Bench weights as centerfire target plate?

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So I know that this thought process was inspired by something stupid, but bear with me

I've mucked about with a few bits of sheet metal and whatever from the hardware store as plinking plates for my centerfire rifles. Nothing stood up well...

(Here comes the stupid bit...) I was watching the movie 'pain and gain' last night and there's a bit where they have a scuffle in a weight room and one of the guys holds up a bench weight to deflect a bullet.

Obviously you wouldn't normally take any firearms info from a movie as accurate, but this seemed pretty plausible I thought...

Anyone done this? Hoping that buying a decent size weight will work as a plinking plate that will stand up to some .30 cal fire.

Thoughts?

[Norton]

Get whatever the smallest weight is you can that's an inch think and I think you'd be right for a little while at least.

Usually soft metal though those weights though... How long it will last depends on your load I guess.

[Hercl]

Get whatever the smallest weight is you can that's an inch think and I think you'd be right for a little while at least.

Usually soft metal though those weights though... How long it will last depends on your load I guess.

I think you're looking at at least a 15kg weight before they are that thick.

About $40 for that much weight, not exactly cheap if you're burning through them

[Harts]

About $40 for that much weight, not exactly cheap if you're burning through them

Yer... You'd want them to last at $40 a pop.

[inervate]

Yer... You'd want them to last at $40 a pop.

I just couldn't be bothered lugging them to the range, lol.

[bunnybuster]

The ones I have seen are cast iron which will probably handle a 308 [depends on the quality of the iron] but there is a hole in the centre hmmmm?

Hard targets are prone to splashbacks, and might not be range legal.

BB!

[Grated]

The ones I have seen are cast iron which will probably handle a 308 [depends on the quality of the iron] but there is a hole in the centre hmmmm?

I reckon it would be right...

The whole's about 25mm or something right? If you got a 20cm weight there'd still be plenty of metal to plink

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Picked up 20kg weight off the side of the road that someone was chucking out.

Time to put it to the test

[Aster]

Might as well put all those weight sets everyone gives up on to use I guess

[Sakoh]

Might as well put all those weight sets everyone gives up on to use I guess

Guilty

Post back with how the weights go Seconds. Maybe I can get rid of mine this way

[Warrigul]

So I know that this thought process was inspired by something stupid, but bear with me

I've mucked about with a few bits of sheet metal and whatever from the hardware store as plinking plates for my centerfire rifles. Nothing stood up well...

(Here comes the stupid bit...) I was watching the movie 'pain and gain' last night and there's a bit where they have a scuffle in a weight room and one of the guys holds up a bench weight to deflect a bullet.

Obviously you wouldn't normally take any firearms info from a movie as accurate, but this seemed pretty plausible I thought...

Anyone done this? Hoping that buying a decent size weight will work as a plinking plate that will stand up to some .30 cal fire.

Thoughts?

Head to your nearest scrappy or even better a local welding or engineering firm, they usually have steel offcuts.

I use inch plate cut from the center of flanges, anything up to 8 inches in diameter, for targets, they last and cost me a carton a year.

[Lorgar]

oohsam posted these a while ago - http://stsonline.com.au/200mDiamond.html

"12mm Bisalloy 500 grade hardened steel"

Takes a 30-06 without a dent apparently...

Something for if the weight doesn't work out anyway.