Banging steel plates....

[Blacky Montana]

Hey guys,
Although im a stock holder at one of our local gun clubs, its still about a 40 to 45 minute ride from my house. So since i have 100 acres which is mostly wooded, ive started building my own pistol range in the woods. Ive been clearing three shooting lanes. One is 20 to 25 yards, another 30 to 35 yards, and the third is between 75 to 100 yards. I plan on having different 1/2" AR500 metal plates & gongs on each lane. Anyone who has ever shot metal knows that distinct metal clang from a good hit. Anyway, just for the fun of it. If you wanted to hit the 100 yard hard with a handgun, what would be your bullet choice? Hot load 45 Colt, 44 Mag, 480 Ruger, ....etc.

Blacky

[Camper64]

Lookup hickok45 on youtube. He hits a long range gong with about anything.

[Wheelguns 1961]

The one with the highest velocity will suffer the least gravitational drop. They will all bang a gong hard.

[jmort]

Lookup hickok45 on youtube. He hits a long range gong with about anything.

He do do that
With anything

[Blacky Montana]

Oh yes.. Ive watched many many of his vids. Personally i envy his shooting range and alk the awesome firearms he gets to shoot...lol

[ubetcha]

hey guys,
although im a stock holder at one of our local gun clubs, its still about a 40 to 45 minute ride from my house. So since i have 100 acres which is mostly wooded, ive started building my own pistol range in the woods. Ive been clearing three shooting lanes. One is 20 to 25 yards, another 30 to 35 yards, and the third is between 75 to 100 yards. I plan on having different 1/2" ar500 metal plates & gongs on each lane. Anyone who has ever shot metal knows that distinct metal clang from a good hit. Anyway, just for the fun of it. If you wanted to hit the 100 yard hard with a handgun, what would be your bullet choice? Hot load 45 colt, 44 mag, 480 ruger, ....etc.

Blacky

i'm jealous

[Ickisrulz]

Lookup hickok45 on youtube. He hits a long range gong with about anything.


Hickok45 is a good shot, but he's not really shooting long range. His farthest gong is 80 yards from where he is shooting. It just looks longer on the videos.

[Blacky Montana]

Still a nice range.. He has a fortune in steel..lol

[reddog81]

My favorite for shooting the 100 yard gong at the local range is my S&W 929 9mm revolver. It's got a Vortex Venom red dot sight on it which helps at 100. I just aim for the top of the metal plate and can regularly get 6 out of 8 hits on the plate. I'm not sure if it's 8", 10" or 12"... I need to measure it sometime.

I've tried my .460 XVR a couple of times. With the iron sights it was kind of difficult and with a scope it was fairly easy. I need to get more practice with the iron sights.

With long distance handgun shooting it takes a lot of practice to get good. It also really helps to start at 25 and see where you're hitting, then move to 50 yards and see where you're hitting and then move out to 100 yards. If your not on target at 50 yards there's no reason to even try at 100.

[Tackleberry41]

I have an electrical easement to shoot down the length of. Can get 450yds easy. Had some gongs hanging from a thick chain between 2 of the poles, but the chain did not last long. need to build something to hang them from. But you do know when you make a hit.

[Blacky Montana]

Yep.. i use to shoot long range with my 45-70. Out to 600 yards you could clearly hear that big 405gr hit..lol

[CraigOK]

I have an electrical easement to shoot down the length of. Can get 450yds easy. Had some gongs hanging from a thick chain between 2 of the poles, but the chain did not last long. need to build something to hang them from. But you do know when you make a hit.

We had luck with some conveyor belt type material. Local range uses retired fire hose

[LUCKYDAWG13]

my favorite steel to hit at 100 yards 229307

[TCLouis]

Shoot enough and any on your list will work!

[Tom W.]

I used to shoot clay pigeons @ 100 yards standing up when I had a .480 I had a 2x Leupold on it.

Yup, I foolishly traded it......

[contender1]

I own a range. I have a fair amount of steel too. And,, I'm currently preparing for an upcoming elk hunt. How? By shooting at a 6" steel plate,, at different distances,, out to 100 yds.
I use powder coated, cast slugs,, Miha 454-640, 280 grn, in my 45 Colt. Moderate load, and I ring it a LOT!

[Rodfac]

We use railroad tie plates here on our farm. Most are roughly 8x15" or so, some smaller and all are good practice with a handgun. The spike holes make them easy to suspend or, in our case angle against a pair of electric fence rods bent in an 'h' shape. We shoot from 25 yds as a rough minimum to minimize splash back, but they're a challenge from 50 yds on out. Walk along any railroad track, especially if they've replaced some cross ties, and you'll soon find all you can use. Walmart sells flat black spray paint for $.96 each, which lasts quite a while repainting them. Best regards, Rod

[gunarea]

229330 Lawnsteel targets range from 45yds to 75yds(occasionally further depending on the facility) and the size goes from a seven inch circle to an IMHSA scale ram. The players are restricted to sub-sonic velocities and only iron sights are permitted. Hitting a target is not the extent of the game however. An engaged target must be rendered inviable for the engagement to be considered successful. There are sixty five specific targets in a sanctioned Lawnsteel game. Although the larger targets are easier to hit, they are also much more difficult to topple. A 160gr projectile going 810fps must strike a Turkey target in the neck/head in order to topple it. With these ballistic parameters, mild steel targets endure tens of thousands hits.

