MODULAR ARMORED TACTICAL COMBAT HOUSE - Action Target

sTeel ConTInued
Despite these simple facts, some suppliers of
shooting range equipment attempt to muddy the
water and create perceived differences in steel
quality where none exist. One particularly misleading
claim refers to a manufacturer’s use of throughhardened
steel, as opposed to merely surfacehardened
AR500 steel allegedly used by everyone
else. We state the following with all possible force:
1. Despite the inaccurate claims, AR500 steel is
NOT surface-hardened. It is through-hardened.
Witness the quotes listed below from steel
suppliers around the country.
• Chapel Steel*—AR500 is a quenched and
tempered, through-hardened, wear-resistant
grade of abrasion resistant steel plate used
for severe impact. See www.chapelsteel.
com/ar500-ar500f.html for details.
• Benco Steel*—AR500 is a heat-treated,
through-hardened steel with high hardness
for use where there is severe impact and
abrasion. See http://bencosteel.thomasnet.
com/category/plates for details.
2. Action Target uses only high quality, throughhardened,
armor steel with a Brinell hardness
rating of at least 500, and we use it in every
one of our ballistic steel products, including
MATCH.
3. Action Target can also provide throughhardened
steel MATCH panels and other steel
products with certified Brinell hardness
ratings of 550 and even 600.
4. Any statements contrary to those above are
simply untrue.
* These companies are steel suppliers, not manufacturers or
producers. They buy steel from the actual manufacturers like
HARDOX/ SSAB, and then re-sell it to their own customers.
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