What would be a good size gong to shoot at 1km?

The bigger the better. Misses teach as much as hits, but only if you know where they went. You can always paint smaller aiming points on, and multiple aiming points will save some trips down range.
 
I have always found 1/2" AR500 plate to be the best combination between weight, strength, and noise.

Sometimes when conditions are less than perfect, it helps to have a loud gong downrange to let you know you hit, versus a massive thick plate produces a deeper thwack noise that is easier to miss.
 
Evil_Dark said:
Yesterday I've tried my HARDOX500 target, a 8" gong 1/2 thick with my 30-06 at 15 feet... Not a signle recess or scratch!!! This steel is kinda hard! ;) But no really long range skills here hehe

Si I will do myself a 12" gong, I think that 3/8 thick with the same steel will be enough, right?Evil_Dark
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You'd think so wouldn't you? We broke a 3/8" AR 500 IPSC silhouette at 800 yards the other day. A couple too many headshots, a few too many 300 grain SMKs, a sharp corner for a crack to start and presto, a two piece target.:(
 
j_06 said:
Haha your nuts! 30-06 at 5 yards!
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Well, I wanted to test the steel resistance... A torture test ;)
I'm uste to 3/8 normal steel, and the 30-06 goes through without problems, like a drill. Was impressive to see that there were not a scratch at 15 feets!! The plate was inclined downward to send the debris on the ground.

Evil_Dark
 
Higher chance to hit at 1km with the less wind. Try shooting in early morning or late afternoon when the wind is calm.

Then when you become expert in tight groups, try shooting at 30km/hr wind. :)
 
Ok, here's what I made for my loooong range shooting AR500 gong:



Haha :) Big enough ! But this thing is heavy as hell...

Dark
 
The max distance we will have available on my land for summer 2016 will be 700 metres...

16X16 plus a regular paper target stand for that distance should be fun... JP.
 
Depends on your wind reading ability. Most guys here "shoot 0.5MOA all day long". I would be willing to say that those same guys don't hold 1MOA "all day long" out past 1000m when wind is present.

Really depends where you shoot. I've shot 800m on an 8" plate with a variable wind; within the span of 10 minutes had every wind call from 0.5 mils to 3.4 mils. or a 0.4m to 2.7m hold off. On a calm day, that same 8" gets boring fast.
 
We'll, I've taken the advice of having a big plate to see where I hit to help adjust the next shot. I can put a small circle in the middle.

This target is the result of an error on the scaling of my CAD drawing conversion to DWG... After the cut was done, It was too late... So i'll keep it, the AR500 material is so expensive!

Dark
 
Evil_Dark said:
We'll, I've taken the advice of having a big plate to see where I hit to help adjust the next shot. I can put a small circle in the middle.

This target is the result of an error on the scaling of my CAD drawing conversion to DWG... After the cut was done, It was too late... So i'll keep it, the AR500 material is so expensive!

Dark
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Plus, if push comes to shove, you could lop the head off and then cut the target in half at the waste=two torso sized gongs and a small square gong to set up at different distances..... No more material, just labour to cut.
 
In my opinion, it totally depends on your background. Go 1 moa if you've got a background conducive to showing misses, larger if it'll be used in a place where you can't see them.
 
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