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 AR500 targets in DFW?
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02/07/17 09:12 PM
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Anyone know where to get some big AR500 1/2" targets around Dallas? At least 10x10 size.
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Re: AR500 targets in DFW?
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02/07/17 09:17 PM
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Send PitchforkPredator a PM he knows a guy who makes great steel plates and I believe he is a forum member as well
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Re: AR500 targets in DFW?
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02/07/17 09:23 PM
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Judd
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www.fieldandcaveoutfitters.comGuy that owns this is in South Dallas, probably not to far from you. Great dude and a super product...his name is Travis...tell him Judd said hello.
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Re: AR500 targets in DFW?
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02/07/17 09:31 PM
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Just sharing of experience.
500 yards and less, 1/2" is the way. 3/8" just doesn't hold up. At least not as much as mine get shot.
Beyond 500 yards, 3/8" AR 500 works just fine. On my range they have been shot with everything from .223 to .338 Lapua Mag, and everything in between. The 600 yard to 800 yard targets have zero damage.
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Re: AR500 targets in DFW?
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02/07/17 10:02 PM
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Thanks guys, left a message for Travis.
1/2" for small close targets and 3/8 for big further out targets, thanks!
I wonder if 1/2" will hold up to 50bmg at 1k.
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Re: AR500 targets in DFW?
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02/07/17 10:59 PM
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Re: AR500 targets in DFW?
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02/07/17 11:03 PM
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If you plan on shooting pistols 3/8 are good close if you use 1/2 for pistols it will ricochet.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke
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Re: AR500 targets in DFW?
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02/07/17 11:56 PM
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www.fieldandcaveoutfitters.comThese are the same guys...Travis Frazier...good dude. He's spun up the field and cave to be a little different than the family business.
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Re: AR500 targets in DFW?
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02/08/17 12:23 AM
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If you plan on shooting pistols 3/8 are good close if you use 1/2 for pistols it will ricochet. Can you elaborate on this? Haven't done much steel shooting with handguns, and am curious why this would be the case...
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Re: AR500 targets in DFW?
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02/08/17 12:39 AM
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If you plan on shooting pistols 3/8 are good close if you use 1/2 for pistols it will ricochet. I find this implausible. I've shot both, in close, and as long as the steel is allowed to swing back, there are no ricochets.
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Re: AR500 targets in DFW?
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02/08/17 03:06 AM
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Re: AR500 targets in DFW?
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02/08/17 03:16 AM
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Thinking back it was 22 that ricochet. But either way the 1/2 is still over kill for standard pistol calibers. Shoot up to 454 with no issues on the 3/8 of denting or anything like that.
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Re: AR500 targets in DFW?
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02/08/17 12:30 PM
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Re: AR500 targets in DFW?
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02/08/17 03:00 PM
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Yep, I just bought a 24 inch 3/8 target from Joseph for my 1000 yard range. Great guy to do business with and he puts out a quality product.
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02/08/17 07:26 PM
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Yep, I just bought a 24 inch 3/8 target from Joseph for my 1000 yard range. Great guy to do business with and he puts out a quality product. Joe's the guy
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