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- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
No, I've been hitting my 8" ar500 gongs with x39 & x54r with no reall damage to speak of. Last trip out I put 200 rounds into one with the sks.
Cheap non corrosive X39 lead cores?
- Thread starter Slamfyre
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No, I've been hitting my 8" ar500 gongs with x39 & x54r with no reall damage to speak of. Last trip out I put 200 rounds into one with the sks.
One issue with steel core and steel (or bimetal) jacket is that they throw sparks when hitting a steel target, depending on the range that can be a fire hazard
To be fair it was a sub club event where participants came in from several different gun clubs. Most of the targets were paper and there was no objection to using steel cores here. There was one stage of the match that was all steel plates but it called for a minimum of 11 rounds and maximum of 20 rounds. There was also another stage that had one gong that only called for two hits on it. They asked for lead core for their gongs. So I bought 3 boxes of Barnaul for this and it sufficed.
After the match and while doing cleanup, I was commenting with another participant that my AR500 gongs seem to be taking x39 steel core hits without showing much damage. His comment was that the volume of fire that my personal gongs take is probably much less than that of the club's.
I think that everything damages over time. One of my gongs is cracking and chipping now and it's never had much steel core shot at it. But it's been shot A LOT.
Just picked up 7500 rounds of Chinese x39 and I assume it's steel core. I'll be interested to see what the outcome is after the summer of shooting.
Just picked up 7500 rounds of Chinese x39 and I assume it's steel core. I'll be interested to see what the outcome is after the summer of shooting.
The non corrosive Chinese x39 that you can get from lever arms does indeed have a steel core. I took the time to pull a bullet, put it on the bench vise, and hacksaw it longitudinally to separate steel jacket, lead filler, and steel core.
