Who here shoots guns and likes/knows what AR500 is?
 

just like the title says...what do you know about it?!

... There's a gun section dammit!!! Lol

And who said you can fraternize with us?!?!?!
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lol well well ...if its not the stranger that no longer talks to me on aim!

The body armor?

;) sure

Are you making something with that steel?

;) I am! I just had a bunch of sheets of AR500 delivered this afternoon to cut on the brand new waterjet.

To do what with? I'm guessing it's not for car parts :rofl2:

shooting targets ;) lots of them

Ok, that makes a hell of a lot more sense. I didn't think there was really a need for an up-armored 370z.

Brinell of 500+ (520-ish, IIRC). Not brittle but can spall when hit by a bullet (AR500 body armor usually has a coating to minimize spalling damage to the wearer). Haven't read anything on how difficult it may be to machine.

It's easy to machine ;) Ill be making a bunch of targets and some armor truck type vehicles here in the next few weeks.

Unless you have LOTS of buffer space around your range, I don't think AR500 (or any other hard substance) is a good choice for a target. Chance of ricochet is way too high. Many ranges do not allow metal targets.

I haven't gotten shít from you since Mexico! Lol

I will have to humbly disagree with that 100%

Steel is actually quite safe, its the type of steel that makes it safe. You do not get ricochet's with AR500 or harder steel due to the fact the bullet breaks up on impact. This has been proven with countless hours of highspeed video I paid to have taken years ago.

There are also things like the degree of obliquity that help in preventing any possible bullet fragments coming back at the shooter at close range (under 30 feet from the target). Its extremely safe.