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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1077646" data-attributes="member: 14668">I bought this steel gong today from a guy on my route who cuts them out of armor plate. This one is about 10&quot; x10&quot; and it hangs from a piece of rebar that is bolted to the end of one of the 100 yard target frames at the gun club I belong to. This thing is a BLAST to shoot at. I did most of my shooting today with a .22 rifle; a hit results in a loud &quot;ping&quot; that is clearly audible from 100 yards away even with earplugs, and the plate will swing backwards maybe an inch or two. I then switched over to my AK, which shoots a 7.62x39mm round that is roughly equivalent in power to a 30-30. A hit with that round produces a loud CLANG and the impact swings the plate back about 45 degrees and causes it to swing for a few seconds. Emptying a 30 round mag into it made it dance and caused one hell of a racket. After I was done with the AK I tried out the most powerful gun I have, my Remington 30-06 hunting rifle. A hit with the old &#039;06 made a sound like someone beating on a trash can with a metal pipe, and the impact almost caused the gong to swing completely around. I let the other guys who were at the range take turns shooting at it also with various guns, and after about half an hour it had been hit so many times that the paint had been shot off of it and it was getting hard to see. No problem...I had a can of flourescent orange spray paint with me and I just hosed it down and we kept shooting at it even though the paint was wet! Lots of fun for everyone, and in exchange for letting them shoot at my gong I got to shoot a couple of high-end rifles that they had brought with them. We pounded on that gong until it got dark, and a good time was had by all.<img src="http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z465/soberups/5904C92E-70B0-41FE-8E92-9D527B345F34-7881-00000BD08B4DC174.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1077646, member: 14668"] I bought this steel gong today from a guy on my route who cuts them out of armor plate. This one is about 10" x10" and it hangs from a piece of rebar that is bolted to the end of one of the 100 yard target frames at the gun club I belong to. This thing is a BLAST to shoot at. I did most of my shooting today with a .22 rifle; a hit results in a loud "ping" that is clearly audible from 100 yards away even with earplugs, and the plate will swing backwards maybe an inch or two. I then switched over to my AK, which shoots a 7.62x39mm round that is roughly equivalent in power to a 30-30. A hit with that round produces a loud CLANG and the impact swings the plate back about 45 degrees and causes it to swing for a few seconds. Emptying a 30 round mag into it made it dance and caused one hell of a racket. After I was done with the AK I tried out the most powerful gun I have, my Remington 30-06 hunting rifle. A hit with the old '06 made a sound like someone beating on a trash can with a metal pipe, and the impact [I]almost[/I] caused the gong to swing completely around. I let the other guys who were at the range take turns shooting at it also with various guns, and after about half an hour it had been hit so many times that the paint had been shot off of it and it was getting hard to see. No problem...I had a can of flourescent orange spray paint with me and I just hosed it down and we kept shooting at it even though the paint was wet! Lots of fun for everyone, and in exchange for letting them shoot at my gong I got to shoot a couple of high-end rifles that they had brought with them. We pounded on that gong until it got dark, and a good time was had by all. [IMG]http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z465/soberups/5904C92E-70B0-41FE-8E92-9D527B345F34-7881-00000BD08B4DC174.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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