shooting steel targets with .22LR - any experts out there?

As long as you are shooting a good steel (one suitable to take the impact) your should be good to go. With the max velocity of the .22 being just slightly over 1000 fps usually (out of a pistol), a good safe distance is about 10-15 yards minimum. Copper plated ammo is just fine as well. But please, wear safety glasses.

25 feet is a little on the close side. Push the target out a little bit further.

In competition I have shot steel that was barely inside of that "safe" distance and it most always gets me caught with shrapnel that usually breaks skin and draws some blood.

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Blade steel: ten things you need to know

Blade steel is the heart of any good knife, and yet for a lot of folks, wading in to metallurgy is not a fun or profitable venture.* For steel junkies, blade steel is the very reason to buy a knife, but for the rest of us, it’s all just an alphabet soup of terms.* What[.....]

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steel targets...making my own

So I've got some scrap tool steel chunks laying around. Targets made from AR500 are kinda pricey, the thought crossed my mind to make my own out of the tool steel I have on hand and heat treat them. Plus I'm always looking for a good project.

Has anyone made there own hardened steel targets? These will be shot at with small fast rounds .204, 22-250 and .223 at 200+ yards.

The sites I've looked at online say that AR500 is 470-520-ish brinell. That translates to about 50HRC-ish. So I thought I would start there as far as hardness. (I don't have access to a brinell scale.) I'm wanting longevity but I don't want it to crack in half from being too brittle either, I normally use paper targets. As far as thickness I was thinking 1/2".

Any input in regards to smaller higher velocity rounds against steel targets would be greatly appriciated, be they purchased or homemade.

Thanks

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Shooting steel with my Remington 1858 revolver. Back yard CBA

Shooting steel with my Remington 1858 revolver. Back yard CBA I’ve been shooting black powder revolvers for about a year and a half now and I’m just getting more and more into the sport. I take my Remington out just about every time I go to the range now. To save time and money I practice with my H&R .22lr revolver and then shoot with my Remington. I’ve gotten to the point where most days I can hit an 8” steel gong shooting one handed from 20 yards away about 5 out of 6 shots. I put up a video showing what I’m doing and how I’m training.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bXON9bh6_k&lc=FlyClWyeTsbOkQUs7ZVNs1zUBg65k584AtZ_61kuFIo

I plan on getting a London colt navy 1851 probably next month. My last colt navy did not shoot very well but I loved how it looked and felt.

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steel cores

I have a silly question. I understand the .22 rim fire cases can be made into pretty good jackets. I understand how to do it. I wonder of when you de rim the case, could you use a "sacrificial" piece of steel rod for a bullet core and pin to push the case through de rimming die. Steel wire can be had in almost infinite sizes and a steel core would have a lot of advantages. The main one is the lack of time and energy involved. Is it possible to put the steel core in the case, push it through the de rim die, and wind up with a de rimmed jacket with a steel core seated? All in one step? THis is wher I see the savings, time.A fellow could then put a small pellet of lead in the nose, point it up, and have something like a premium bullet. Or, he could just form an open tip and be done.

"Cores" would be easy to make with a small manual lathe, and if you were so inclined they could be almost the length of the case, or shorter to allow a lead core as well.

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Usually when you put a core in a jacket the pressure on the core stretches the jacket.
Jacket springback on the dead lead (like no spring back) keeps the jacket tight.
If you can put enough pressure on the steel core to swage it into the jacket, it might work.
Reloading presses are not made to withstand the pressure needed.

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Clodhopper

Just read your older thread on the same subject.
When the first cave man tied a rock to a stick all his freinds probably told told him that he was crazy and it wouldn't work.
How many diffrent substances did Edison test to get an eletrict light bulb with some life?
The fire is in you, build a better bullet!

To lazy to chase arrows.
Clodhopper

Been watching these threads, What would keep one from using a steel nail of appropriate sized nail with flat head that can be cut shorter than the case. the lead can still be swaged to expand the case not reaching the cut off nail which will remain upright while the lead is pushed down around it and not extend above the level of swaging.

Bill

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My .22LR > .224 bullets ALREADY "walk" right through 1/4" steel like it was butter.

I can't imagine needing any more than that.

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Church Steel Shoot

Today, 07:30 AM This past Saturday we had our Church Steel Shoot. This is the fourth shoot we have had.
Depending on schedule we do this once or twice a year. I like to do this for our church family
We had our largest group ever with seventeen shooters.
Two adult women shooters, four college shooters of which two were girls, four were Junior High and High School students, and the rest were men.
It was great seeing all of these young people beside their parents shooting.
We shot at distances from around 330 yards to 775 yards.
Twenty targets in all with each person shooting twice at each target.
Targets were yellow or white that have one or two red dots painted (Dots are the size of a lid of a spray paint can).
Points are 1 point per hit and 2 points if you hit the dot. Each shooter engaged 21 targets.
Of those targets, 2 were bonus targets (4 points per hit).
I didn?t shoot, but spotted, called correction, and kept score.
We had two AR?s, a variety of bolt guns, and one SP (My son shot that).
Cartridges: 223 Rem., 243 Win., 25-06, 6.5x47 Lapua, 6.5-284, 264 Win Mag., 270 Win., 7mm SAUM, 308 Win, 300WSM, and 300 Win Mag.
A mother and her teen daughter used my AR-15 with the 6-24 Sightron S-III scope. One of our young married men used my 40X in 308 Winchester with the Mueller scope, and one of the college girls used my LH Rem. 700 in 6.5x47L (She was also left handed) that has the Burris Eliminator 3. I found out afterward her dad helped teach their local 4-H rifle shooting.

High Score was 48. My son took top score. He did well with the 7 SAUM XP-100 (Specialty Pistol).
The college girl who used my 6.5x47L took second. There was quite a bit of interest in the E-3 scope.
A junior high boy who used his dad?s custom 6.5-284 took third.
The man in his late 20?s used my 40X 308 Win took fourth.
Because of schedule conflicts there were 7 who didn?t make it.
Some of the guys who couldn?t make it Saturday plan to go out this week for some ?men?s fellowship time? to pick up the steel.
I can promise you there will be some more shooting at that steel before it gets taken down.

On a side note, while we were setting up, I lasered a hillside with my tri-pod mounted Vectronix Terrapin and it went out to 3036 yards
I am real impressed with this LRF!
I don?t have pics of the shoot yet, but as soon as I get some I will post them.
Everyone had a lot of fun, some picked up a new hobby in LR shooting and shooting guns in general.
I bought a power inverter that I can put in the cigarette lighter or hook up to the battery and took my laptop and printer with me. Made it a lot faster printing up drop charts after chronoing multiple loads.

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Steel media

I am thinking of trying stainless steel media after seeing some of the pictures posted on this site by a member of brass that looks brand new.

Has anyone tried this with a Lyman or a Franklin Arms type brass cleaner? Will it wear one out faster?

On a related note, has anyone used a rock tumbler for a brass cleaner? I read on another forum about a shooter that swore by a metal rock tumbler he bought from Harbor Freight.

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