Originally Posted by Nebraska
Originally Posted by dogcatcher223
We plan on hanging it from chains we welded to it, so it could swing.


I've wanted to pick up some steel targets myself and really like John's idea w/ the 200, 300 and 400 yard options.

My question is: If you're angling a plate vs. hanging it, what happens to the bullet if you strike the top edge? Not likely but I'd think a hanging plate would do a good job of stopping the bullet and leave less opportunity to "skip" a bullet off the top edge....
If you hit the top edge or a slanted piece of steel, it can rickochette parts of the bullets up in the air, but it can also do the same thing by hitting the edge of steel when it is perfectly horizontal, but usually if it hits the edge, there is not much of an in-tact bullet