Thread: DIY Steel Targets

Cut a couple of gongs out of wear plate 500 grade offcuts the other week
but after looking at this thread and others.
I think my mickey mouse design maybe not a good idea.

Originally Posted by SPEARONZ

Thanks fellas will follow up with both. Not a complicated design at all and realsteel are local.

Planning to make some of that waratah bracket to tilt the gong on an angle
maybe next month or 2 when I'm not so busy,
let me know if you still looking by then.

Like Bagheera said, get at least 10mm thick and no less than AR500 (hardness) - Ive got several and have smached them with 6mm Dashers running a 70gr pill at 3800fps and never managed to punch holes in any of my gongs.

You can go 8mm on gongs past 400m if you like.


Just dont let anyone talk you into buying AR400/420 or even 450.

Go to thrift store find cheap frypan. Spray white with warehouse spray paint. Hang from warratah until destroyed. Recycle scraps

Originally Posted by Snap 4T

Cut a couple of gongs out of wear plate 500 grade offcuts the other week
but after looking at this thread and others.
I think my mickey mouse design maybe not a good idea.

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Planning to make some of that waratah bracket to tilt the gong on an angle
maybe next month or 2 when I'm not so busy,
let me know if you still looking by then.

Nice.
I would recommend is you round out the corners on the mickey mouse ears - sharp corners = crack initiation given the repeated impacts the targets are subject to.
A bit personal preference but in my experience larger bolts work better as well - the flip side of that is smaller bolts are far cheaper to replace when they do fail.