2000Z-71
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The latest home improvement project was the replacement of the toilet in our master bedroom. The quandry, what to do with the old one? Too big to fit in the trash can. I'm too cheap to pay $16.00 for a run to the dump for one item. A sledge hammer could break it up into smaller pieces that would fit in the trach can and be stress reducing. Shooting it with a .340 Weatherby Magnum would break it up into even smaller pieces and be more stress reducing...
So off to the desert with a .340 Weatherby Magnum and an old toilet bowl.
Why the blue tarp, it will make sense at the end.
First round I aimed for dead center on the tank. It sheared the mounting bolts off as well as shattering the tank.
Second round I aimed right for the front lip of the bowl. It pretty much vaporized the bowl but left some of the base.
Third round I took out what was left of the base.
Closer view of the carnage. I was convinced there had to be more scattered around the desert, it just didn't look like enough porcelain to make a toilet. But using the old blue tarp, it was easy to clean up by folding up the tarp and leaving all of the shattered porcelain inside. When I picked it up, the weight alone confirmed there was a complete toilet bowl inside of it.
For those concerned about the environment and the desert, a view of the site after I was done. While not pristine, I left it cleaner than when I found it. Unfortunately a lot of shooters don't share the same concerns so I packed out an extra bag of trash to help make up for them.
All in all, a fun day and a hell of a lot more fun than breaking it up with a sledgehammer. I was expecting cracked and broken porcelain, I wasn't expecting just how explosive and pulverizing it would be.
So off to the desert with a .340 Weatherby Magnum and an old toilet bowl.
Why the blue tarp, it will make sense at the end.
First round I aimed for dead center on the tank. It sheared the mounting bolts off as well as shattering the tank.
Second round I aimed right for the front lip of the bowl. It pretty much vaporized the bowl but left some of the base.
Third round I took out what was left of the base.
Closer view of the carnage. I was convinced there had to be more scattered around the desert, it just didn't look like enough porcelain to make a toilet. But using the old blue tarp, it was easy to clean up by folding up the tarp and leaving all of the shattered porcelain inside. When I picked it up, the weight alone confirmed there was a complete toilet bowl inside of it.
For those concerned about the environment and the desert, a view of the site after I was done. While not pristine, I left it cleaner than when I found it. Unfortunately a lot of shooters don't share the same concerns so I packed out an extra bag of trash to help make up for them.
All in all, a fun day and a hell of a lot more fun than breaking it up with a sledgehammer. I was expecting cracked and broken porcelain, I wasn't expecting just how explosive and pulverizing it would be.
