Rubber & Steel.

[bobbob]

sign85 We had our club AGM last night and when expenses were discussed the cost of backing plate steel and rubber came up.
Our secretary asked if anyone knew of a supplier as the cost was going up as the range was being used more. I don't know all the technicalities but the steel plate needs to be 1/2"-5/8" thick. Any suggestions, Essex area? sign92

[Scotsgun]

What club are you in Bob? I lived in Essex until 4yrs ago.

You'll need to find out what AR rated plate they've been told to use e.g. AR200 plate is relatively easy to get but AR400 or AR500 is quite hard to get.

[Dave 101]

A club I was at used old boilers cut up into sections , these must have been big old industrial jobbies , whether you can still get such items may need a bit of research .

Dave

[dodgyrog]

A good way to get round the problem is to use a large sacrifice plate in front of the main stop plate.
Hang around 6 inches in front of the stop plate on chains angled at 15 to 20 degrees from the vertical. This sacrifice plate can be made from the cheaper scrap 1/2" plate thus protecting the expensive rear stop plate.

[Scotsgun]

A good way to get round the problem is to use a large sacrifice plate in front of the main stop plate.
Hang around 6 inches in front of the stop plate on chains angled at 15 to 20 degrees from the vertical. This sacrifice plate can be made from the cheaper scrap 1/2" plate thus protecting the expensive rear stop plate.

Will that pass inspection?

[bobbob]

It's supplies they are after. Like most things prices are climbing and clubs only have so much money to spend.

[HeatherW762]

A good way to get round the problem is to use a large sacrifice plate in front of the main stop plate.
Hang around 6 inches in front of the stop plate on chains angled at 15 to 20 degrees from the vertical. This sacrifice plate can be made from the cheaper scrap 1/2" plate thus protecting the expensive rear stop plate.

Will that pass inspection?

Ping an email to Chris Webb at the NRA on regman@nra.org.uk as he deals with range construction.

Heather