Thread: Gong shooting matches/stages

Originally Posted by GWH

Interesting seeing all the talk about ricochets when shooting steel plates.

I've done a fair amount of steel plate shooting over the last few years, I've never once had a ricochet. All my plates are hanging, and are very hard wear plate. No matter the caliber or cartridge, from 22lr 17hmr 17 hornet, 223, 243, 6.5's 7mm's from 708 to 28 Nosler and 300 RUM running normal hunting or match type bullets. All of these projectiles just explode on impact on the steel plate.

Does the ricochet risk come from potentially glancing off the edge of the plate or potentially the structure mounting the plates?

I have had one from the edge of a plate. Was actually the last semi auto shoot at my place