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Went out in March with a buddy and shot some steel for the first time, which was a ton of fun. Went to Tumey Hills (BLM). After that I wanted to get a few gongs. Got some square ones in AR500 for pistol/22 and AR550 round ones for rifles from XSteel.
Somehow there was a mix up with their system and they send me a round AR500 instead of square. Contacted them on their website and they responded the next day, shipped a few days later a replacement and said keep the round one. Excellent customer service, and their targets were very nicely machined and easy to prep for primer & paint. Glad to experience this, as it seems customer service in many places have taken a dive since Covid.
Haven't had the opportunity to test these out yet, and likely won't till next winter.
On a side note I did notice the Wolf Gold 223 does pit the AR550 target I got from Shoot Steel a little, took a chip out on the edge as well. Didn't notice that with the PMC Bronze (didn't want to test out any of the Federal XM193 as they are even a bit hotter than the Wolf Gold). I did run it out of a 16", but at 100 yds (which is a bit close).
The IPSC steel target was a blast with some 9mm; didn't have my one ear covered when I hit it with some HST +P and man the steel clang was loader than the round firing.
Anyways, rambling a bit, but it will be really hard to go back to paper. Can't wait for winter or to find more places to set up steel.
Somehow there was a mix up with their system and they send me a round AR500 instead of square. Contacted them on their website and they responded the next day, shipped a few days later a replacement and said keep the round one. Excellent customer service, and their targets were very nicely machined and easy to prep for primer & paint. Glad to experience this, as it seems customer service in many places have taken a dive since Covid.
Haven't had the opportunity to test these out yet, and likely won't till next winter.
On a side note I did notice the Wolf Gold 223 does pit the AR550 target I got from Shoot Steel a little, took a chip out on the edge as well. Didn't notice that with the PMC Bronze (didn't want to test out any of the Federal XM193 as they are even a bit hotter than the Wolf Gold). I did run it out of a 16", but at 100 yds (which is a bit close).
The IPSC steel target was a blast with some 9mm; didn't have my one ear covered when I hit it with some HST +P and man the steel clang was loader than the round firing.
Anyways, rambling a bit, but it will be really hard to go back to paper. Can't wait for winter or to find more places to set up steel.
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