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Does AR500 steel get brittle in cold weather?
I bought a bunch of !/2" thick AR500 steel targets in the spring and I shot at them all summer and through the fall. I'm wondering..... now that it's cold outside (gonna be -9 here tonight).....does that type of steel get too brittle to shoot at in cold weather?
4 Answers
- FatefingerLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
No. And when rounds hitting those targets they can actaully heat up quite quickly.
- ?Lv 77 years ago
Not that I know of. Might want to ask the AR500 guys, especially considering they make body armor plates out of the stuff (I have a set) -- I'd probably want to know that, too.
I'm going to say "probably not."
But now I'm inclined to ask, as well.
- ?Lv 77 years ago
Every degree in temperature change will affect the molecular structure of steel, however, -9 will have very little effect. The human body....yes, but go ahead and shoot. The lubrication in your gun will be more prone to thicken and slow the action down. SO...NO.
- Mr.357Lv 77 years ago
Seeing that steel freezes at around 2500 deg F cooling it 2430 below its freeze point to 70 deg F or cooling it 2509 degrees below its freeze point should not really matter.
