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6mm Hardox
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:52 pm
by BLZeebub
Afternoon All,
I picked up a dueling tree predominantly for rimfire but having done a bit of testing it works best at 50yds or less. As we have a bench at the range for 100m i was thinking about whether it would stand up to a larger calibre at 100 and keep the rimfires for 50.
Does anyone got a ballpark on the 6mm hardox as centrefire is usually 10mm hardox. I'd rather not just punch holes in the plates!
Cheers
Nat
Re: 6mm Hardox
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:12 pm
by Les
One shot should give you the answer.
Re: 6mm Hardox
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:44 pm
by dromia
Depends on the calibre, the velocity and the bullet. Centre fire is far to vague to be meaningful.
I use 3/4" thick steel gongs, my 17 Hornet will put a 1/4" crater in the plate and my 45-70 won't dent it just leaving a lead smear. Both top end loadings for the cartridge and at 100 yrds range.
How thick is 6mm which I am assuming is a size and not just part of the steel nomenclature.
Re: 6mm Hardox
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:55 pm
by Mattnall
For 6mm read ¼"
Re: 6mm Hardox
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:28 am
by BLZeebub
I was hoping we might get away with 223 at 100yds, and i suspect expanding would help.
B-)
Re: 6mm Hardox
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:16 pm
by ovenpaa
To put things into perspective, this is a lump of reasonable quality steel 20.0mm thick (Just over 3/4") shot with a 22-250 at around 220 yards.
Re: 6mm Hardox
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:57 pm
by channel12
BLZeebub wrote:Afternoon All,
I picked up a dueling tree predominantly for rimfire but having done a bit of testing it works best at 50yds or less. As we have a bench at the range for 100m i was thinking about whether it would stand up to a larger calibre at 100 and keep the rimfires for 50.
Does anyone got a ballpark on the 6mm hardox as centrefire is usually 10mm hardox. I'd rather not just punch holes in the plates!
Cheers
Nat
Or you buy a 10mm hardox plate for around £25
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/toms-targets
these are centre fire proof
Re: 6mm Hardox
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:09 am
by BLZeebub
The tree came from TT and i can get a set of 10mm plates for £95 but they definitely wont work for rimfire and i was just seeing if anyone had tried 6mm with some lower power centrefire ammunition so they would be dual purpose. I checked with TT and they don't recommend CF on 6mm at all. However, i suspect there is a tipping point at which CF energy can be absorbed by a 6mm plate.
B-)