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Didn't realize there was a such thing as soft steel. I guess I learned something today!!
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You are kidding, right? Of course there is soft steel. There is hard steel as well. You want hard steel, such as AR500 rated, for rifle calibers so that you don't get the cratering seen in the target above.
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I was just trying to provide some info to people that might prevent an injury in the future.
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Right and using the correct type of steel will go a long way to preventing the cratering seen above.
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Ever see the video of the guy shooting a 50 cal and have a round bounce back off his head. I doubt anyone would consider that a puny caliber.
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The puny caliber statement was in reference to .22 and 9mm being compared against a .45-70. They are, by comparison, puny calibers. So just because a .45-70 will damage a soft steel target and .22 and 9mm won't isn't relevant to whether .45-70 is too much for deer.
A little checking into the .50 cal story and you find out he was using a soft steel target. That was a very poor choice of target material.
The incident I was talking about was a 12 gauge slug. I was 20 yds behind the guy firing it and it bounced back and hit the guy i was talking to in the nuts.