wally
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45_auto, I liked your post, but I am sorry you had to "learn the hard way". I'm really glad you were lucky that no serious or permanent damage was done!
Thanks for sharing!
People can pontificate until the cows come home and argue with poor analogies about what can or can't happen, but you and I and others posting here have the real-world experience to know what can happen if you decide to "roll the dice" and shoot cratered plates.
I started shooting steel in the late 80s early 90s it wasn't a very common activity then, people mostly hung up thick scrap and everyone had fun until ....
Using only AR500 or better steel and quickly retiring any cratered plates has to my knowledge pretty much eliminated issues as long as minimum distance rules are followed typically 10 yards for pistols, 100 yards for rifles with the "most common" recreational calibers) and the "everyone wears eye protection all the time" is enforced.
Thanks for sharing!
People can pontificate until the cows come home and argue with poor analogies about what can or can't happen, but you and I and others posting here have the real-world experience to know what can happen if you decide to "roll the dice" and shoot cratered plates.
I started shooting steel in the late 80s early 90s it wasn't a very common activity then, people mostly hung up thick scrap and everyone had fun until ....
Using only AR500 or better steel and quickly retiring any cratered plates has to my knowledge pretty much eliminated issues as long as minimum distance rules are followed typically 10 yards for pistols, 100 yards for rifles with the "most common" recreational calibers) and the "everyone wears eye protection all the time" is enforced.