Ranges that allow non traditional targets.

[Everest]

My buddies and I are looking for a range that allows you to shoot at objects that are not standard paper or steel targets and more along the lines of home appliances, is there a range within a reasonable distance, around 2 hours, of Baltimore that would allow us to shoot at objects,

 

[outrider58]

Delmarva Sporting Clays & Rifle Range

https://www.dscfff.com/

 

[lazarus]

Caveat is you’ve gotta clean up after yourself and they aren’t going to let you shoot anything unsafe.

Only place I know of that will. IWLA Damascus will let you shoot biodegradable things (sporting clays, crackers, candy).

 

[Alan3413]

Got a bunch of hard drives i want to decommission. This might be a fun way to see how many drives can a green tip go through.

 

[Occam]

Got a bunch of hard drives i want to decommission. This might be a fun way to see how many drives can a green tip go through.

I have a pile, too. Probably a hundred of them. I don't think they'll launch very well from a clay thrower, so I'm thinking they'd do nicely as some sort of ... John Wick IV: IT Manager action range thing. Some of them out at a hundred yards (off hand only!) and a bunch up close for a walk-through scenario where the Western Digital drives are innocent no-shoots, and the evil Seagate drives are peeking out from behind them as hostage takers. Or something.

Honestly, I've been saving them for some fine day when I meet the right person with a berm and a sense of humor. I know, no public or membership range is ever going to let me have a Hard Drive Erasure At The OK Corral, but a guy can dream. I did promise my customers that data would eventually be rendered unreadable, so the ammo and the gas is going to be a tax write off.

 

[INMY01TA]

Delmarva

 

[sleev-les]

Delmarva

We've shot at fire extinquishers, helium tanks, cinder blocks. One time a guy brought out a tailgate to shoot at. Just like mentioned above though, you have to clean up after yourself.

 

[lazarus]

I have a pile, too. Probably a hundred of them. I don't think they'll launch very well from a clay thrower, so I'm thinking they'd do nicely as some sort of ... John Wick IV: IT Manager action range thing. Some of them out at a hundred yards (off hand only!) and a bunch up close for a walk-through scenario where the Western Digital drives are innocent no-shoots, and the evil Seagate drives are peeking out from behind them as hostage takers. Or something.

Honestly, I've been saving them for some fine day when I meet the right person with a berm and a sense of humor. I know, no public or membership range is ever going to let me have a Hard Drive Erasure At The OK Corral, but a guy can dream. I did promise my customers that data would eventually be rendered unreadable, so the ammo and the gas is going to be a tax write off.

Shooting them up close is a BAD idea. Good way to catch fragments. Unlikely a HDD is going to send a ricochet back at you.

Generally you don’t want to shoot at anything metal closer than 50yds and 100+ is generally safer. Exception is steel targets designed to be shot as they are hardened steel and if close set at an angle. They’ll shatter the bullet. Soft metal can cause fragments of the bullet or target to come spraying back at you.

IE stupid to shoot at it close.

 

[K31]

Got a bunch of hard drives i want to decommission. This might be a fun way to see how many drives can a green tip go through.

Unless you are going to remove the electronics beforehand, you are running the risk of being exposed to toxic metals.

 

[plinkerton]

I have a pile, too. Probably a hundred of them. I don't think they'll launch very well from a clay thrower, so I'm thinking they'd do nicely as some sort of ... John Wick IV: IT Manager action range thing. Some of them out at a hundred yards (off hand only!) and a bunch up close for a walk-through scenario where the Western Digital drives are innocent no-shoots, and the evil Seagate drives are peeking out from behind them as hostage takers. Or something.

Honestly, I've been saving them for some fine day when I meet the right person with a berm and a sense of humor. I know, no public or membership range is ever going to let me have a Hard Drive Erasure At The OK Corral, but a guy can dream. I did promise my customers that data would eventually be rendered unreadable, so the ammo and the gas is going to be a tax write off.

Unless you are going to remove the electronics beforehand, you are running the risk of being exposed to toxic metals.

I always remove the electronics from the drive before I perform the high velocity secure erase. Less mess and I can drop the board at the electronic recycling bin at the dump.

 

[Occam]

Yeah. I’ve recycled literally tons of computer hardware in my day. Refuse to chuck it in a landfill. My desire for a fanciful shoot house full of old drives is far more whimsical than plausible. Too many years fighting with computer systems, I suppose. It makes the mind wander!

 

[Alan3413]

Unless you are going to remove the electronics beforehand, you are running the risk of being exposed to toxic metals.

You mean like lead?

 

[ToolAA]

Yeah. I’ve recycled literally tons of computer hardware in my day. Refuse to chuck it in a landfill. My desire for a fanciful shoot house full of old drives is far more whimsical than plausible. Too many years fighting with computer systems, I suppose. It makes the mind wander!

I used to disassemble them. My wife would get the platters and electronic parts and take them to school for students to use in sculpture projects.

I would keep the neodymium magnets....Well because they are magnets. If you are one of those types of people too, then you know what I’m talking about.


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[K31]

You mean like lead?

I mean like beryllium, cadmium, arsenic....

 

[Mark75H]

I used to disassemble them. My wife would get the platters and electronic parts and take them to school for students to use in sculpture projects.

I would keep the neodymium magnets....Well because they are magnets. If you are one of those types of people too, then you know what I’m talking about.


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I glued one the the back of my cordless drill, now I can always find the screws I took out

 

[Alan3413]

I glued one the the back of my cordless drill, now I can always find the screws I took out

Those suckers are strong. A pair of them can pinch hard enough to give you blood blisters. Ask me how I know.

 

[teratos]

I used to disassemble them. My wife would get the platters and electronic parts and take them to school for students to use in sculpture projects.

I would keep the neodymium magnets....Well because they are magnets. If you are one of those types of people too, then you know what I’m talking about.


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Hard drive magnets rock. The best ones I have are from old SCSI drives.

 

[plinkerton]

Hard drive magnets rock. The best ones I have are from old SCSI drives.

I had the opportunity to shoot some old full height SCSI drives.
A Mosin-Nagant didn't make it through one at 40 yards.

To compare it will go through 8 modern drives taped together at that distance

 

[lazarus]

Hard drive magnets rock. The best ones I have are from old SCSI drives.

I remember SCSI drives. And cables. Back when cables weren’t keyed, but DID have a required polarity. Such were the days. As it turns out you can let the magic smoke out and sometimes it’ll still work. Ask me how I know all of this.

 

[Russ D]

Way back when we did the night shoot at Delmarva I blasted a few old Laptops with a 50bmg.