I decided to buy a nice target. Money well spent. It is an Evil Roy by ActionTarget.com. It folds up, and can be easily carried. Can come with 6, 8 10, and 12-inch plates. I also went for the more expensive AR 550 steel in 8-inches. The target itself is designed with no welds or bolts on the face, and is sloped downward so that all splatter is deflected downward. After shooting it for a while, you can actually see the line of marks in the ground directly below the target from the splatter.
They say not to shoot it with anything capable of 3,000 fps at less than 100 yards, and at 100 yards, 223 bullets did no more damage than handgun rounds at 50 feet. Stupidly, I shot it with 5.56 at 75 yards, and now have a couple of small pockets in it. Other than that, this target has hundreds of hits, and except for those 5.56 pockets, not a scratch on the target. A properly built target is safe.
The only photo I have of the target is when it was new in my backyard with a bb gun leaning up against it for scale. The legs now all have a bunch of the paint removed from them by splatter. No serious scratches. The plate is held on by wing nuts, and the target can be replaced by another size plate in seconds.
Gary
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