How many computer keyboards can a 12 ga slug shoot through?

[chopinbloc]

12 ga Brenneke KO slug fired from an 18.5" barrel through new HP keyboards. 11 keyboards in each box so I bundled 11 keyboards together with tape. 5 bundles. Make your predictions.






https://youtu.be/As1S5tv2z80

 

[mdauben]

Surprising. I would have expected it to penetrate more of them.

 

[OilyPablo]

Light load?

 

[chopinbloc]

Just a plain, factory Brenneke KO

 

[200Apples]

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Light load?

Indeed. [Edit:] Brenneke. Now, that changes things. That a very widely-respected slug (and a brand with many variants).

OP, please do not ask your question and expect any reasonably accurate guesstimate without first stating load/fps and distance.

And since I am an idiot and use a mobile internet connection, I cannot watch every video I'd like to.

 

[Scooter22]

Are they the cheepie 10 dollar ones? Good quality office style or MilSpec fortified ones you can use in the Hide portion of the "Run, Hide, Fight" scenario being peddled as a warm blanket these days? Happy New Years!

 

[chopinbloc]

200Apples, the load used is the first sentence in the OP.

 

[lemaymiami]

Two thoughts (like most at first blush I'd have guessed way high....).... I never guessed how tough a lightweight composite of metal and plastic could be( single keyboard). Secondly the sandwich effect (different layers spaced apart at regular intervals) provides a lot more ballistic resistance than expected (the keyboards although bound together by tape are actually very resistant to penetration -multiple keyboards).


Now, of course, we need to see a few different "penetrators" in the same media (a hot pistol round or two.... several rifle calibers (starting with 223, then 7.62x39, then 30.06...). Interesting results (and yes, boys don't grow up -they just get older....).

 

[chopinbloc]

I might have already done the 7.62x39mm one.

 

[steveno]

you forgot a category. who cares how many keyboards a slug will penetrate? I don't

 

[chopinbloc]

Yet you cared enough to post in the thread. Cool story.

 

[rondog]

I volunteer to try it with .30-06 Armor Piercing and an M1! I'll even provide the rifle and ammo.

 

[chopinbloc]

Nice! You in the Phoenix area?

 

[tarosean]

I figured as much... seen plenty of Cell phones and other electronics stopping bullets.

 

[200Apples]

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200Apples, the load used is the first sentence in the OP.

Yes it is! My bad. I still would have guessed too many keyboards; giving the slug too much credit. (I love shooting slugs from my short-barreled Wingmasters!)

Thank you for your efforts in everything you've done. It has not gone unnoticed.

Happy New Year!

 

[chopinbloc]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

 

[rondog]

No, I'm in Denver.

 

[chopinbloc]

Bummer.

 

[MachIVshooter]

Looks like there's sheet metal inside them. Didn't expect that, definitely a game changer for shotgun slugs or pistol rounds.

 

[chopinbloc]

Yeah, I had no clue that was in there.

 

[morcey2]

You should have tried some of the old IBM terminal keyboards with the cast/extruded aluminum cases. I'd have put it at maybe 2 of those.

 

[chopinbloc]

Yeah, I didn't get a dozen cases of those for free.

 

[silicosys4]

Couldn't care less about how many keyboards you shot through.
Shooting trash is not my thing. Seen too much of it at various public shooting spots, which usually quickly get shut down because of trash being left.
Its nasty to walk around a nice spot, and see bits of blasted electronics lying everywhere, shotgun shells, shot up appliances, etc..
Hope you picked up after yourself.

 

[chopinbloc]

I usually ignore stuff that I don't care about rather than post about it, but that's cool.

 

[morcey2]

Yeah, I didn't get a dozen cases of those for free.

I might be able to make that happen. May take a couple of weeks to find out, but I'll let you know.