I spent the day with my friend at his 200 acre ranch in the Cambria hills, setting up a 25”x23”x0.5” steel plate target at 600yds with a hit indicator light. We used my 7mm and 308 builds to shoot. I guess the steel plate was too heavy as we rarely saw a hit indicated with the 105gr 7mm, but occasional hits indicated with the 171gr 308. After lunch, we drove the UTV back down the valley and saw that we had actually been hitting the target more than we thought. 6 hits with the 308 and 8 hits with the 7mm. The larger impacts mostly in the upper half were probably from the 308, and the smaller hits mostly in the lower half were probably from the 7mm. I plan on setting up a 12”x12”x3/8” steel plate next to the larger plate. That lighter weight plate should allow better activation of the hit indicator.
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