I have access to a few manhole covers (legally) and was wondering if they would be worth a damn in terms of targets. Anyone know what type of steel manhole covers are made of?
Manhole Covers
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so by posting that video i'm guessing you don't know what type of steel they are? did you miss the point where i said i had 'legal' access to few?
I know people have used them for targets in the past, some threads says successfully, just want to know the type of steel they are made of....
so by posting that video i'm guessing you don't know what type of steel they are? did you miss the point where i said i had 'legal' access to few?
I know people have used them for targets in the past, some threads says successfully, just want to know the type of steel they are made of....
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Cheep Cast Steel & most made after the 70's are from China .
The Big full-size 24" Diam. heavy cast-steel Manhole Covers/Street Covers with the heavy cast convex back bracing . WAY Strong but ( to HEAVY/impractical for picking up & transporting & Hanging ) .
The big street covers, IF it is going to be a permanent stationary Hanging Plate . Then Go For It . & FREE is always GTG .
It will Not Break or get fucked-up unless your are hammering it @ Close Range with the Big fast Vel. Mags . like RUM's .
& the bigger Extended Range Mag. Badboys will fuck them-up under 500 yrd . like LM/Edge/CT .
.50's will punch holes strait threw like butter about anywhere launched with it's brut Ft./lb's of energy @ impact .
This small Cover in Pic. is a cheep China cast-steel water-works street cover . it is a ( heavy 10" diameter ) w/thick back-side convex ribbing . It stood up to MANY .308 hits from 460 & 830 yard hanger position .
It was FREE & It lasted many months . What finally cracked & broke it was repeated hits of my brother .300 SM . & Barnes solid copper TXS bullets & from the closer 460 yrd shooting position .
But I think if it would have been excursively .308 pouding & then held out over the 400 yrd mark . it would have lasted Many Years .
FREE price-$ on cheep steel is the BEST WAY TO DO HANGERS to shoot @ . Punch holes & fuckemUp & throw them away . Then Go Hang another one up .
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Cheep Cast Steel & most made after the 70's are from China .
The Big full-size 24" Diam. heavy cast-steel Manhole Covers/Street Covers with the heavy cast convex back bracing . WAY Strong but ( to HEAVY/impractical for picking up & transporting & Hanging ) .
The big street covers, IF it is going to be a permanent stationary Hanging Plate . Then Go For It . & FREE is always GTG .
It will Not Break or get fucked-up unless your are hammering it @ Close Range with the Big fast Vel. Mags . like RUM's .
& the bigger Extended Range Mag. Badboys will fuck them-up under 500 yrd . like LM/Edge/CT .
.50's will punch holes strait threw like butter about anywhere launched with it's brut Ft./lb's of energy @ impact .
This small Cover in Pic. is a cheep China cast-steel water-works street cover . it is a ( heavy 10" diameter ) w/thick back-side convex ribbing . It stood up to MANY .308 hits from 460 & 830 yard hanger position .
It was FREE & It lasted many months . What finally cracked & broke it was repeated hits of my brother .300 SM . & Barnes solid copper TXS bullets & from the closer 460 yrd shooting position .
But I think if it would have been excursively .308 pouding & then held out over the 400 yrd mark . it would have lasted Many Years .
FREE price-$ on cheep steel is the BEST WAY TO DO HANGERS to shoot @ . Punch holes & fuckemUp & throw them away . Then Go Hang another one up .
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Try this
http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&...gc.r_pw.&fp=c1312b1e73301956&biw=1272&bih=766
Google is usually quicker, and better.
Grey/Ductile iron.
They get lighter after you shoot them.
Try this
http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&...gc.r_pw.&fp=c1312b1e73301956&biw=1272&bih=766
Google is usually quicker, and better.
Grey/Ductile iron.
They get lighter after you shoot them.
Re: Manhole Covers
Been shooting at manhole covers for years.....keep the 308 off of it inside 300 yards and should be no problem and remember to mount it with some angle to it.
Been shooting at manhole covers for years.....keep the 308 off of it inside 300 yards and should be no problem and remember to mount it with some angle to it.
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i going to pick them up this morning and give them a try; i wasn't going to hang them more than less than 400 yards away so sounds like they should hold up.
i going to pick them up this morning and give them a try; i wasn't going to hang them more than less than 400 yards away so sounds like they should hold up.
