Sunday, October 02, 2005

T-Rex Redux

Jed at FreedomSight has resurrected the discussion.

And, yeah, I did intend it to be a one-man weapon--the scenario has to be one-on-one-- where you live or die based on your decision.
Posted by David Codrea at 10/02/2005 11:51:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh please, we all know what you would really want to use.

http://world.guns.ru/grenade/gl11-e.htm

I mean, let's be serious here. [smiles]

10/02/2005 2:52 PM
Anonymous said...

In the taking of a T.rex I can only suggest two possible rifles. A double rifle to be sure firing either 700/577 Nitro Express or 600 Nitro Express. Firing Solids, of course. With that incomprehensible amount of bone shattering power and penetration (many feet of penetration) I think that a T.rex could be dispatched with relative surety. I suppose a bolt action 600 Nitro Express (which can be loaded much hotter / to the same levels as the 700/577) could get the job done too. I just wouldn't want to have to work the bolt in order to get off a second shot after taking that much recoil.
I think that people tend to forget just how much power and penetration a steel jacketed bullet of 900 grains traveling at even the minimal 1,950 feet per second of the 600 Nitro double (not to mention the 2,300 fps of the other) really has. Consider, the Royal Navy used to use them in ship-to-ship combat during the first World War. Those rifles offer more power than we modern mortals can fully comprehend.
For those who are thinking it:
The 700 Nitro Express might work too, but the bullet design used in that caliber would limit penetration by a considerable amount (of course they can still blow holes through a quarter-inch steel plate and keep going).
The 577 Nitro Express, given its lighter weight bullets, would likely come up a little short of adequate. It would work fine on a juvenile (like the one in the Jurassic Park movies) but against a record size T.rex (about three times the size of the movie T.rex) I don’t think that it could really be counted on to get the trophy in the bag.
Cheers,
rexgun

12/22/2005 7:18 PM
Anonymous said...

See the book: rexGun by Dr. Stephen W. Templar, ISBN: 978-0615224138

8/19/2008 6:24 PM

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