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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3918133" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Back in the day, a buddy worked at a facility that did weld testing on 1" steel. In the process, they had lots of drop off the saw that was 1" thick, 8"X8" squares. </p><p>It all went to the scrap pile, so he got permission to take some out. </p><p>We decided to make a backstop for high power rifle rounds on our private range. </p><p>I got busy welding this into a 5'X5' square plate with welds on both sides of the plates. </p><p>45 degree angle, supported by 2" pipe in the front, thinking the rounds would deflect into the ground. (late 1980's) </p><p>They didn't. Even at 45 degrees, the mild steel using 30-06 165 grain got craters like the OP's pics with soft points, just not as deep. Probably 3/8" deep, but a large crater. We had a friend with a .300 win mag shooting 180 grain soft points that performed exactly as the AP in the OP's pics including external dimples in the back of the plates. </p><p>That scared us so we put a double wall of railroad ties behind the angled plate and backfilled behind them with dirt. </p><p>Shot there for a few more years, finally moving to a real range. It's still in that pasture. I need to talk to the owner that's a friend and see if I can go get it. </p><p>Be cool to show all the damage high powered rifles did to it. We shot it a lot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3918133, member: 5412"] Back in the day, a buddy worked at a facility that did weld testing on 1" steel. In the process, they had lots of drop off the saw that was 1" thick, 8"X8" squares. It all went to the scrap pile, so he got permission to take some out. We decided to make a backstop for high power rifle rounds on our private range. I got busy welding this into a 5'X5' square plate with welds on both sides of the plates. 45 degree angle, supported by 2" pipe in the front, thinking the rounds would deflect into the ground. (late 1980's) They didn't. Even at 45 degrees, the mild steel using 30-06 165 grain got craters like the OP's pics with soft points, just not as deep. Probably 3/8" deep, but a large crater. We had a friend with a .300 win mag shooting 180 grain soft points that performed exactly as the AP in the OP's pics including external dimples in the back of the plates. That scared us so we put a double wall of railroad ties behind the angled plate and backfilled behind them with dirt. Shot there for a few more years, finally moving to a real range. It's still in that pasture. I need to talk to the owner that's a friend and see if I can go get it. Be cool to show all the damage high powered rifles did to it. We shot it a lot. [/QUOTE]
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