Do these shoot back?

[Franklink]

I was recently (very generously) gifted a bunch of targets, mostly steel. I got em all laid out to spray paint this morning and then the wind came up, a lot! So the painting is on hold but I'm super excited to get them spread out in the back pasture

But also in the milk crate was one of these.....


The semi-self healing type.

From those that have shot at this type before.....is there a certain fpe I need to stay over to prevent pellets from coming back at me and my boys? Or are these healing targets strictly rimfire?

Thanks in advance.

 

[L.Leon]

@Franklink, maybe if they are carrying concealed… Wouldn’t the impact of the pellet simply knock the target around? If held rigidly then maybe bounce back? It looks like a target meant to be freely placed and knocked about.

 

[Franklink]

@Franklink, maybe if they are carrying concealed… Wouldn’t the impact of the pellet simply knock the target around? If held rigidly then maybe bounce back? It looks like a target meant to be freely placed and knocked about.

Yeah it's made to roll, always leaving one prairie dog silhouette "up."

The material looks like it might return a fired pellet. And I've got a bunch of big windows on the back side of my house. I'd rather not catch a returning pellet in my or my boys faces, or the windows. Figured someone has shot at them with an airgun to know for sure.

 

[ChrisT]

semi self healing would not be a metalic target that i am aware of . in theory the projectile should pass through with little damage

 

[Franklink]

semi self healing would not be a metalic target that i am aware of . in theory the projectile should pass through with little damage

The steel targets are spinners and shoot to reset field target animals, not pictured.

 

[Headshots]

Wear safety glasses. Can you try it before the kids do ?

 

[bdzjlz]

@Franklink, maybe if they are carrying concealed… Wouldn’t the impact of the pellet simply knock the target around? If held rigidly then maybe bounce back? It looks like a target meant to be freely placed and knocked about.

They are fine. They are also made in solid blocks. Have shot thousands of pellets into them with no issue.

 

[PumaCarl]

No. And they don't talk back either.

 

[Gear_Junkie]

I was expecting to see a golf ball when I opened the thread. I've heard those DO shoot back!

 

[dv8eod]

I've had low power guns ricochet back because they don't have enough ass to actually roll them. Higher powered guns ricochet too, but usually with the roll. Had spinner targets made out of the same stuff and they lasted awhile. Just set it a ways downrange.

 

[ctshooter]

All humor aside - I’d be really careful with these. I messed with something similar a while back and realized it takes quite a bit of energy to flip these targets. If they don’t flip they will very likely bounce the projectile in some direction. I would think at least .22 LR power or more for these.

 

[coastal drifter]

As long as there is nothing beyond the target that could be struck by a ricochet or glancing pellet, I would say it's safe.

 

[ctshooter]

As long as there is nothing beyond the target that could be struck by a ricochet or glancing pellet, I would say it's safe.

I’d be more worried about things coming back at me.

 

[RickH]

My experience has been that steel targets that move tend not to ricochet back while the same rifle shooting into half inch plywood often will.

Rick H.

 

[Franklink]

Wear safety glasses. Can you try it before the kids do ?

For sure on both accounts. Might even take it out in the middle of nowhere and shoot it a few times before I trust it in the vicinity of my son's or windows.

 

[PasadenaMike]

I have a faint memory of that

 

[ChrisT]

yes, low power will tend to bounce. built a set of sillywet reset targets for club - air pistol, the low powered air pistols ( dasiy 717 and the like apx 425 fps ) would knock targets over but sometimes bounce back to the line off the chickens. higher velocity units the pellets would flatten out and 98% no bounce back. the hinge point was at the bottom so a real low hit was where the problem was from. we videoed it to see what was up.

 

[maxtrouble]

@Franklink - I would not recommend that target. Tried them before. I shoot this at 20 and 30 yards and have not had a ricochet.

Crosman Resetting Field Target

Squirrel Shaped Resetting Target

www.crosman.com

 

[Spartan]

Always best to be cautious. If your judgement on them is causing doubt, best to avoid.

 

[Blanks66]

I have not had issues with them