PR-NJ
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Or stuff one of these in a backpack and wear it backward.
http://www.bulletproofme.com/Photos/Briefcase_and_Backpack_Shields_PHOTO.shtml
Did you know this about Flat Screen Monitors?
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http://www.bulletproofme.com/Photos/Briefcase_and_Backpack_Shields_PHOTO.shtml
The Lone Haranguer
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Joking aside, anything one can use as cover is a good thing.
Kaptain Five
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My wife got the satisfaction of destroying an xbox 360 in a hail of 7.62x39 and .300 savage. The latter left the internals smoking for several minutes afterwards.
Cross that off the list of things that can be used as cover.
Fun day at the range with her regardless
Cross that off the list of things that can be used as cover.
Fun day at the range with her regardless
bruzer
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Knowing what in a household can provide acceptable cover is always a good thing. Now I want to go shoot.
Mike
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Ragnar Danneskjold
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I do. I work with computers a lot and this was not the result I would have expected.
You know, the back button on your browser is a lot quicker than typing out even a two word post. When I read a thread I don't care about, I just leave the thread...just sayin.
Devonai
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General Geoff, that's the first thing I thought of as well. The product video they have for it is pretty hilarious, too.
CmpsdNoMore
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This is why I lined the inside of my walls with LCD monitors...
Seriously though, that's something I would expect bullets to whiz right through.
Seriously though, that's something I would expect bullets to whiz right through.
quartermaster
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I guess if I get frustrated enough with mine, I'll have to try tannerite and a .300 Win Mag.
Interesting, I never would have believed it
I guess if I get frustrated enough with mine, I'll have to try tannerite and a .300 Win Mag.
Interesting, I never would have believed it
lizziedog1
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I wonder if it would stop a cannon ball?
Too bad the Mythnuster cannon ball didn't hit a flat screen monitor in the first house, it could have prevented further damage.
Too bad the Mythnuster cannon ball didn't hit a flat screen monitor in the first house, it could have prevented further damage.
Sam1911
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Sam1911
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How was the monitor secured when shot? Just sitting there? Or resting against something.
I wonder if it would react as well if you were holding it firmly in front of you, vs. sitting on a table free to move with the impact. Some things are borderline as barriers and forcing them to "stand up to it" will push them beyond their ability to do so.
Curious!
I wonder if it would react as well if you were holding it firmly in front of you, vs. sitting on a table free to move with the impact. Some things are borderline as barriers and forcing them to "stand up to it" will push them beyond their ability to do so.
Curious!
lowerunit411
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i wonder if it has to do with the laminated coatings between each layer of material that comprise the screen..kinda like safety glass? i mean i dont think the thickness could account for that kind of stopping power....just speculating
mortablunt
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Possible, although flat screen monitors don't seem to fare too well against fists of people who play the scary maze game. BTW, does anyone remember the old Game Boy and Game Boy Color. Those things had some serious fragility issues if you dropped them. Amazing how far technology has come.
While interesting I would like to point out that many ranges and even public lands have been closed to shooting around here in recent years due to people leaving trash.
The worst offending items tend to be electronics, TVs, computers, monitors, etc
With the short use of many electronics many people seem to think the thing to do when they upgrade is to take the old stuff out and leave it in pieces around the landscape.
They leave many small pieces of plastic, metal, and are built with several toxic metals. In fact you are not even supposed to just throw many of them in the trash because of the toxic exotic materials used in parts of them. Spreading it around the surface as dust and pieces is certainly worse.
One of the ranges had volunteers wanting to clean it up as they removed many tons annually and the rangers said it was too toxic as a result of all such materials for them to even assume that liability and only someone hazmat certified would be permitted to do so. The result is the range was closed indefinitely due to the large volume of trash that even the volunteers were not allowed to remove.
Electronics are about the worst common item someone can shoot at the range. A single target leaves bits and pieces of various materials spread over the area, pieces too small to easily clean up but that add up to a lot of litter and give a poor appearance.
As someone generally in favor of independence and freedom, even I was pretty put off by the look of many public shooting areas and had to question if the public can handle such freedom. They look on par with many landfills.
Such practices mean that eventually the only legal shooting left will be at for profit private ranges that charge a fee and have a lot more rules and a less enjoyable atmosphere.
The worst offending items tend to be electronics, TVs, computers, monitors, etc
With the short use of many electronics many people seem to think the thing to do when they upgrade is to take the old stuff out and leave it in pieces around the landscape.
They leave many small pieces of plastic, metal, and are built with several toxic metals. In fact you are not even supposed to just throw many of them in the trash because of the toxic exotic materials used in parts of them. Spreading it around the surface as dust and pieces is certainly worse.
One of the ranges had volunteers wanting to clean it up as they removed many tons annually and the rangers said it was too toxic as a result of all such materials for them to even assume that liability and only someone hazmat certified would be permitted to do so. The result is the range was closed indefinitely due to the large volume of trash that even the volunteers were not allowed to remove.
Electronics are about the worst common item someone can shoot at the range. A single target leaves bits and pieces of various materials spread over the area, pieces too small to easily clean up but that add up to a lot of litter and give a poor appearance.
As someone generally in favor of independence and freedom, even I was pretty put off by the look of many public shooting areas and had to question if the public can handle such freedom. They look on par with many landfills.
Such practices mean that eventually the only legal shooting left will be at for profit private ranges that charge a fee and have a lot more rules and a less enjoyable atmosphere.
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Lex Luthier
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That would make a great movie gag. The Seal/ Ninja dudes could be mano a mano in an office and one of them baffles the other by defending himself with a flat screen. Cool.
A CRT type or an actual newer generation of flat screen?
Before the CRTs got eclipsed many of them had pretty flat screens.
they also have very thick glass to contain the mechanical loads from the internal vacuum they need (they are holding out pretty close to 15 PSI over every inch of there surface) and thick protective covers over the screen to prevent glass from flying all over the place if they did break and to reduce the chance of breakage.
Many of the newer flat screen have many inches of tough plastic in them, especially plasma screens. They still have a vacuum in them and need to contain it, protect from breakage, and contain pieces if they do break.
TexasRifleman
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Like the guys at Box O Truth always say, "shooting stuff is fun". Be careful with all that flying glass. This one has about run its course.
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