Thread: .22 gongs

Those ones I made from 3mm mild are still going well and we have one at 7m for the kids to warm up on ,I found with these swinging targets they deflect well into the ground with 22lr.nice work on those targets BF

Originally Posted by Neckshot

Those ones I made from 3mm mild are still going well and we have one at 7m for the kids to warm up on ,I found with these swinging targets they deflect well into the ground with 22lr.nice work on those targets BF

Yea just reading your post I figure being hinged at the top upon impact they'll tilt back deflecting it into the ground aye

I made some out of 3mm mild steel a few years back, and from 50 yards the 22 was going straight through.
I then ended up with some 8mm mild steel which did the trick.
I've shoot them from less than 10 yards and not had any thing bounce back at me. I usually go no closer than 25 though, but even a 50 the bullets tend to completely flatten them selves and removing 99% of possibility for a ricochet.

I had either 6mm or 8mm mild steel plates I shoot with my 223 with 69 SMK at 100yards, and to my surprise I was left with some nice holes drilled right through the middle.
I was impressed by the little 223. And the 55gr SPs were making a very substantial dent in them.

For sure each two there own
The joys of the forum is that everyone has there own ideas.
I just don't think you should shoot steel at 10m with anything....it will only take one two kill you
What's wrong with paper or cans up close? Sure steel at 30 with 22 or 200 with a centre fire


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This is quite old now but still worth the view again .50 Cal ricochet knocks off earmuffs. - YouTube

Plus we are discussing 22RFs here but the scaling distance to calibre/power probably comes out similar.

So this thread dosnt get ruined with bullshit heres is some of the stuff my young fulla got up to this arvo.
50m at two cut outs 5mm mild steel.Im teaching him to set himself up safely and to get himself into his shooting position and to shoot sighters and so on and making the wepon safe after he has finished.its very rewarding to do this sort of thing with him.

This made up what was a pretty good arvo.

I once witnessed a very large and powerful hunting cartridge ricochet off of a m/s plate at about 40y and come back over our heads. Scary stuff.
On inspection of the plate it had all but fully penetrate the 10-12mm plate leaving a massive crater in the plate which had basically let the bullet turn itself inside out and back out the crater,If it had been a hard plate the bullet would have had no choice but to flatten and disintegrate.
I beleive it can be done safely at close range,but the plate must be thick and hard enough to not deform at all with the cartridge being used,and the plate must be set or hung on an angle deflecting downward which is easy enough to acheive by welding hanging mounts to the back of the plate so it naturally leans forward.
Not an issue with long range plates as the bullet will almost always arrive at the plate on a downward angle.

This is a neat video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfDoQwIAaXg

Originally Posted by Neckshot

So this thread dosnt get ruined with bullshit heres is some of the stuff my young fulla got up to this arvo.
50m at two cut outs 5mm mild steel.Im teaching him to set himself up safely and to get himself into his shooting position and to shoot sighters and so on and making the wepon safe after he has finished.its very rewarding to do this sort of thing with him.
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This made up what was a pretty good arvo.

Awesome
Good two see the old range finder is still alive.


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Awesome Neckshot. Great age to get his muscle memory going, teach him to get right in directly behind for when you upgrade to larger calibres.
Teach him now and his body will never forget.

Awesome to see parents spending quality time with the kids.

Went out this arvo to try out the plates, no ricochet and only small dents, the wooden bases were scatterd with lead fragments so pretty confident they were safe even though I had them set up at 80 and 120.




And before some one tells me off for shooting on a road its a dead end forestry track.

Missus wanted to see what all the fuss was about!!!!!
So my Two boys 10 and 6 took mum to the range..........................She cleaned them up and now I could have started something.

Great to see Neckshot. The whole family having fun with firearms.