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Rifle penetration 1/4 steel plate
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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 2850296" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>A couple of us welded up a steel plate that was 4'X6' of 1" cold rolled 1018 steel with some front supports so it was leaning at about a 40 degree angle thinking our 30-06 rounds would deflect into the ground. They didn't. Caused some major craters, but didn't penetrate. Buddy brought out a .300 Win Mag with some 180 grain SP, and he almost penetrated the plate shooting from 100 yd. Major bulge on the back side. If he had hit the same spot twice, we were sure it would have penetrated. </p><p>Redesigned it with some 1 1/2" smaller steel plates hanging in front of the big steel plate hung from chains, then put RR ties all around it to absorb any splatter. Its still sitting in the pasture from many years ago. We learned some lessons from that experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 2850296, member: 5412"] A couple of us welded up a steel plate that was 4'X6' of 1" cold rolled 1018 steel with some front supports so it was leaning at about a 40 degree angle thinking our 30-06 rounds would deflect into the ground. They didn't. Caused some major craters, but didn't penetrate. Buddy brought out a .300 Win Mag with some 180 grain SP, and he almost penetrated the plate shooting from 100 yd. Major bulge on the back side. If he had hit the same spot twice, we were sure it would have penetrated. Redesigned it with some 1 1/2" smaller steel plates hanging in front of the big steel plate hung from chains, then put RR ties all around it to absorb any splatter. Its still sitting in the pasture from many years ago. We learned some lessons from that experience. [/QUOTE]
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