229331 These targets are now over twenty years old. Fired upon four times a day, two days a week.

Our motto is "You don't have to ****em up, just knockem down".

Roy

[hc18flyer]

I have an electrical easement to shoot down the length of. Can get 450yds easy. Had some gongs hanging from a thick chain between 2 of the poles, but the chain did not last long. need to build something to hang them from. But you do know when you make a hit.

If you use a piece of 1 1/4" wide x 1/4" thick angle iron welded to one link, it will deflect any bullets and protect your chain. Works great, hc18flyer

[Wheelguns 1961]

Gunarea, that looks like a whole lotta fun!

[Silvercreek Farmer]

Big, slow boolits give a nice delay before a big clang. Once you find your hold at a given range, trajectory is not an issue. I was able to hit a 12x12" plate at 300 yards several times out of a couple cylinders worth with my open sighted 44 mag revolver. We were in a drought and misses made a big dust cloud making it possible to walk it in. The range has since gotten rid of the plate due to safety concerns and maintenance issues, so I just ordered an 18 inch gong for the house. Action Targets has a 15% off sale going. I've had a 8" plate at the house for several years. I like to hit it then back up until it gets hard. Yesterday, I was able to go 5/5 at 25 yards, offhand, with a 3" SP101. My buddy popped it with a 308 at 100 yards. Left a divot the size of a pinhead that you wouldn't even notice if I didn't tell you it was there. AR500 is some tough stuff!

[gunarea]

Hey Wheelguns 1961

In this section of the forum, wheelguns pistols and hand cannons, is the thread International Lawnsteel shooting. When you have a good spell of sit down time, give it a read. The thread follows a shooter from his first moment of "What the heck is it" to a point where he realizes the addiction has consumed him. Lawnsteel does not suffer from any pretense, it is a GAME. The participants are shooters who play this game. The handguns are considered as equipment, not weapons. This is the only shooting game where laughter is a legitimate alibi.

Our newest shooter has been playing Lawnsteel for three months now and is competent enough to engage Turkey targets with full intention of hitting it in the head. She does it at a range of seventy yards with open sights. When you come to Florida, everyone comes to Florida, try some Lawnsteel. By the way, first taste is always free.

Roy

[Silver Jack Hammer]

The one with the highest velocity will suffer the least gravitational drop. They will all bang a gong hard.

Gravitational drop is a constant unaffected by velocity.

[Wheelguns 1961]

Gravitational drop is a constant unaffected by velocity.

If the bullet gets to the target faster, gravity will have less time to affect it!

Gunarea, I will certainly check it out. Thanks, sadly as with most of these fun games, I am pretty sure they will not be available in my area, but I will check it out. Retirement in 3yrs.

[Silver Jack Hammer]

229398
If the bullet gets to the target faster, gravity will have less time to affect it!

Gunarea, I will certainly check it out. Thanks, sadly as with most of these fun games, I am pretty sure they will not be available in my area, but I will check it out. Retirement in 3yrs.

If the bullet gets there faster, then time will have less effect on the bullet. Here locally, gravity is a constant. I’ve uploaded an image of our range, we have steel at 200, 300, 400 and 500 yards. This picture was not taken laying down, for some reason when I upload pics my pics get rotated.

That is 550 yards is farthest target. We have monthly matches.

[smkummer]

My favorite for shooting the 100 yard gong at the local range is my S&W 929 9mm revolver. It's got a Vortex Venom red dot sight on it which helps at 100. I just aim for the top of the metal plate and can regularly get 6 out of 8 hits on the plate. I'm not sure if it's 8", 10" or 12"... I need to measure it sometime.

I second this. What I shoot the most at 100 yards is plusP 38 in my many 6” revolvers. They are all sighted in for 6 o’clock hold at 25 and I just aim at the top 1/3 of the plate at 100 yards. I like my plates painted orange because of my black sight. And you don’t need 1/2” AR plates, 3/8” works fine. With my single actions, I greatly prefer my 7 1/2” at 100 yards. Standard 45 colt velocity gives a very satisfying bang/ ting combination as does 44 special. Again, just aim towards the top of the 12” plate. I shoot 3 or 4 times a month and load on a progressive press. At 57, I find shooting standard calibers so much more enjoying for range sessions that may burn through 150 rounds than firing big bore magnums.

Sounds like your place will be the hit place with your shooting friends.

[Plate plinker]

Any serviceable firearms will do. 100 yards is not that far.

[Italia1825]

Jealous, real nice set up


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