Martin H. Eastburn wrote:

Discharging caps that way can ruin the cap. Just turn off the supply or
apply a resistor load. The internal plates violently move - ripping
themselves up.

Given that they were made by Maxwell and sold to
Fermilab, they are probably spec'ed for pulse
discharge. That said, I'd not want to be on the
same city block when iggy crowbars them.

Putting a hard metalec short across them will no
doubt blow half the terminal away, create a deafening
blast and generate a nice EMP pulse. There's no
way I'd do it.