need I say more. 400 Hornady RN
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Best way I know of to scrub sensitive data off a surplus HD.

my results are identical .. though hitting it edge on with a 458 is even cooler

I guess the question that remains is, did you shoot that poor hard drive out of frustration or pleasure?

it was out of pleasure and a favor. My mother wanted to get rid of her bad hard drive and was worried about people being able to get data off of it. I said, "I'll take care of it."
I emailed her the pictures and she liked what she saw.
The first shot was exactly through the axis of the data discs. This is the shot that did the big damage. I saw that the discs were still pretty well in tact, so I had to put one through the actual discs.

It looks like the HD when I took it out of my old computer.

That was quicker and a lot more fun than running a data scrubber.

I've seen pictures of what looked like a 230gr 45 wedged into a hdd. might make some good armor plating on a budget?

beware some older hdd's have glass platters in them.

Did it resist, or did you just shoot it down in cold blood?

it appears that expansion was adequate to put down the offending PC.

good shootin'

Was that a 'fair chase' hard drive or was is one of those high fence hard drives?

LOL

Shall we have a vote

BEST caliber to delete data

You may want to try this hard drive:

http://www.pcworld.com/article..._shotgun_blasts.html

Is it ethical to shoot a hard drive with a .223?

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Originally posted by Oddbod:
Is it ethical to shoot a hard drive with a .223?

I don't know, I just bought a .223. I'll have to get another hard drive and find out. I'll be sure to have the .416 in case it puts up a fight.

I just took my old hard drives out and beat them senseless with a small sledgehammer.

What the hell was I thinking - I own a .416 and missed out on some good fun.

Nice trophy size HD. Can't wait to read the whole story in the Hunting Report section.

Looks like your double is pretty well regulated, with no crossing ...