Seeing/hearing targets at 200 yards.

Maple57 said:
I would suggest that you hang the steel target from a strip of rubber.

That way the plate will move and the direction it reacts will provide visual feedback as to where the impact was.
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Down side with rubber it absorbs the vibration, dampening the ting.. Hence why I added the cow bell in the back of mine.

Goto fire stations and ask if they got old fire hose, that they are getting rid of. I got a 25ft hose doing so.
 
OkayShooter said:
Down side with rubber it absorbs the vibration, dampening the ting.. Hence why I added the cow bell in the back of mine.

Goto fire stations and ask if they got old fire hose, that they are getting rid of. I got a 25ft hose doing so.
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We have a couple targets hanging from rubber at about 270 yards and we don't need to hear it since we can easily see it. We might be able to hear it, but off the top of my head I don't remember. I never really cared since I can see it.

Keep in mind that close targets are impacted while the shot is still ringing in the air, so that can make it hard to hear the impact.

A little farther out targets are easier to hear because of the speed of sound delay, but too far is hard to hear because, well its too far.
 
The key to hearing steel plates at those ranges is to have the thinnest metal possible, and it'll act like a gong. We use a 6x6 or 8x8 steel plate in 3/16" thickness.



 
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