Re: shooting steel plates
I little off topic but steel related story.
I got some Federal 39 grain rounds for my 204 Ruger which I normally have sighted in for 32 grain Hornady. These are copper jacket, ballistic tip hollow points (~4200 fps). I should have done this at a range but thought the thick steel push plate on my hay wagon in front of my barn would be enough to a stop a dinky 20 cal. Stuck a target to it and shot six rounds at 150 yards with elevation tweaks along the way (lateral was spot on.).
It wasn't. Every round but one made a clean hole, the round that didn't was stopped (barely) only because it hit a spot that was two layers thick. The front of my barn has a similar number of holes.
I will never assume again that a steel backstop will contain or absorb a bullet.
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