Grantman
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I can find hardly any information on shooting metal plate with high powered rifles. Basically I've managed to obtain a slab of 1/2 inch thick metal plate and liked the idea of shooting a target that you know you've hit when it "tings" rather than having to buy special targets + spotting scope or running back and forth to see if you've even hit the target.
I own a full length dragunov tigr that slings 7.62x54r. The 180 - 203gr variety of ammo I'm using would probably have a muzzle velocity of approx 2,400-2500 fps. I would be using the plate at approximately 250 yards. Yes I've seen the youtube video of the guy getting hit by a .50 cal ricochet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ABGIJwiGBc but figure he must have been shooting at far longer range than I plan to.
I realize that obviously the type of ammo is important and soft point hunting ammo is going to largely splat against the plate and, I'm guessing, unlikely to cause ricochet problems. However I've got a whole box of FMJ ammo that may like to ricochet. What I'd like to know is would an FMJ round still be going fast enough at 250 yards to disintegrate or burry itself in the plate rather than causing a ricochet?
I thought about putting the metal plate on an angle like " \ " so richottes would basically ping off the plate and into the ground. Unless the upper edge is likely to cause problems it seems like a good idea for further distance shooting also?
I own a full length dragunov tigr that slings 7.62x54r. The 180 - 203gr variety of ammo I'm using would probably have a muzzle velocity of approx 2,400-2500 fps. I would be using the plate at approximately 250 yards. Yes I've seen the youtube video of the guy getting hit by a .50 cal ricochet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ABGIJwiGBc but figure he must have been shooting at far longer range than I plan to.
I realize that obviously the type of ammo is important and soft point hunting ammo is going to largely splat against the plate and, I'm guessing, unlikely to cause ricochet problems. However I've got a whole box of FMJ ammo that may like to ricochet. What I'd like to know is would an FMJ round still be going fast enough at 250 yards to disintegrate or burry itself in the plate rather than causing a ricochet?
I thought about putting the metal plate on an angle like " \ " so richottes would basically ping off the plate and into the ground. Unless the upper edge is likely to cause problems it seems like a good idea for further distance shooting also?