get dialed in

 

[Ernie Bass]

Mine is all in the back of my SUV. Along with a large range bag and a storage chest with target, spare ear muffs etc. etc, hunting jackets, hats etc. Seems to stay there all throughout the year.

 

[375supermag]

Hi...
One of the gun clubs I belong to has steel plates on the handgun range out to 25yds and on the rifle range out to 200yds.
The other club basically banned them... can't get an answer as to why. We test loads on paper there and then shoot for fun on plates at the other club.
We have one that my son bought but we rarely use it except on the rifle range and generally only when we are shooting the ARs and SKS rifles.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

I shoot a Steel Challenge every week. It's a semi-organized one, nothing official and only sometimes timed. 4 white plates and a stop plate. .22 only. I generally use my Ruger Mark IV 22/45 Lite with Tacticon Predator V2 atop. For 3 weeks past, I used my KelTec PMR 30 with irons. Actually was getting quite good with that, but lack of availability of .22 Magnum stopped me with a scant 3 boxes left. We're just about done this year, for the weather, and most will start shooting inside. I don't particularly care for the inside stuff, but I have to start moving dirt tomorrow for another berm that will provide backstop for a second dedicated pistol range next to the one we now use.

 

[Walkalong]

 

[hotshot357]

I received my new "steel target". I hurried up and got it mounted and it's ready for next Sunday.

 

[Charlie98]

Love shooting steel... but not so close!

I'm used to shooting hanging steel pipe... it makes a lovely noise when hit with a 405grn .45 cal bullet. The furthest I've shot was 1244yds... at 1350fps, I fired, got up and poured myself a cup of coffee, then sat back down to hear the 'DING' of the bullet off the steel.

 

[gotboostvr]

I just moved to the south west and am planning on ordering some plates and building my own stands here in the coming months.

 

[SGW Gunsmith]

This set-up keeps me fresh, and a very good stress reliever in back of my shop:

 

[derek45]

 

[Ignition Override]

Yes: normal handgun ammo only- no magnums.

The club forbids rifles, unless pistol "caliber" (chambering), on Action Pistol lanes because AR .223 bullets etc can break the front weld or bolt protrusion on the club's steel targets.
Large plastic bottles are the "steel" for my AKMs and VZ-58 (from the Czech Republic).

Most of you realize that it's not that unusual for a bullet or fragment to bounce once or twice and hit you from 10 yards-or further.

>>Always wear shooting glasses.
To paraphrase a former Navy SEAL who hurt a guy's hand during a handshake: "You have an extra eye (instead of hand)".