Electronics sent to the FIRING SQUAD (pics)

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So what caliber do you guys recomend for an old Gateway system? Is a .30-06 with a 180 gr Silver Tip enough? At close range (1-35 yrds) , will 12 ga OO buckshot work? Are they dangerous when wounded?
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filling it up with black powder may prove satisfying:evil:
 
Are you sure about this? CRT monitors have anode power supplies that run in the 30 and 40 thousand volt range, and the cathode ray tubes contain lead and some other substances (yeah, like we're worried about lead )

I am not sure why flat screen LCD monitors would have HV power supplies, unless maybe for fluorescent backlights? And if the LCD monitors conform to RoHS guidelines, they probably have little or no toxic substances.

If anything contained mercury, I would expect it to be the old CRTs.

And yes, for you non-Kali folks, disposal of electronic waste is a fairly big deal here, but that's not a bad thing, and they make it easy to comply with. I say shoot what you want, maybe throw a tarp under it beforehand, and make sure it all gets dispsosed of properly. We shoot electronic stuff all of the time, it's very fun.
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I'm in a computer repair class that gets plenty of broken monitors and computers, since we fix anything in the entire County School System that is deemed "working" by the Tech Center, when it's still very broken.

We got three monitors in last week, modern flat screens. They were scrapped, and unworking. Even after having been unplugged, we tested the main capacitor for a charge, and it came out as 50k volts. We quickly discharged that before scrapping the power supply (the other capacitors had gone bad), and now have three replacement LCD screens.

We were repeatedly warned by the instructor not to crack the screens due to toxic substances. There were also warnings on the screens themselves.

They were not new-new, they were modern but not top-of-the-line (2 years at oldest)
 
Yeah it seems pretty pointless to do that type of damage to the environment. At the very least you have lots of broken glass, and make the place look like a total s&*t hole.
 
broken glass...there is lots of broken glass already on the ground and more bottles set as targets. i am not talking PC, broken glass can and does injure wildlife and possibly other people. and shooting dead a tree cause you have to practice against random attacks by swarming CRTs--just aint right.
we can have fun without endangering the flora and fauna. or ourselfs.
 
We got three monitors in last week, modern flat screens. They were scrapped, and unworking. Even after having been unplugged, we tested the main capacitor for a charge, and it came out as 50k volts.
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Sorry, I know this isn't gun-related, but I have two questions:

1.) What, in a flat screen monitor, requires a 50 kV power supply?

2.) What did you use to measure that voltage?
 
HDD "decomissioned" via .357 Magnum
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Now that's what I call formatting a hard drive. :p
Does anyone think its kinda weird to take photographs of destroyed electronics?
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That's one of the reasons guns fascinate me, personally... throwing a small projectile at high speed, the projectile can cause enormous destruction to, say, an old all-in-one Macintosh. Four rounds of 7.62x54R shred it.
It's just a neat thing to see.
 
These are the only ones I can find now. The on-site carnage pics must be on my other computer.

5.56 AR-15 vs hard drive:

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115gr 9mm HP vs hard drive:

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Few rounds of 12 ga 00 Buck and a magful of .40 S&W (note the wad stuck in the screen):

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I think this was mostly done with an AK and 12ga with 00 buck. 3 laptops. Took more time to clean this up than shoot em.

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There were no survivors.

Next time I need to format some drives or decomission hardware I'll try to get video. They really dance, thwack, flip, and twirl with major calibers.
 
Computers can be a source of great frustration so it's only fitting they be repaid. Reactive targets are fun. Reactive targets that have made you pull out your hair at times are even more fun!
 
Sorry, I know this isn't gun-related, but I have two questions:

1.) What, in a flat screen monitor, requires a 50 kV power supply?

2.) What did you use to measure that voltage?
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They were 32" Gateways, so they might need more than a smaller screen.

We used a normal voltmeter on it.
 
I love the microwave pics. Never thought of leaving it plugged in and running. I got a generator and extension cord, recipie for fun.
 
Do appliances count? :D
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I wouldn't recommend shooting up an LCD monitor, the cold cathode fluorescent bulbs typically used for back-lights in LCD's contain mercury.
 
reminds me of that movie "office space" where they take a troublesome copy/fax machine out to the woods and go gangsta on it.
 
We used a normal voltmeter on it.
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It takes a pretty special probe to measure 50kV. Certainly no "normal" voltmeter will do it.

But, this is a gun forum, and I have already pulled this thread off-topic a couple of times on this, and you know, it really doesn't matter, so...

Friends, please pick up after you shoot :)
 
for those of you who actually posted pics+video= thankyou! ive had some great laughs looking over the thread. for those of you who dont understand why people would shoot electronics with their favorite guns, ill quote doubletapdrue:
Computers can be a source of great frustration so it's only fitting they be repaid. Reactive targets are fun. Reactive targets that have made you pull out your hair at times are even more fun!
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when i went postal on my monitor my frustration turned to elation! Yes it got picked up afterwords and its good to see that people are being environmentally conscious. cheers,
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Good shooting guys.

e-waste facilities
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Which part of the landfill would that be?? The part where normal trash goes and a big D8 Cat mashes it into the ground then covers it up with dirt, or the part where all the metal stuff(scrap steel, old appliances etc.) is kept until it can be loaded up on a tractor trailer and shipped to a recycling center where it will be shipped overseas, melted and sold back to the US?

Back to the fun. I had some fun with an old microwave that quit working a few months ago. It doesnt look quite as bad as the one posted on page one, but its not far from it. No pics yet, its got probly over a 100rds of 9mm through it. I finally had to stick some targets on it so I could tell where I was hitting. I shot it from the side, the fun part was when I finally broke the door catch and the door swung open while shooting. I sent a couple through the door just for kicks.
 
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