What's your experience with Steel Challenge targets?

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My local USPSA club just had its yearly board meeting and I think I may have convinced people that the club should start running a Steel Challenge match. But to do that we need to get a Steel Challenge target set. I found some places offering targets:

Rogue Shooting Targets, $3,400, AR500 steel
Challenge Targets, $5,500, AR500 steel
Blue Steel Targets, $6,080, AR500 steel
Red Stitch Targets, $6,495, AR550 steel
MGM Targets, $10,191, AR550 steel
SI Targets, "Contact for pricing" & I haven't yet.

For those of you who've run Steel Challenge matches:
1) Have you used any of these brands and have a recommendation to either buy or avoid them?
2) Any brands I'm missing?
3) Is getting AR550 steel over AR500 that important? I guess it will last longer, but is it really worth the extra cost? I can understand AR550 for rifle shooting, but this is just pistol calibers.
4) Is there anything else we should consider other than price?

Short answer, I'd consider these two vendors:

https://shootsteel.com/product-categ...steel-targets/

https://ar500targetsolutions.com/

For steel challenge 3/8" AR500 will be plenty even for PCC.

I'm not a richie, but I have enough targets from these guys to set up every stage (one stage at a time):

https://shootsteel.com/product-categ...steel-targets/

I also have my own plates for our plate rack made buy these guys - the ones the club leaves out get shot to shit.

They are all 3/8 AR500 and have had oodles of .22 up to .45 shot at them with no problems.

I've also found these guys to be good to work with: https://ar500targetsolutions.com/

After I retired I taught a couple of contract classes and bought my rifle plates (2/3 IPSC Torsos) and stands from them. Again, 3/8" AR500, and bunches of .223/5.56 at 110+ yards, no problems. They get a lot more use on the pistol side of things. I think if I bead blasted them and had them powder coated I could sell them for new.


When they started Steel Challange at our club they repurposed the cowboy action target stands for Steel Challenge. They are home made but I really like them because they are one piece. I hate shooting anything jacketed at metal hung on a wooden upright.

Here's a general picture. They don't tip over. If you are interested I could take some from different angles.