My calipers measure it at 0.276", a tad over a quarter inch. I'll hang it on the hundred yard line, between my A500 targets and my mild steel targets. We'll see how it holds up. If it does well, I might have a supply for hard steel scrap pieces.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
316 Stainless
I've got an acquaintance who works in a metal shop and he saw me fooling about with steel targets. I've done some favors for him in the past and yesterday he dropped by with a freebie. This guy's shop makes high-end metal products with demanding applications and he had some scrap steel that he thought I might be able to use as a target.
That's a 10-inch disk of what he calls 316 stainless. He says that it is hard, and tough. "We have to use special tools to cut that material. A normal drill bit won't cut it, and we had to cut those holes on the plasma table. It will destroy a standard grinding wheel." He thinks that it will make good target material, and I'm willing to fling bullets at it. It's a freebie, after all.
My calipers measure it at 0.276", a tad over a quarter inch. I'll hang it on the hundred yard line, between my A500 targets and my mild steel targets. We'll see how it holds up. If it does well, I might have a supply for hard steel scrap pieces.
My calipers measure it at 0.276", a tad over a quarter inch. I'll hang it on the hundred yard line, between my A500 targets and my mild steel targets. We'll see how it holds up. If it does well, I might have a supply for hard steel scrap pieces.
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5 comments:
It should work pretty well, it's actually got a higher tensile strength than A500.
That's a 10" S/S blind flang, about $80-$90 worth of target.
If it's out of spec., it's scrap. Shooting it full of dents won't lessen the value a whit. Busting it into bits won't either. I'm waiting with bated breath to see the results of bullet wounds on it.
Gerry N.
Termite's right.
I use the stuff all the time, working in a salt-water environment.
That baby's gonna hold up to whatever you throw at it.
Make sure you post pictures.
It's nasty thing to cut, but I'm thinking that a quarter inch of it won't stand up long to high power rifles.
MC
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