.223 target idea?

[neal0124]

If you do this try and angle the plate. It will create a smaller target and less of a noise when hit but the bullets will deflect off for the most part rather than just go full force into the plate. I bought some top of the line steel off someone here on Calguns and .223 still will put nice dents in it at 100 yds. Anything less than 80 will leave craters. Wouldn't even imagine trying it at 50 yds.

^Do this^.

Angle it so the bullets deflect into the ground though. You don't want them flying into the air.

[bohoki]

them traffic cones can take a lot of hits and they are very visible at long ranges

[gvbsat]

You will be able to shoot a 45# weight with .223 all day, night, morning, into the next day/week/month and it will hold up. I have seen those plates take a hell of a lot more force than a .223 round.

[bombadillo]

Not worth it. too much chance of a ricochet and just not good form man. Go get a piece of AR500 steel and drill a hole, hook it to a chain and call it a day.

[dieselpower]

them traffic cones can take a lot of hits and they are very visible at long ranges

yup. can take hundreds of hits too. I invert them. take a stake put it 2 feet out the top. pour quik-cret into the cone. it seals the top and holds the stake. you then have a inverted cone, bright fire orange, weighted at the (now) bottom with a 2ft stake to put into the ground. I normally also stab it through an old bed sheet spread around the cone. makes clean up easy, just fold the sheet up and carry away, toss in the garbage at home.

I have tried the 45lb weight thing, works ok for soft tip, but FMJ rips through it.

[csterl]

You will be able to shoot a 45# weight with .223 all day, night, morning, into the next day/week/month and it will hold up. I have seen those plates take a hell of a lot more force than a .223 round.

This is so very, very wrong. We shot two 45# pound plates about a year ago with 223 and they both lasted less than 50 rounds before they were nothing but chunks of steel laying on the ground. This was with 55gr. FMJ.

[Infidel]

I built these two target stands for shooting at 200+ yards

Both were built for $100 or less including the steel and they have held up for the last 4 trips to BLM land where they took consistent hits from .223, .308, 7mm Rem Mag, and 30-06 for 2 days each trip.

The Silver frame is made from 1" Electrical conduit that I got from work, but it could also be purchased at Home Depot. The steel is the same dimensions as the black frame This stand is no where near as heavy, and the standard conduit connectors fell apart from 7mm Rem Mag hits, but I revamped it with better connectors and it works perfect.



The black frame is black galvanized iron piping that you can buy from Home Depot The Steel plate is about 5/8" thick and measures 13" x 10"


The best part about these targets is that they break down with no tools into a bundle of 4 foot long pipes that I tie up and store just like that

[UBFRAGD]

I been using chunks of I-beam lately. Satisfying thud-sound when hit, stands up to repeated hits, beautiful craters at the end of the day. Use a hand-cart to get them downrange.

Favorite is still gallon jugs filled with red water and lots of glitter.

[csterl]

http://www.wideners.com has some AR500 1/2" plates that are really reasonable. I have been shooting at these with 5.56/ .308 and 30-06 for over two years and none of them have been pitted yet. The minimum distance I shoot them at is 100yd.