Wanna see what happens when you shoot a hard drive?

Celegorm

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Well, so did I. So I brought a dead one that had ticked me off up to deer camp this weekend, and when I didn't even see a deer, I needed to take the anger out on something.

I'm hoping you all know what a normal hard drive looks like. This was shot with a 7mm-08 round at 200 yards. To be honest, it took me a few shots to get it.

OK, lets start with the front, or "Entry wound":

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OK, now, look at the back, nice size expansion of the hole. Also notice the charring on the drive. That WAS NOT there before it was shot.

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Now, what really suprised me was the path of the bullet. It entered strait, but did not leave so. Take a look, I put a tooth-pick in the hole to show you the degree of change in path.

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The bullet and magnet probably had the same charge, positive or negative, so they repelled eachother. It is possible, I have played around with powerful magnets and nails, and at a few points, I couldn't even get the nail close to the magnet.

Did some nice damage to the HD, I must say, good job celegorm.
 
The bullet and magnet probably had the same charge, positive or negative, so they repelled eachother. It is possible, I have played around with powerful magnets and nails, and at a few points, I couldn't even get the nail close to the magnet.

Did some nice damage to the HD, I must say, good job celegorm.

Maybe, It's kinda hard to tell now :cool: Thanks :)

plug it in and see if it workS :p

I'm tempted, but judging by the rattling and the fact all the circuitry is fried, I doubt the result would be good to the PSU of the computer I test it on.
 
I'm tempted, but judging by the rattling and the fact all the circuitry is fried, I doubt the result would be good to the PSU of the computer I test it on.

man you should see what type of hard drives i plug in. i spit on the circuit board of an old hard drive while it was running. then i screwed with all the circuitry. the PSU is still alive
 
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