Slug vs buckshot distances

[Sophiedoc]

I have a 50 foot high concrete silo with a deteriorating roof which my father and brothers built after WW1.It is an eyesore and dangerous if it falls off in a bad direction.The stairwell is Kaput and it is really hard to get closer than 20 feet of two 1" x 6" pine boards that are holding it up.My friend tried several shots
with a 30-30 but shooting @ a 45 degree angle into the air I don't feel is safe with a neighbor about 3/4 mile away.I know you can shoot a spit paper wad thru a board of this type@ 10 feet but not much farther.Slugs vs double 00 buck seems reasonable but not sure of safe distances shooting the boards with the sky background.I know we could hire a bucket truck etc but shooting the boards off seems simple if danger to neighbors can be removed.At the distance from the neighbor are regular buck or slug loads OK or should I make up some reduced loads?

[tony ennis]

Can you get a rope around the boards?

Firearms were not involved in the first solutions I thought of.

[Greg Parent]

If you are within 20 feet a load of #6 will cut a 1x6 board in a shot or two. The small shot wont travel very far.

[Berniep]

You might be underestimating the stability of the Silo. Are 2 1x6 really the only things holding it up?
Is it solid concrete or blocks?
These things can be a lot harder to get down than they appear.

[38_Cal]

Berniep, I think the roof is the item in question, not the silo itself. I think I would look at nothing larger than No. 2 shot loads, not No. 2 Buck to blast away at the supports for the roof.

David
Montezuma, IA

[madman]

Saw a neeet Bowling Ball Mortar It used 3 ounces of powder(black) and that Bowling Ball really sailed. DOM Pipe and a welded plug fire hole and downsivze the powder load. Should be good for Demolition work.PS wear youre Hardhat Please.

[Sophiedoc]

Tried the #2 shot which didn't do much.When harvest is done will try low power slug loads since the closest neighbor is a mile away and if the boards are hit well this will decrease the range of flight.I have not seen a table of distances traveled for slugs or 00 Buck but there must be such info around.Slug mold from Lee is back ordered.

[Mcostello]

Can't you shoot an arrow over the board then pull heavy rope over it?

[Hollowbuilt]

Absolutely true story: Two friends of mine, father and son, wanted to put a trap range on their farm, and were concerned about shot falling on their neighbor's property. So their plan was simple: the dad would stand by the barbed wire fence separating the property, and the son would stand back some 300 yards and shoot a 3 dram trap load, 1 1/8 ounce 7 1/2 shot. The father felt that a 5 gallon bucket over his head and neck would be enough protection at that range. The dad signaled the boy and the boy let loose with a shot at about 45 degrees. The dad waited what he thought was more than enough time, and signaled the boy by shrugging his shoulders. The boy, just to be sure, reloaded quickly and fired another round, at about 60 degrees. Just as he touched off the second round, the bb's from the first round hit the dad like a swarm of mad hornets! As the dad danced around in pain from the first shot string....the second string arrived! I was rolling on the floor with tears in my eyes when they told me this one.
Chris

[deltaenterprizes]

Absolutely true story: Two friends of mine, father and son, wanted to put a trap range on their farm, and were concerned about shot falling on their neighbor's property. So their plan was simple: the dad would stand by the barbed wire fence separating the property, and the son would stand back some 300 yards and shoot a 3 dram trap load, 1 1/8 ounce 7 1/2 shot. The father felt that a 5 gallon bucket over his head and neck would be enough protection at that range. The dad signaled the boy and the boy let loose with a shot at about 45 degrees. The dad waited what he thought was more than enough time, and signaled the boy by shrugging his shoulders. The boy, just to be sure, reloaded quickly and fired another round, at about 60 degrees. Just as he touched off the second round, the bb's from the first round hit the dad like a swarm of mad hornets! As the dad danced around in pain from the first shot string....the second string arrived! I was rolling on the floor with tears in my eyes when they told me this one.
Chris

That story is bogus,7 1/2 shot will bounce off a cardboard target at 40 yards, that is the distance we had our turkey shoot and the shot didn't penatrate the paper target. It looked like a bunch of dots done with a pencil.
There is a trap range in New Orleans under the Mississippi River Bridge and the ranges are only 40 yds apart and nobody gets peppered, the shot has no mass.