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What’s the best steel for the range?
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<blockquote data-quote="mark5868" data-source="post: 3010545" data-attributes="member: 123460"><p>This is what I was told by an AR500 steel target maker when I was target shopping. </p><p></p><p>AR500 steel is rated for < 3,000 fps at impact. The velocity is what's hard on the steel and causes the pitting. Pitting is to be expected when shooting those fast rounds at close ranges.</p><p></p><p>1/2" AR500 will fare no better with 22 Creedmoor and .243 rounds at close ranges. 1/2" is needed for the heavy rounds like .300 win mag and the like to keep the plates from warping around the bullet impacts. It will not resist pitting any more than the 3/8".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mark5868, post: 3010545, member: 123460"] This is what I was told by an AR500 steel target maker when I was target shopping. AR500 steel is rated for < 3,000 fps at impact. The velocity is what's hard on the steel and causes the pitting. Pitting is to be expected when shooting those fast rounds at close ranges. 1/2" AR500 will fare no better with 22 Creedmoor and .243 rounds at close ranges. 1/2" is needed for the heavy rounds like .300 win mag and the like to keep the plates from warping around the bullet impacts. It will not resist pitting any more than the 3/8”. [/QUOTE]
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