steel core x39 against auto-resetting targets?

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So has anyone shot at an auto-resetting target with an sks or 858? How long do they last?

I was thinking of getting the tripple target version at cabelas but I don't want to dish out $120 just to find out it doesn't hold up against steel core rounds. The site says its good for 9mm-30/06 softpoints.

I also know a guy that wants to build me one for a little cheaper, he wants to use "scandia" steel, I think its tool steel but I could be wrong. Does anyone know if that will hold up better than the store bought version?


plz post pics of your shot-up and mangled resetting targets, if you have :D
 
Where are you finding steel core 7.62x39mm?

In any case I wouldn't try it on steel plates. The cores aren't really meant to be armor piercing; steel is just cheaper than lead. But it has been known to wreck plates pretty well.
 
Beer_drinker said:
So has anyone shot at an auto-resetting target with an sks or 858? How long do they last?

I was thinking of getting the tripple target version at cabelas but I don't want to dish out $120 just to find out it doesn't hold up against steel core rounds. The site says its good for 9mm-30/06 softpoints.

I also know a guy that wants to build me one for a little cheaper, he wants to use "scandia" steel, I think its tool steel but I could be wrong. Does anyone know if that will hold up better than the store bought version?


plz post pics of your shot-up and mangled resetting targets, if you have :D
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There's another solution: use auto resetting targets made out of a self-sealing polymer.
http://www.newboldtargets.com/
In that case, your armor piercing rounds will only make a pin-sized hole in them and they'll last thousands of impacts before needing to be replaced.
We're thinking about buying some for our 100 yards range.
PP. :)
 
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Are you sure about that? Has anyone actually sectioned a bullet to find out?
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yup

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Those were fired through wood, they seperated from the jacket but hardly dented at all.
 
Beer drinker, I was just about to take a picture of the rounds I have (that look very similar to yours) for the thread. That were fired through a quart of wood.
Clearly you beat me to it.
 
justins1877 said:
Beer drinker, I was just about to take a picture of the rounds I have (that look very similar to yours) for the thread. That were fired through a quart of wood.
Clearly you beat me to it.
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impressive, arent they?

Those rounds in the picture have been sent through 19" of hard, dry birch. I couldn't find a live stump thick enough to stop them!
 
Very. Those are nice pictures, specifically the one of the top left. I shot mine into a 10'' thick quart of (pine?) It was kind of cool too, it went through it and make skid marks on the dirt, for about 3.5''. Some of the jackets were completly stripped, others looked almost brand new. (minus a bit of dirt and rifleing marks.)
 
Might be no help at all but my SKS shooting the czech sellier and bellot millsurp stuff (copper jacketed, mild steel core) goes throu 1/4" stainless/regular steel plate 5/16th stops it though but it makes a very large dimple.
 
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PerversPépère said:
There's another solution: use auto resetting targets made out of a self-sealing polymer.
http://www.newboldtargets.com/
In that case, your armor piercing rounds will only make a pin-sized hole in them and they'll last thousands of impacts before needing to be replaced.
We're thinking about buying some for our 100 yards range.
PP. :)
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we use a plastic cardboard like stuff to staple our paper to and the steel makes the smallest hole, some of them even seal back up with a little dimple on the other side. I think the polymer would work great!
 
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