Can anyone identify this Steel?

Rmagnum1183 · September 5, 2014, 05:03 PM

can anyone tell me what kind of steel this is?

Venom1956 · September 5, 2014, 05:36 PM

rusted?

James K · September 5, 2014, 08:13 PM

Seriously, there is no way anyone can tell the alloy, the composition, the thickness or even if it is steel at all and not iron. The things that look like rivets may be dings from bullets striking the other side, but I can't even be sure of that.

Jim

**4V50 Gary** · September 5, 2014, 08:43 PM

Looking at the photo won't tell you anything other than it is rusted. There are several tests you could do yourself to get clues as to its composition. I'll tell you one thing, it isn't Harvey Nickel Steel or Krupp Cemented Armor (those are old battleship steels from Pre-WW I). They would have stopped a bullet.

gwpercle · September 8, 2014, 06:35 PM

NO!

thunderarms · September 9, 2014, 03:57 AM

From the look of it it appears to be of the 3132 series of hyper alloy number 3 mag cronium variety. What you have here is very rare indeed.

just talking out my *

who knows...

noelf2 · September 9, 2014, 05:58 AM

Front cover to a 1960's style gas hot water furnace...?

oldcabin · September 9, 2014, 10:50 PM

Hmmm... I think these guys are holding out on you. It's definitely square. I have seen square metal before. Personally I only shoot at round or triangle shaped targets. Get someone to read the secret brail message on the front. Maybe it will tell you what kind of square metal.

**Spats McGee** · September 10, 2014, 08:26 AM

Let's lay this one to rest, shall we?

September 5, 2014, 05:36 PM	#2
Venom1956 Senior Member Join Date: October 4, 2008 Location: WI Posts: 3,656	rusted? __________________ E-Shock rounds are engineered to expend maximum energy into soft targets, turning the density mass into an expanding rotational cone of NyTrilium matrix particles, causing neurological collapse to the central nervous system.- Yeah I can do that. I guarantee you will know it if a bicyclist hits your house going 1000 mph. -Smaug

September 5, 2014, 08:43 PM	#4
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,832	Looking at the photo won't tell you anything other than it is rusted. There are several tests you could do yourself to get clues as to its composition. I'll tell you one thing, it isn't Harvey Nickel Steel or Krupp Cemented Armor (those are old battleship steels from Pre-WW I). They would have stopped a bullet. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

September 9, 2014, 03:57 AM	#6
thunderarms Junior Member Join Date: September 8, 2014 Location: Giddings Texas Posts: 14	From the look of it it appears to be of the 3132 series of hyper alloy number 3 mag cronium variety. What you have here is very rare indeed. just talking out my * who knows... __________________ Veteren Operation Iraqi Freedom NRA member Firearms instuctor 01 ffl dealer

September 9, 2014, 05:58 AM	#7
noelf2 Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2008 Location: Stuart, VA Posts: 2,473	Front cover to a 1960's style gas hot water furnace...? __________________ Liberty and freedom often offends those who understand neither.

September 10, 2014, 08:26 AM	#9
Spats McGee Staff Join Date: July 28, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 8,821	Let's lay this one to rest, shall we? __________________ I'm a lawyer, but I'm not your lawyer. If you need some honest-to-goodness legal advice, go buy some.

September 5, 2014, 08:13 PM	#3
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	Seriously, there is no way anyone can tell the alloy, the composition, the thickness or even if it is steel at all and not iron. The things that look like rivets may be dings from bullets striking the other side, but I can't even be sure of that. Jim

September 8, 2014, 06:35 PM	#5
gwpercle Senior Member Join Date: November 30, 2012 Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Posts: 1,752	NO!

September 9, 2014, 10:50 PM	#8
oldcabin Senior Member Join Date: November 5, 2013 Location: st louis Posts: 235	Hmmm... I think these guys are holding out on you. It's definitely square. I have seen square metal before. Personally I only shoot at round or triangle shaped targets. Get someone to read the secret brail message on the front. Maybe it will tell you what kind of square metal.