Size for circular steel gongs ?

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Kestrel4k

Am starting from nothing here, but I have the opportunity to get some steel gongs made to practice offhand rifle shooting.
Honestly have no idea of guidelines for size. Ideally a person would miss some of the time, hit some of the time lol.

100 yds (RF) and 300 yds (CF); mostly for shooting scoped rifles from the standing position.
Yes I know my level of offhand accuracy is unknown here; just wondering what diameter of steel gongs other people here are using for this sort of practice.

Thank you,

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deye223

· #2 · 4 mo ago

I made these for out to 300 with my cz457V it's great fun .
5mm plate just hangs on a star picket .
Pic is at 200y . And they are about 10" x 6"

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LeadStacker

· #3 · 4 mo ago

I would probably make a kind of Know Your Limit tailored for 100 yds+. Maybe start at 1,2,3,4,6,8 inch, it would give you a good variety.

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Chickenhater

· #4 · 4 mo ago

One gong will serve your needs I think. I use 8" gongs at 100yds for RF and 200yds for CF, for offhand practice. When shooting the RF at 100 I paint a 1 1/2" circle in the middle, counting the strikes on the dot as hits, this provides better feedback than shooting at a small gong or spinner. The 8" gong at 200 is roughly the size of a silhouette chicken, so I don't need a dot on that one...

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Leonard T

· #5 · 4 mo ago

You should know that even at 300yards you will need ar500 plate steel for CF and mild steel will work for your rimfire targets. Our range got a batch of what we thought was ar and it turned out to be mild steel. Center fire rounds blew huge holes through them.

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Kestrel4k

Discussion Starter · #6 · 4 mo ago

Yes I have suitable AR available to spec out with, thx.

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