Swanny10 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 So I am looking for a AR500 silhouette 2/3, 66%, A-C zone, or whatever you want to call it. I will be using it for 9 and 223. Who has the best deals on such a thing currently? I don't need a stand. Is there a significant advantage to using 1/2" instead of 3/8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mitch Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 GT Targets 1/2" will last a lot longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swanny10 Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Anyone have experience with AR500-targets .com? They are only 3/8 I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsand Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 1/2" can be used for high power rifles too (at appropriate distance obviously).Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Donald Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Check out MOA targets I have a bunch of the 95% C zones, they are $100 each and ship free on orders over $150. Mine are 3/8" stand up well to 223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swanny10 Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 3 hours ago, The Donald said: Check out MOA targets I have a bunch of the 95% C zones, they are $100 each and ship free on orders over $150. Mine are 3/8" stand up well to 223 Okay so I went to the website. I can't find the targets you are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swanny10 Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 4 hours ago, Swanny10 said: Okay so I went to the website. I can't find the targets you are talking about. My bad I found it. I was looking for a pic of it. For some reason there isn't one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 If just for pistol, normal pistol like 9mm (minor), .40S&W, and .45ACP, 3/8ths thick AR500 will do just fine. I am in southern Illinois, so I have not been able to test the targets I used to make against a centerfire rifle like .223 and 7.62X39. I got in a bad batch of AR500 once that I sold to SWAT team friend. I ended up buying the targets back because his .223 and .308 were zipping right through it. Those were 3/8ths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbu Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 3/8" is too thin for .223 as others have said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssanders224 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 9 minutes ago, johnbu said: 3/8" is too thin for .223 as others have said. I have quite a few 3/8" AR500 targets that have thousands of rounds of 223 on them. They are fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssanders224 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Chills1994 said: If just for pistol, normal pistol like 9mm (minor), .40S&W, and .45ACP, 3/8ths thick AR500 will do just fine. I am in southern Illinois, so I have not been able to test the targets I used to make against a centerfire rifle like .223 and 7.62X39. I got in a bad batch of AR500 once that I sold to SWAT team friend. I ended up buying the targets back because his .223 and .308 were zipping right through it. Those were 3/8ths. Heck, for standard non magnum pistol loads, I have targets made out of non abrasion resistant steels that have held up just fine. I know I have some "A" zone targets that are A514, that have a few years worth of practicing on them... with no substantial cratering. A36 is a no go though. If I was manufacturing steel targets from AR500, I'd want a mill test report on any material I was using. Because like you, I've seen "AR500" targets behave like mild steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I made my own circular plates out of 1/2" thick A36 years ago. They held up fine to .45ACP. .223 and .30-06 at 100 and 200 yards cratered them badly...well, just one of them. I think the last AR500 targets that I had my steel supplier plasmaCAM or torchCAM out for me were: A. Not really AR500 Or B. The heat affected them too much. They were meant to look like a "Mickey Mouse ears" profile or silhouette such that the "ears" had holes in them to hang them from chains. I kinda got a weird feeling about those targets when I picked them up. I should have paid attention to my spidey senses. For me, just a guy building them on the side, the thought of the liability involved should something catastrophic happen was keeping me up at night. So those were the last "AR500" targets I sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1911builder Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 do you have access to tools that will allow you to make your own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkymonkey1111 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 these work just fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preeber Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I have GT 8" plates that I have shot over 10K rounds on with 9mm with no damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsipd Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Check out Best Targets in Mooresville NC. They have lots of different steel targets. Reasonable prices tooSent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremyc_1999 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 For pistol you can get away with AR400. I shoot 1/4" AR400 plates with my pistols (9mm, 10mm, 40 S&W, 38 Super Comp, 45 ACP) and have no cratering. I shoot 3/8" AR400 with high powered rifles out past 300 yards. I have 1/2" AR500 C zone targets that I shoot as close as you want to chance it with 5.56/223. We cut them out with a high def plasma table. I have had the AR 500 have nicks on the edge when shot with 223/5.56 from close range. I work for a steel fabrication company and all of the steel has mill certs (which is something I don't think a lot of these target makers have for their steel) but you should be fine with 1/2" or 3/8" AR500 for 223/5.56 and pistols. If you want just pistol targets, I'd save the money and go with AR400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrhawk Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 GT Targets. Carl is great to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkballedtarget Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I recently just bought some AC Zone targets from Red Stitch. I have also had good luck with Carl at GT Targets, super great guy. You may also look at Blue Steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetToof Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 (edited) https://www.ar500targetsolutions.com/product/2-ar500-12x20-x-38″-23-ipda-ipsc-silhouette-steel-target/?gclid=CjwKCAjwjIHeBRAnEiwAhYT2h_QJUbENurKgnIPKNJza8rJlCka8W5dLeqAOfu_lcoqAO_iLHkFMvxoCwgsQAvD_BwE cheapest I could find out there for IPSC/USPSA style 1/2 is totally unnecessary until you get to things more powerful than 308. To punch a hole in AR500 is no easy task. It's legit armor plating. You need AP rounds at a close distance to blow holes through. The damage rounds do to plates at short range dimples the surface. The thickness of the plate does not matter. Karl is a great guy to. Squadded with him several times. Edited October 12, 2018 by SweetToof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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