Shooting Thru Steel? Is that possible?

[B P Maniac Shooter]

This week.....I try my luck punching holes thru 1/8 inch steel using Swiss FFF powder.
Enjoy:

 

[BEP]

Mark - I have almost as much fun watching you shoot as you do actually shooting. Almost.

 

[olskool]

Mark one day me and a friend was shooting. i had a piece of diamond Plate steel about 3x3, it was leaning against a post. i told him shoot it with my 50 flintlock. we were 80yds, the round ball hit dead center and sprang back toward us skipping on the ground like a rocket! it missed us by feet! at least hanging steel is fairly safe as it gives when hit, be carful,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[BigAl52]

Dont think I have ever seen Mark hit the target that many times

 

[tom_in_vt]

Thanks, I’ll take a look!

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

Mark one day me and a friend was shooting. i had a piece of diamond Plate steel about 3x3, it was leaning against a post. i told him shoot it with my 50 flintlock. we were 80yds, the round ball hit dead center and sprang back toward us skipping on the ground like a rocket! it missed us by feet! at least hanging steel is fairly safe as it gives when hit, be carful,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I've seen the same thing only it hit the shooter In the forehead. Raised a nice goose egg!

 

[olskool]

I've seen the same thing only it hit the shooter In the forehead. Raised a nice goose egg!

yep, if that thing that day would have hit one of us that day, we would have been in the hospital or morgue! it was that powerful coming toward us,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Mark - I have almost as much fun watching you shoot as you do actually shooting. Almost.

Aaaagh, thanks my friend!

 

[TDM]

Another great video Mark!

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Mark one day me and a friend was shooting. i had a piece of diamond Plate steel about 3x3, it was leaning against a post. i told him shoot it with my 50 flintlock. we were 80yds, the round ball hit dead center and sprang back toward us skipping on the ground like a rocket! it missed us by feet! at least hanging steel is fairly safe as it gives when hit, be carful,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I try to shoot steel targets at an off angle somewhat so the lead won't come back & hit me.
Since this target was hanging, I wasn't worried too much about lead coming back.
I would if it is mounted or secured somehow.
Thanks for watching my friend.....

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Dont think I have ever seen Mark hit the target that many times

Correct...even an ol' blind hog finds an ear of corn occasionally! LOL
Thank goodness for flimsy boxes...!!

 

[kyron4]

I've seen the same thing only it hit the shooter In the forehead. Raised a nice goose egg!

I shoot at hanging AR500 plates and the balls flatten out like a $.50 piece, but I have seen them bounce off the wood backstop more than once.

 

[kyron4]

Another great video Mark ! I think you're ready for the NMLRA competition next year, go for gold !

 

[deerstalkert]

had a .50 from my pistol bounce back between my feet today. 15 yards into a 6x6.
back to Marks video.
keep em coming Mark.
this is one of the finest visual evidence of the increase of energy with increase of powder i have seen.
someone with better brain cells and math skills could calculate just what those energy increases are.
very educational Mark!

 

[Absoroka]

I purchased a steel hanging silhouette target that was designed for .22 caliber rifles. Thought it would work for my .32 caliber flintlock. The round balls went right through it at 25 yards. That surprised me.

 

[nkbj]

Another facet to lead hitting steel...
If the velocity is high enough and it pocks the surface of the steel then you get a crater with a little raised rim. And the last of the projectile splashes off the rim and comes back in your direction. One day saw some lead cut a shooters face that way.

 

[olskool]

i read in a forum somewhere, a feller was deer hunting and shot a deer. he walked up to the deer and it was still alive, so he pulled his ML revolver and shot the deer between the eyes, the round ball bounced back off the deer's head and hit the man on the shin bone! he was jumping around and cussing! LOL,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[nkbj]

Been there, done that. Lesson learned; shoot it in the eye in the right direction.

 

[Tenring]

I have never had lead come back at me it just splatters when it hits steel. May Be I should have never said never.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

I purchased a steel hanging silhouette target that was designed for .22 caliber rifles. Thought it would work for my .32 caliber flintlock. The round balls went right through it at 25 yards. That surprised me.

Wow...that must be a thin piece of steel.