How well does computer hardware hold up to small-arms fire? A couple of friends and I attempted to find out yesterday at the range.
First up: an old Seagate 9GB hard drive.


Dave lets loose with his Ruger GP100 357 Mag.

Results: one slightly damaged hard drive that might have a few bad sectors.

Next up: a motherboard from an old Radio Shack TRS-80 personal computer.

Now it's Jim's turn to administer some 9mm goodness on the motherboard with his CZ 75BD.

The motherboard after being peppered with a variety of 9mm, 357 Mag and 44 Mag projectiles.

The motherboard, after additional 'ventilation'.

Next Saturday, we'll be conducting more 'quality control' testing on a variety of PC hardware, including additional hard drives and an old Toshiba Libretto laptop.

MG