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    Found this old fireplace grate at the river gona whack it up the hill behind the house.Hammer it into the ground.
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    It is very heavy should work as it is quite thick.
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
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    Hoping to find something similar at the recycling centre! I also know of an old fire that is dead.

    Problem I have is I'm guna have to carry them in to my 'range' unless I manage to get the quad through the bush
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    Yip that worked
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    Any one want to guess the range from the deck?
    One shot shattered the projectile.
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    Ring Fletcher Easysteel in Auckland. For a whole host of safety reasons, get nothing less than 10mm Bis500 plate, and angle it down at 20 deg to prevent ricochets. The extra cost of the higher grade steel is negligible, and could well save your life or that of a loved one. Search the forum, its all been discussed before.

    Never ceases to amaze me that we spend thousands on rifles and optics and ammo, but are prepared to risk lives with a piece of shitty old steel for a gong that costs $50-$100.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hotbarrels View Post
    Ring Fletcher Easysteel in Auckland. For a whole host of safety reasons, get nothing less than 10mm Bis500 plate, and angle it down at 20 deg to prevent ricochets. The extra cost of the higher grade steel is negligible, and could well save your life or that of a loved one. Search the forum, its all been discussed before.

    Never ceases to amaze me that we spend thousands on rifles and optics and ammo, but are prepared to risk lives with a piece of shitty old steel for a gong that costs $50-$100.
    In my experience there's no need to angle them down when shooting at long range as the bullet is basically falling from the sky on that angle anyway.

    Just hAve them hung from top and able to swing free. Ive never not had a bullet that hasn't exploded on my plates anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GWH View Post
    Those plates of mine that you have shot, are 500x500 12mm hardox 450. Nothing has ever marked them. Bullets just disintegrate and spash on impact. When painted white, you are left with a very visable dark grey splash mark which is visible thru your scope out as far as ive ever shot them, 700 yards.

    I really like the larger plates, we just spray a 2" pink bull on centre of white background. The larger plate easily lets you see where you are hitting and you can adjust accordingly, rather than potentially missing a smaller plate and maybe not knowing 'where' your bullet went.

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    Yeah just getting some quotes together, can get mild steel easy as off my bro but would rather get the right stuff to start with.
    Good to know yours are 500, thanks
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    Quote Originally Posted by hotbarrels View Post
    Ring Fletcher Easysteel in Auckland. For a whole host of safety reasons, get nothing less than 10mm Bis500 plate, and angle it down at 20 deg to prevent ricochets. The extra cost of the higher grade steel is negligible, and could well save your life or that of a loved one. Search the forum, its all been discussed before.

    Never ceases to amaze me that we spend thousands on rifles and optics and ammo, but are prepared to risk lives with a piece of shitty old steel for a gong that costs $50-$100.
    Is 10mm bizz 500 better than than 16 or 20mm bizz 400?

    Trying to sort out this bizzo!!

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    Anything over 16mm is a waste of money and weight, 10-12mm bis seems to handle it no worries.

    Must be High Tensile eg bis400+ , mild steel gets chewed up in no time.
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    Go and check out the thread at http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f32/gongs-28014/ and read all the postings. all the info relating to plate is there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GWH View Post
    In my experience there's no need to angle them down when shooting at long range as the bullet is basically falling from the sky on that angle anyway.

    Just hAve them hung from top and able to swing free. Ive never not had a bullet that hasn't exploded on my plates anyway.
    How do you know that you've "never not had a bullet that hasn't exploded"?
    Most of these guys below would say the same

    Quote Originally Posted by hotbarrels View Post
    Here's some videos showing typical ricochet issues highlighted by using tracers. Note the completely random directions for the rounds, even coming off the ground in the first video. If they weren't using tracers, they would have no idea where the rounds are going. Steels at the wrong angles are a major cause of ricochets.

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    Thanks for all the info, will go and read the old posts

    Ta
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    Quote Originally Posted by hotbarrels View Post
    How do you know that you've "never not had a bullet that hasn't exploded"?
    Most of these guys below would say the same
    Quite simply, I can see the evidence of the bullet splash on the gong

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    Most of the tracer ricochet is the cup coming off the base. Not the whole projectile.
    All my plates are angled but from poor design rather than intentions 😆
    I have seen a projectile come back to hit someone from 200 on steel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R93 View Post
    Most of the tracer ricochet is the cup coming off the base. Not the whole projectile.
    All my plates are angled but from poor design rather than intentions 😆
    I have seen a projectile come back to hit someone from 200 on steel.

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    I almost bet it wasn't a hard steel

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    Quote Originally Posted by GWH View Post
    I almost bet it wasn't a hard steel

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    No it wasn't. Was mild steel (going by the damage) used in a falling plate comp in Oz
    Drew blood and gave the fella a fright😆

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