"m II" wrote in message news:a75uk.10531$nu6.9338@edtnps83...

My high point, or lack of it, was finding an old TV set in the dump we
used to shoot in. Visions of a small atomic bomb blast came to our young
minds. We set up about fifty feet away and with quite a bit of worry and
excitement, let loose on the screen with the 22 bolt actions.

I still remember, with some bitterness, the absolute lack of anything
resembling excitement. There may have been a slight hiss of air entering
the holes. It must have been slight as it went pretty much unnoticed.

That's when I learned that the anticipation usually exceeds the
acquisition.

Maybe the tube was already broken (nipple on the neck broken off). CRT's
don't do much when you shoot them from the front, anyway... because they're
designed not to implode in that direction for safety purposes.

Same friend as my above post and myself took a particularly problematic TV
(we had repaired it and sold it, and it kept coming back with new problems)
down to his basement, set it up against the woodpile, got out a .22, .45 and
a couple small rifles. We turned the set on (reruns of Mary Hartman, Mary
Hartman were running), and opened up on it. The picture went away pretty
quickly.. what with four slugs immediately into the CRT, with no implosion.
The sound took longer. I think it finally went when we popped a few into the
tuner.. When we finally stopped, there were STILL tubes lit up in there,
so we apparently missed the power transformer, switch and associated
circuitry.. but it was great fun.