STED9R wrote:
twolane wrote:
The plate/ panel that is supposed to protect our great Amazon Overlord.
Which one?
I had two hanging plates, one large and one small, near the right side of the range. The large one came down in the afternoon, but that wasn't unexpected . . . it has been barely hanging on by shredded fire hose for the last few years.
The plate itself was fine, just lying on the ground after the hose gave way.
The small plate and the stand were all good except for a few bullet holes in the legs, but that's why I use cheap conduit for legs.
MadPick wrote:
twolane wrote:
How well did that steel plate hold up that was down range?
Which one?
I had two hanging plates, one large and one small, near the right side of the range. The large one came down in the afternoon, but that wasn't unexpected . . . it has been barely hanging on by shredded fire hose for the last few years.
The plate itself was fine, just lying on the ground after the hose gave way.The small plate and the stand were all good except for a few bullet holes in the legs, but that's why I use cheap conduit for legs.
The panel held up pretty well. I was tapping it with 190 gr solid copper rounds @ 2950 fps and don't believe any actually went through, but if it'd been a rigid mount, a wall, I do not doubt I could have gotten though with a full mag or two.
After about 10 rounds into it, it was pretty much peeled apart and blowing out crap at each shot.
I have a feeling that with a steel insert or penetration rounds, no more than 5 rounds to get through.
Makes me wish I'd just pulled all good bullets I had that we used in the 300 many years ago in the service, would go thru a few inches of plate, but shot them all up to get the brass for hunting rounds making a hole in a rock face, had a couple hundred....
At the end of the day I hit 2-3 times with the 50 BMG
