Shooting steel core surplus 7.62x54r at my AR500 steel target from ShootSteel.com. (3/8th thick) Camera is zoomed in to 48x. The bullet trace is just barely visible coming in from left to right , camera was on right side of rifle.
The rounds barely do any damage to the steel, and I've fired hundreds of 7.62x54r and 7.62x63 (30.06) at it.
Fired from a Sako M39.
