Poor quality EBay Steel targets

[Kansaswoodguy]

I recently purchased a couple of supposedly AR500 targets from an Ebay seller kylharn and they arrived today. I tried my AR15 with 75gr match bullets and saw very slight pitting at 100 yards and more pronounced pitting with my 25-06 at that range. I then thought I'd grab a AR400 target I had laying around for 22 plinking. I then shot the AR400 target at 100 yards and the pitting was remarkably similar to the supposedly AR500 targets. I'm going to keep the targets because I intend to use these targets at between 500-800 yards but if they where for a 100 yard range I would be very disappointed in the hardness of these targets as they wouldn't last as compared to my true AR500 targets from different venders have done.

 

[86alaskan]

AR500 will still dimple with high speed rounds like that at close range. I see the same things on my for sure AR500 plates. the 556 stops dimpling around 200yds. it happens, it's just not that bad. pop a mild steel at the same range and you'll see that your plates are definintely harder.

 

[Jerry M]

AR500 will still dimple with high speed rounds like that at close range. I see the same things on my for sure AR500 plates. the 556 stops dimpling around 200yds. it happens, it's just not that bad. pop a mild steel at the same range and you'll see that your plates are definintely harder.

+1
Many places have speed limits on shooting steel. Foe example a 50 gr .220 Swift bullet may shoot through steel quicker that some AP rounds.

Good luck

Jerry

 

[Dgd6mm]

Not many PRS matches will shoot steel at 100-200 yards because of this reason. There is one place I shoot at occasionally, Volusia County Gun Range. We will shoot prairie dog popper at those distances and that's it for steel. Believe me, they are beat up...

 

[Kansaswoodguy]

I have many other AR500 targets never seen anything close to this except with that old AR400 target I have laying around my guess is this guy is selling AR400 targets. If I had issues like this with my other AR500 targets I'd of started buying AR550 targets long ago.

 

[ohiohunter]

Who is the seller so no one has to repeat this.

 

[Kansaswoodguy]

Who is the seller so no one has to repeat this.

Kylharn