I got bored of shooting at hand-drawn bullseyes so I decided I wanted some steel for plinking. I looked at some websites and thought prices were reasonable, but knew I could do better. Since these won't see any centerfire rifle impacts, I decided go with generic mild steel instead of AR500 or 550. Will it last as long? No. But it should hold up just fine to 9mm, based on the research I did online. I went down to my local fab shop this morning. I just had them shear me a few pieces of 6" x 8", 1/2" thick steel. Then had him pop a 3/4" hole in each one. I gave him $10 more than he asked for them, and was still much cheaper than anything online I found.
I didn't know how I wanted to mount them so I spent some time wandering around and staring in the rafters of the garage, just brainstorming. Behind the garage I found an old shepherd hook thingamabob. All I had to do was heat and bend a the outside hooks a bit and attach the plates to the crossbar. Bada bing bada boom.
Gave her 25 rounds on a test run and she held up just fine. *Warning...anyone shooting at steel targets, ALWAYS wear eye protection. All it takes is one piece of shrapnel to blow back and ruin your day.*
I didn't know how I wanted to mount them so I spent some time wandering around and staring in the rafters of the garage, just brainstorming. Behind the garage I found an old shepherd hook thingamabob. All I had to do was heat and bend a the outside hooks a bit and attach the plates to the crossbar. Bada bing bada boom.
Gave her 25 rounds on a test run and she held up just fine. *Warning...anyone shooting at steel targets, ALWAYS wear eye protection. All it takes is one piece of shrapnel to blow back and ruin your day.*