Thumpersniper Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 I Used a girder as a (primary) backstop (big hill behind too) while zeroing my .22-250 today. I zeroed at 200 yards and couldnt beleive the actual penetration of the steel... I was using some Remington soft point and cheap Magtech softpoints. The bullets penetrated about half way through the 1/2" steel leaving almost a splash of curf and a perfect hole and the bullets were stopped dead (some still in the hole, some on the ground in front of the girder). How does lead penetrate steel? I thought it would shatter and leave a dent. I wouldnt shoot steel with solid points (dont have any solid ammo but wouldnt anyway) even though I hear people do at a local rifle range during competitions etc, would they penetrate further or ricochet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marky123 Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 I Used a girder as a (primary) backstop (big hill behind too) while zeroing my .22-250 today. I zeroed at 200 yards and couldnt beleive the actual penetration of the steel... I was using some Remington soft point and cheap Magtech softpoints. The bullets penetrated about half way through the 1/2" steel leaving almost a splash of curf and a perfect hole and the bullets were stopped dead (some still in the hole, some on the ground in front of the girder). How does lead penetrate steel? I thought it would shatter and leave a dent. I wouldnt shoot steel with solid points (dont have any solid ammo but wouldnt anyway) even though I hear people do at a local rifle range during competitions etc, would they penetrate further or ricochet? I made a knockdown target out of 1/4" plate and 22 vmaxes out of my 222 went straight through from 200yds.I could hear the jacket ricochetting off to who knows where and did'nt shoot it after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 You need hardened steel plate as gongs. I had a 10mm thick plate, at 570 yards a 6.5x47 almost went through it !!. Just underlines the need for ultra safe backstops when using rifles. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popgun Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 I put a barnes copper bullet through 1/2" steel plate from my .270 at 100 yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 (edited) 12mm steel plate, all shots from 100yards!! Back and then front! Edited November 14, 2010 by Dekers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Help..re pics above, can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong and why these come up so big...Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicykillgaz Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Help..re pics above, can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong and why these come up so big...Cheers i shrink mine using microsoft picture manager, i usually store the pics off my camera using 'adobe photoshop' so i look in pictures on my pc select the 'adobe' file find the right pictue i want, then i right click the picture before importing it from 'my pictures' and click on 'open with' then click on microsoft picture manager and right click again and select edit then you can choose a size to shrink it to in one of the dropdown box's i think its about the forth size from the top i usually select. hope this helps i'm not great with computers so probably made it sound harder than it is. atb gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katash Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Why you should never shoot at steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 i used a pallet of old railway sleepers to zero my 6.5x55, went straight thru 9" timber and buried itself 1" into the next. Couldn't get my 22-250 to go thru 1/2" steel plate tho, was using 50gr norma ballistic tips and 50gr remi soft points, only managed 3/8" steel chequer plate and burned straight thru. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Why you should never shoot at steel. Seen it many a time, was he the unluckiest guy alive or the luckiest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 If .223 does this to steel, what does it do to muntjac or other small game? It would be like shooting through a wet paper bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Help..re pics above, can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong and why these come up so big...Cheers They would come up even bigger if it hadn't have already compressed them. Rather than saving them on what little space you get on PW, just upload the images to a hosting site, such as Tinypic.com and you can choose the display size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.Gnun Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Why you should never shoot at steel. NAHHHHHHH ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 even though I hear people do at a local rifle range during competitions etc, would they penetrate further or ricochet? Some clubs have steel plate shooting,but often restricted to 38special with lead rounds to prevent ricochets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snozzer Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 How does lead penetrate steel? I thought it would shatter and leave a dent. Kinetic energy. Look up "long rod penetrators" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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