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    Quote Originally Posted by Failure2Stop View Post
    It's more of an "at distance" thing, as mentioned by markm earlier.
    At 200 yards they are all fine, gets rough by the time you get to 500.
    We've never shot them at distances greater than 100 yards. IIRC, the 1/2 inch gongs were not much more expensive than the 3/8, so we went that way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hmac View Post
    We've never shot them at distances greater than 100 yards. IIRC, the 1/2 inch gongs were not much more expensive than the 3/8, so we went that way.
    That's why I was wondering. Big Dog Steel has really low prices so I am tempted to get a little something for the odd occasion I go somewhere that I can actually shoot steel. Its only like $10 more from them for 1/2" over 3/8" for their 8x8 square plate IIRC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wake27 View Post
    That's why I was wondering. Big Dog Steel has really low prices so I am tempted to get a little something for the odd occasion I go somewhere that I can actually shoot steel. Its only like $10 more from them for 1/2" over 3/8" for their 8x8 square plate IIRC.
    There are a few factors that come into play, but if you keep it within 200 yards (and even in excess of 300, depending) you should be able to hear/see hits.

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    I'd go with 3/8"....specifically from CMP.

    You can hear bang............dings from 1038yds away using my MWS 16" .308. I doubt I could have heard 1/2"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=dQtP8B03XuM
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    F2S have you shot 5.45 at steel? I heard the steel slug can be pretty bouncy and I was wondering what ranges would be safe to shoot at and not damage the plate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeith View Post
    well hell! i guess allll xm193 will be for punching paper.

    whats a good bulk ammo to buy for steel?
    We shot a ton of m193 at steel at 36-50 yards and it held up fine. 1" AR500.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vicious_cb View Post
    F2S have you shot 5.45 at steel? I heard the steel slug can be pretty bouncy and I was wondering what ranges would be safe to shoot at and not damage the plate.
    I've shot russian surplus 5.45 from 100 yds. at my 1/2" ar500 plates and it slightly dimples them. I haven't noticed this from 193 or 855.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WS6 View Post
    We shot a ton of m193 at steel at 36-50 yards and it held up fine. 1" AR500.
    Not too many people have 1" AR500

    That's a boat anchor.... not a target.
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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    Not too many people have 1" AR500

    That's a boat anchor.... not a target.
    I believe they said it was 1". I know it was $400 per target. I did not go and eyeball the myself to be sure, though. Maybe it was 1/2". Either way, each target took around 12,000 rounds of M193 this last weekend at 30-50 yards, and they looked fine to me when I went near 'em. Like I said, I didn't get all up on them, but I didn't see any damage from the 7-yard line.
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