Industrial Metal Supply/Kearny Mesa/AR500

[musick]

Has anyone used the AR500 plates from IMS? Are they a quality material or substandard? Price point makes them very attractive but if the quality is not there Id rather spend some more coin on something thats going to last.

Cheers!

[L84CABO]

Ooooh...whatcha makin, whatcha makin?

[ImpaktechUSA]

i got a 4x4 sheet from them last week it stops everything .. but my buddys bolt action .243 goes right through it

[ImpaktechUSA]

one of the targets i turned mine into

[gfourth]

I bought a 4", 8", and 10" which I have yet to use. If it does not hold up like ar500 should, then they are mis-advertising... We shall see

[whipkiller]

Yes, I bought a 4" & an 8" and so far so good.

I've only taken them out once so far, and only shot with .223/5.56

I have them set up to swing rather than static. The picture is the 8" which was @ about 200 yards +/-

I did shoot the 4" with the AR at about 75 yards, but only once 'cuz it knocked my target stand over...

I doubt IMS would risk their reputation to make a couple of extra bucks on a hunk of metal.

[BrassCase]

i got a 4x4 sheet from them last week it stops everything .. but my buddys bolt action .243 goes right through it

What thickness did you buy?

[whipkiller]

i got a 4x4 sheet from them last week it stops everything .. but my buddys bolt action .243 goes right through it

So everything except .243 then?

[sd_shooter]

So everything except .243 then?

Doesn't sound like AR500 in that case.

[ImpaktechUSA]

3/8 thick.... whatever it was it was worth the price ..lady said it was ar500 though

[musick]

Yes, I bought a 4" & an 8" and so far so good.

I've only taken them out once so far, and only shot with .223/5.56

I have them set up to swing rather than static. The picture is the 8" which was @ about 200 yards +/-

I did shoot the 4" with the AR at about 75 yards, but only once 'cuz it knocked my target stand over...

I doubt IMS would risk their reputation to make a couple of extra bucks on a hunk of metal.

Awesome. They didnt have 8" 5/8 or 1/2" and dont know when they will get more in, so I had to go with the 6". For $16 it seems like a sweet deal.

[Javierv73]

My buddy shot my 1/2" gong at 50yrds with his Mosin and it barely made a dent. Good stuff there at a good price.

[sdfire]

I need to check that place out

[CGT80]

I was just at IMS Riverside today, to look at material to build a custom wrought iron gate. I completely forgot to see if they had AR500 at that location, and the price.

243 shouldn't go through AR500, but my dad hasn't shot my plates with his 243 bolt action yet. 223 and 30-06 don't do squat to the plates, even at 50 yards.

[kel-tec-innovations]

I was just at IMS Riverside today, to look at material to build a custom wrought iron gate. I completely forgot to see if they had AR500 at that location, and the price.

243 shouldn't go through AR500, but my dad hasn't shot my plates with his 243 bolt action yet. 223 and 30-06 don't do squat to the plates, even at 50 yards.

Price?