How do you hang your steel?

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Trying to figure out the best way to hang steel gongs.
I have been using chain, carriage bolts, washers and nylock nuts but the heads of the bolts keep shearing off.

Any recommendations? Let me know what works for you.
 
I got some surplus forestry hose from work. Just looped over itself and bolted to the gongs. Then slide a pipe or wood through depending on the stand. The hose takes alot of hits and doesn't break.
 
what kind of steel? We use X Metal at AFGC and it doesn't have any exposed non hardox parts. Plate rack, dueling trees and silhouette targets
 
I've used bailing wire, zip ties, Velcro cable straps, 1/8 cable, chain, etc. Rubber hose is going to be the best. Stop aiming for the fasteners.
 
If you get the grade 80 transport chain it lasts a little longer
Weld it to the backside of the plate
For pistol anyway..
Rifle is hard as it will destroy anything other that AR plate
 
Thanks for all the replies!

I have 1/2” ar500 plates made by GongJoe. Plates are holding up great but can’t say the same for my fasteners.
Might just be another “cost” of shooting.

When I figure out how to add some photos I will update. I’m new!
 
I have been hanging steel for 25 yrs. @ a gun club. The best is "Chain Savers" from
a company in Alberta. They are strips of AR-500 steel , 1/2" thick , 1" wide & about 12" long.
1/2" holes at both ends. I connect the target with a 1/2" DIA. grade 8 bolt.
Because I hang these these from large dia. rods I make my own hooks to attack to this rod.
Made from 1/4" rod which I shape myself. My shelter includes a RR Tie across the top to
protect that custom hook. Been using this method for 10-15 yrs and never replaced these
chain savers. Just the bolt & hook occasionally. PM me for suppyer of the Chain saver , as I
don't think he advertizes here ?
 
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I've tried most methods listed here but my favorite by far is the keyhole hanger used by Insite Arms on their Titanium Carbide targets. Just drive a t-post in and you're off to the races.
 

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My Cowboy club has over 400 steel targets, all with a 1.5" piece of angle iron welded to the back 4 or 5 inches from the top and these angles are hung on a chicken footed raised T-bar stand made from 1/2" rebar. These targets are mild steel for the old ones but over a 3rd of them are newer cut from AR plate...all are welded with 70-18 rod and we have to reweld 6 or 8 a year but that aint bad for the hundreds of thousands of bullet strikes over the years.

Our Sillywet targets are 6 yrs old and cut from AR400. They all have a swinger hanger welded to the back of them, also 70-18 welded. These targets get hit with a few thousand center fire rifle calibers (majority being 45-70 with 400 or bigger slugs) a year and we have yet to have one weld break on these.
 
Chains and bolts. Cant remember the brand I have (they're yellow), but I think there is bolt recommendations printed right on the back maybe? Same brand also sells the rubber straps and bolts as well as chains and bolts, but its more economical to run to the hardware store and grab the same stuff.
 
I've been on a firehall for almost 14 years.... and we have lots of old hoses that fail annual testing. I'm still on my first 50' roll from years ago. My steel I've been using didn't have holes in it (AR400 cutoffs from industrial use) so I just got a couple 1/2" bolts welded to the back so there is nothing on the front side to get damaged or shot off
 
Garand said:
at a 20 degree angle to control ricochets.
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Disagree, a flat presentation makes for less ricochets and a more controlled spray pattern of fragments. Anything other than flat means you are purposely making stuff come back at you.
 
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