Car/Truck guns?
- Thread starter Glamdring
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.338 Win. Mag. would probably do it for most midsize and import SUVs. For Suburbans, I'd recommend nothing less than a .416 Rigby, although a Marlin .45-70 with Garrett 530-grainers should do nicely and would be lot cheaper. Better yet a .50 BMG Ma Deuce with a belt of API ammo!
If it's a Ford, just use a .223 and shoot out the tires.
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Alfadog
NRA Life Member
"DO NOT TAKE COUNSEL OF YOUR FEARS."
--G. S. Patton, Jr., Lt. Gen., USA, 6 March 1944
If it's a Ford, just use a .223 and shoot out the tires.
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Alfadog
NRA Life Member
"DO NOT TAKE COUNSEL OF YOUR FEARS."
--G. S. Patton, Jr., Lt. Gen., USA, 6 March 1944
oberkommando
New member
I think that would be a safe bet or esp 06 AP.
Once shot a 4x4 tire trough tread both sides of rim and out the other side of tread with a 300mag soft point. Depends on what you mean is it enough, most vehicles are very light in construction, esp new ones, mostly plasic and aluminum with a few computers.
BUT IF YOU COME ACROSS ONE OF THESE SUV YOU BETTER PACK A LUNCH.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m1045_imgw_023.jpg
Good luck on your hunting!
[This message has been edited by oberkommando (edited September 18, 2000).]
Once shot a 4x4 tire trough tread both sides of rim and out the other side of tread with a 300mag soft point. Depends on what you mean is it enough, most vehicles are very light in construction, esp new ones, mostly plasic and aluminum with a few computers.
BUT IF YOU COME ACROSS ONE OF THESE SUV YOU BETTER PACK A LUNCH.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m1045_imgw_023.jpg
Good luck on your hunting!
[This message has been edited by oberkommando (edited September 18, 2000).]
Paco, on sixguns web site http://www.sixgunner.com/Default.htm, mentions using a 45-70 with handloaded 500 grain slugs way back when he was still in LE on a roadblock for a goblin that refused to stop.
I recall reading in an Gun Digest some years ago about a guy shooting a car with a 270, though not sure if it was supposed to be a true story or not.
I recall reading in an Gun Digest some years ago about a guy shooting a car with a 270, though not sure if it was supposed to be a true story or not.
David Scott
New member
In the Army I shot an old deuce and a half with an 88 mmm recoilless rifle. They found bits of the motor 200 yards down range.
Whooosh-- BOOM!
Whooosh-- BOOM!
10ga Soild Slug! Those are REAL stoppers of cars!!! Can pass all the way from the rear of a car to the engine and still crack the engine block!!! The only thing is that this was done from 10-15 yards away. Too bad these are kinda rough on the shoulder!
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Gunslinger
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Personally I have few problems of late being charged by SUV's but as far as vehicles in general it depends a lot on the age of the car. It's been my experience that newer (younger) cars are harder to stop than older, omre solidily built cars. (The preceeding statement should not be taken to imply in any way that I have been shooting any young cars. Shooting young cars does nothing for conservation of the species.)
At one time my mother had an old abandoned Chevy on her place that we did a lot of....uhh..humm... ballistics testing on. Anything shot into a door, including the lowly .22, would pass straight through.
If you are sersious about "stopping" a car I would not trust any caliber to reliably penetrate a block consistantly. A shot, with any caliber, to the radiator will eventually stop any car.
At one time my mother had an old abandoned Chevy on her place that we did a lot of....uhh..humm... ballistics testing on. Anything shot into a door, including the lowly .22, would pass straight through.
If you are sersious about "stopping" a car I would not trust any caliber to reliably penetrate a block consistantly. A shot, with any caliber, to the radiator will eventually stop any car.
Andrew Bornman
New member
While I have never actually shot a vehicle I came real close a couple of years ago.
This happened while I was a college student sharing a house in town with two friends.
One day my housemate bought a used car. He was going on and on about it talking with a couple of other guys who were visiting. I was trying to study and got tired of it and so I said "I'm going to shoot your car." I picked up my Dad's .45 cal muzzelloading rifle and walked out the door. I placed a cap on the nipple, cocked the hammer, and pointed the rifle at the car. I then remembered that you should never point a weapon at anything you aren't willing to destroy and chose to redirect the rifle toward the patch of grass between the sidewalk and the street. I pulled the trigger and to my horror I didn't just get the snap of a cap rather the rifle roared. I ran shaking back into the house with ears ringing hoping that I hadn't been noticed by the police or anyone else. Needless to say my housemates were a little worried about the health of the car.
Upon reflection I realized that the rifle had been loaded for two years. I had borrowed it for deer hunting and got real sick and forgot to unload it. Believe me I will never assume a weapon is unloaded again. Follow the four rules and they will save you untold heartache.
And as you can imagine this story has never been forgotten. In fact my wonderful friends managed to tell it at my wedding reception.
This happened while I was a college student sharing a house in town with two friends.
One day my housemate bought a used car. He was going on and on about it talking with a couple of other guys who were visiting. I was trying to study and got tired of it and so I said "I'm going to shoot your car." I picked up my Dad's .45 cal muzzelloading rifle and walked out the door. I placed a cap on the nipple, cocked the hammer, and pointed the rifle at the car. I then remembered that you should never point a weapon at anything you aren't willing to destroy and chose to redirect the rifle toward the patch of grass between the sidewalk and the street. I pulled the trigger and to my horror I didn't just get the snap of a cap rather the rifle roared. I ran shaking back into the house with ears ringing hoping that I hadn't been noticed by the police or anyone else. Needless to say my housemates were a little worried about the health of the car.
Upon reflection I realized that the rifle had been loaded for two years. I had borrowed it for deer hunting and got real sick and forgot to unload it. Believe me I will never assume a weapon is unloaded again. Follow the four rules and they will save you untold heartache.
And as you can imagine this story has never been forgotten. In fact my wonderful friends managed to tell it at my wedding reception.