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TV Down Range
« on: February 24, 2019, 08:07:09 PM »
I just saw some videos of TVs downrange and thought you might like to see them too. Who hasn't seen something on TV that made them want to shoot it? And there's a PlayStation 3 video as an added bonus in the next post.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-wwJ_k9GxA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My04TPU2xFM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apga4KgOalQ
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""It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even his personal services to the defence of it, and consequently that the Citizens of America (with a few legal and official exceptions) from 18 to 50 Years of Age should be borne on the Militia Rolls, provided with uniform Arms, and so far accustomed to the use of them, that the Total strength of the Country might be called forth at a Short Notice on any very interesting Emergency." - George Washington. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, Friday, May 02, 1783

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Re: TV Down Range
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2019, 10:55:33 AM »
Modern TVs are no fun to shoot.

Some years ago...around 1980, I got a  new TV so decided to shoot the old one.

It was a B/W CRT model around 21" in size.

In the basement, I set it on the floor and placed a large empty box over it with a small table atop the box..being cautious since this was a new experience for me.

I shot it will a .22 rifle from the other end of the basement, say 60' away.

There was a nice BOOM and the box and table were lifted off the floor a bit and a large number of glass chunks from the tube spread out from under the box in a wave across the basement floor. 

I guess the tubes were made of some type of safety glass as the pieced were maybe cherry sized with very few, if any, sharp edges...just took some sweeping to clean up the mess....
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Re: TV Down Range
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2019, 10:51:37 PM »
I'd like to shoot an old CRT TV with a BB gun and see if the vacuum inside makes it implode. It might work different if it just cracks the glass. I should look for a video of that later.
""It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even his personal services to the defence of it, and consequently that the Citizens of America (with a few legal and official exceptions) from 18 to 50 Years of Age should be borne on the Militia Rolls, provided with uniform Arms, and so far accustomed to the use of them, that the Total strength of the Country might be called forth at a Short Notice on any very interesting Emergency." - George Washington. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, Friday, May 02, 1783

THE RIGHT TO BUY WEAPONS IS THE RIGHT TO BE FREE - A. E. van Vogt, The Weapon Shops of Isher

 

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