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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2849977" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I found some mild steel plate in the back yard I was not using and made a 20"x20" steel target.</p><p></p><p>I had made up some powder puff 30-06 rounds with 11.5gr Red Dot powder.</p><p>1300-1450 fps depending on bullet used.</p><p>My wheel weight 170gr bullets would put the smallest dimple in the surface The diameter of a pencil eraser and .005" deep or so.</p><p>The bullets would completely fragment and leave a huge splatter pattern on the plate.</p><p></p><p>The 150gr flat point jacketed loads would not dimple it .. neither would the 155 A-Max.. same load.</p><p></p><p>So this would be a good pistol steel I would think.</p><p>I set it up at about 50 degree angle and bullets hit and fragmented and ended up in the ground directly under the plate.</p><p></p><p>I stepped up the heat with the 30-06 with a 150gr flat base soft nose spitzer round going just under 3000 fps. Hornady #3031 bullet.</p><p></p><p>Sailed right through the steel plate.</p><p>Next up was my .223</p><p>60gr Vmax just under 3000 fps.. Did not go through but made a huge divot and large bump on the back side.</p><p>50 yards.</p><p>Next round was the New sierra 69gr Tipped match king (TMK). Same FPS.</p><p></p><p>It made the divot a little bit deeper than the 60gr Vmax.</p><p></p><p>Next up was the 7.62x39 AK with factory loaded Wolf 123gr FMJ</p><p>Now I figured we would get another window in the steel like the 30-06 stuck into it.</p><p></p><p>NOPE!</p><p>So we shot it 2 more times.. NO DICE. The crater depth was actually about 1/2 of the .223 rounds</p><p></p><p>Now FMJ does not mean steel core..Do not confuse that.</p><p>But I really thought it would go through. </p><p></p><p>Happy shooting and be safe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 2849977, member: 15054"] I found some mild steel plate in the back yard I was not using and made a 20"x20" steel target. I had made up some powder puff 30-06 rounds with 11.5gr Red Dot powder. 1300-1450 fps depending on bullet used. My wheel weight 170gr bullets would put the smallest dimple in the surface The diameter of a pencil eraser and .005" deep or so. The bullets would completely fragment and leave a huge splatter pattern on the plate. The 150gr flat point jacketed loads would not dimple it .. neither would the 155 A-Max.. same load. So this would be a good pistol steel I would think. I set it up at about 50 degree angle and bullets hit and fragmented and ended up in the ground directly under the plate. I stepped up the heat with the 30-06 with a 150gr flat base soft nose spitzer round going just under 3000 fps. Hornady #3031 bullet. Sailed right through the steel plate. Next up was my .223 60gr Vmax just under 3000 fps.. Did not go through but made a huge divot and large bump on the back side. 50 yards. Next round was the New sierra 69gr Tipped match king (TMK). Same FPS. It made the divot a little bit deeper than the 60gr Vmax. Next up was the 7.62x39 AK with factory loaded Wolf 123gr FMJ Now I figured we would get another window in the steel like the 30-06 stuck into it. NOPE! So we shot it 2 more times.. NO DICE. The crater depth was actually about 1/2 of the .223 rounds Now FMJ does not mean steel core..Do not confuse that. But I really thought it would go through. Happy shooting and be safe. [/QUOTE]
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