Routers/switches stop bullets?

[random_gun]

I am just curious. Computer is probably not a good choice for cover, plenty of videos on youtube shows that. But I can't find anything on routers/switches. Those enterprise level routers/switches are so heavy.. Maybe they can do better than computers? Anyone has experience with shooting routers/switches?

 

[p2000sk]

Density of various internal parts will vary depending on internal placement of those parts and placement of the shot. Generally not a good idea.
What is your backstop like that will capture your bullets after they exit your target?

 

[colorado_handgunner]

Mostly hollow on the inside of the box. Now shooting through the fan or a mounted hard drive would be interesting. Hard drive would likely stop one since it is so dense.

I did take a blow torch to a hard drive once.

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[mljdeckard]

I would not expect a service-caliber bullet to penetrate any rack-mountable computer component horizontally. On the other hand, I wouldn't stand behind it and let someone try either.

 

[firesky101]

As a CCNA, I have often dreamed of putting a bullet through some routers but have not tested it. Those things are too darned expensive.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

If an "active shooter" invades your office building, you have something for at least a modicum of protection, however small. Take all you can get.

 

[M-Cameron]

if you are truly concerned, LCD screens are surprisingly bullet resistant

 

[mljdeckard]

I have actually had the opportunity to troubleshoot a server that was filled with Tannerite.

 

[beatledog7]

I would imagine shooting one of these at any angle would produce a fair amount of shrapnel, whose path would be unpredictable. Using these things for cover, you'd be hard pressed to escape serious injury whether the bullet got through it or not.