Dekers Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) I was been sarcastic more than anything. im hearing off more people that it will pass through 10mm steel at 100 yards but these same people think the hmr wudnt kill a fox at that range. I cant imagine it doing much damage either. not even to half the thickness you used at 150 yards. Most of this is .243, the scratch at top right is a 17g HMR V-Max, once again 12mm steel plate at 100 yards FIRMLY supported. Edited June 26, 2013 by Dekers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) theres no risk of injuring a steel plate though found the very post, my memory serves me correct http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/topic/122331-how-thick-does-my-protection-need-to-be/?hl=%2B10mm+%2Bsteel+%2Bplate&do=findComment&comment=1054989 post 7 from EE, nice chap see no reason why he would want to tell tails now some time back i watched a guy on the range putting a .222 through steel plate dangling on a string at 100 yard plus, the plate didn't even twitch so i'd not be too surprised with what EE has said Anyone who suggests HMR will go clean through 10mm steel plate, even at close range, has been on the happy pills, doesn't matter how nice a person they are! See my picture above, ok, that's 12mm Industrial steel and 100 yards, but hardly a scratch, do you really think a HMR will make any significant difference point blank and on 10mm steel? You will perhaps notice that the .243 at circa 8x the power of the HMR did NOT make it through the steel at all, so it is a more than serious stretch of the imagination to think HMR will go clean through 10mm steel! Edited June 26, 2013 by Dekers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 I have seen the 17hmr go through a 3mm plate I've used to armour plate a squirrel feeder, but it didn't have enough energy left to penetrate the 25mm timber backing. That was at 60 metres. I think 5 or 6 mm at reasonable ranges would be OK. IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deiseboy Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 I have seen the 17hmr go through a 3mm plate I've used to armour plate a squirrel feeder, but it didn't have enough energy left to penetrate the 25mm timber backing. That was at 60 metres. I think 5 or 6 mm at reasonable ranges would be OK. IMHO. Yeah and this will be around 150-200 so i really cant see it going through it. just have to find an optimum thickness and range where it will flip the duelling tree targets over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepasty Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 this is what I did... Go to a steel merchants and buy a load of off cuts of varying thickness's then go shoot the **** out of them .... off cuts are sold as scrap value and costs pennies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traztaz Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 OOps, sorry to thoes of you that asked about caliber, its .308 winchester. Silly me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) i use an air rifle pop up crow target with my hmr, it's 10g (3mm) it's dented but not badly, but nothing has gone through it. i even tried blasting it at about 2foot after EE's post about the "10mm" plate story, still didn't go through Edited June 27, 2013 by Paddy Galore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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