[vincent]

Yeah, it was mostly unpleasant lugging it out there...

Not saying it'll NEVER happen but so far nothing has come back at us from 100 yds and there is nothing within 2 miles in any other direction...except more nothing...

The downward angle is never a bad idea. Ours is hanging perpendicular to the ground...mostly...may have had a flyer or two...or three #7 rebar is pretty tough too!!

This is a total jury-rig job as you can see with our uber-fancy romex ties but it's held up REALLY well and so far no one has hit the support chains...[knocks on faux wood desk once again].

Not saying richochet/splashback CAN'T happen at that distance, just that it's never happened to us... so far...

[rurak]

Romex is good for EVERYTHING....... i tie my ladders down on my van with it

[sniper762]

ive only used steel torso silloutes for long range sniper practice (500-1000yds) shooting 223 and 308 rifles.
i have 3/4" mild steel which craters and 3/8" plate steel that only splatter marks.
you need to hang them by chains from a frame to get that "ring" from them though.

[fetep]

Try tacstrike.com great product and great people.

[vincent]

Originally Posted by rurak

Romex is good for EVERYTHING....... i tie my ladders down on my van with it

Yeah, that stuff is the duct tape of the wire world...

I think I read somewhere that electricians even use it sometimes!

[rurak]

Haha. I am an electrician and i do use it. Its good stuff .......

[Fathead00]

Update on my steel plates!!!!!. I guess my 1/2" A36 steel plate doesn't handle a 30-06 round at 80 yards to well!!! OOOOOPS.







Here's the entry side,



And the exit side







Damn back to the drawing board. It handles a .45, .40, 9mm, and a .22 very well.

[elfmdl]

I live on a farm so there Is all kinds of scrap mild steel laying around. Is there any kind of thickness that won't crater to bad when shot with a .308 at 400+ yards?

[Fathead00]

Originally Posted by elfmdl

I live on a farm so there Is all kinds of scrap mild steel laying around. Is there any kind of thickness that won't crater to bad when shot with a .308 at 400+ yards?

I think you probably have to get AR500 steel, but I don't know what thickness. I'm trying to figure that out too.

[ineverFTF]

I'll tell ya one thing, dont shoot soft 22lr at steel at 10 yards. Learned that the hard way with a leg full lead shrapnel, granted it was a 22 i didnt notice for 2 days till i woke up to find my leg purple and swollen from the lead. Got it cut out and was good to go!