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I work for our local sewer district and actually have plenty of experience with manhole covers. They are cast iron, from Asia, and do not hold up well to gunfire. Several shots from 9mm, 40, or 45 will break one. A 223 will break one a good percentage of the time (an M855 will almost always break it if it doesn't hit one of the gussets). 308 or larger will nearly always split them into several pieces at 300 yards or closer. We have tried them suspended, leaning on something, and with about 1/3 stuck in the ground.
Suffice it to say, they don't make very good targets.
I work for our local sewer district and actually have plenty of experience with manhole covers. They are cast iron, from Asia, and do not hold up well to gunfire. Several shots from 9mm, 40, or 45 will break one. A 223 will break one a good percentage of the time (an M855 will almost always break it if it doesn't hit one of the gussets). 308 or larger will nearly always split them into several pieces at 300 yards or closer. We have tried them suspended, leaning on something, and with about 1/3 stuck in the ground.
Suffice it to say, they don't make very good targets.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: softcock</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Cheep Cast Steel & most made after the 70's are from China </div></div>
Most of ours (In the great state of WI) are made in Neenah... at the foundry!
I see a majority of man hole covers in a bunch of states produced by that foundry... Not just in WI!!! (You notice a bunch of stupid shit when you work asphalt construction for a lil while!)
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: softcock</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Cheep Cast Steel & most made after the 70's are from China </div></div>
Most of ours (In the great state of WI) are made in Neenah... at the foundry!
I see a majority of man hole covers in a bunch of states produced by that foundry... Not just in WI!!! (You notice a bunch of stupid shit when you work asphalt construction for a lil while!)
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If they are free use them . They will last from a great many hits off .308 cal. when place out @ a distance more than 300 yrd . The ones I had & have take Hits & no breaking .
Even the small one like the 10" in the pic. I put above took a .308 beating a did very well for months till it got 'continuously' hammered by the 300SM & 300 wm . @ 480 yrd . hanger .
I still got a big 24" street lid I am waiting for '<span style="text-decoration: underline">Just the Right Permanent</span>' 1200 to 1500 yrd. hanger spot to grunt it out to & hang . The big full size traffic street covers are way to heavy to fuck around with for set-up & teardown LR Hangers .
<span style="font-weight: bold">*** <span style="font-size: 11pt">They have to be Cast for ( Street )</span></span> & Not the water utilities covers for sidewalks & other Non-vehicle Lids .
It has to be Cast Steel utilities Lids for street traffic W/ the heavy cross reinforcement Cast into them on the ' Back-Side' .
- Not - utilities sidewalk & residential light Thin cast lids .
Has to be the heavy w/ the convex reinforcement . Looks like this on the backs of the Street Lids . & they will take a beating @ long range .
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If they are free use them . They will last from a great many hits off .308 cal. when place out @ a distance more than 300 yrd . The ones I had & have take Hits & no breaking .
Even the small one like the 10" in the pic. I put above took a .308 beating a did very well for months till it got 'continuously' hammered by the 300SM & 300 wm . @ 480 yrd . hanger .
I still got a big 24" street lid I am waiting for '<span style="text-decoration: underline">Just the Right Permanent</span>' 1200 to 1500 yrd. hanger spot to grunt it out to & hang . The big full size traffic street covers are way to heavy to fuck around with for set-up & teardown LR Hangers .
<span style="font-weight: bold">*** <span style="font-size: 11pt">They have to be Cast for ( Street )</span></span> & Not the water utilities covers for sidewalks & other Non-vehicle Lids .
It has to be Cast Steel utilities Lids for street traffic W/ the heavy cross reinforcement Cast into them on the ' Back-Side' .
- Not - utilities sidewalk & residential light Thin cast lids .
Has to be the heavy w/ the convex reinforcement . Looks like this on the backs of the Street Lids . & they will take a beating @ long range .
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: slowkota</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: softcock</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Cheep Cast Steel & most made after the 70's are from China </div></div>
Most of ours (In the great state of WI) are made in Neenah... at the foundry!
I see a majority of man hole covers in a bunch of states produced by that foundry... Not just in WI!!! (You notice a bunch of stupid shit when you work asphalt construction for a lil while!) </div></div>
I think at one time Neenah made the majority of man hole covers in the U.S.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: slowkota</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: softcock</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Cheep Cast Steel & most made after the 70's are from China </div></div>
Most of ours (In the great state of WI) are made in Neenah... at the foundry!
I see a majority of man hole covers in a bunch of states produced by that foundry... Not just in WI!!! (You notice a bunch of stupid shit when you work asphalt construction for a lil while!) </div></div>
I think at one time Neenah made the majority of man hole covers in the U.S.
