Dino gun/loads Part TWO!!!

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Glamdring

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Someone raised the question of how to deal with the dino packs :) how about a pair of 44, 454, or 475 revolvers?

Or maybe a M1 in 338-06?

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Actually, thank heavens someone reopened this. To correct my previous posting, "A Gun For Dinosaur" is by L. Sprague DeCamp, NOT Alan Dean Foster. Copyright 1956. I re-read it this morning while doing laundry. Delightful story, I never realized that DeCamp was so into guns, dinosaur, and safari tales. To wind all three of these into a spiffy little SF short story, well, it was simply brilliant. Someone should do a movie...

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Ok, I was going to stay out of this, but what the heck.

If there was a hunting party, I think that you would be best served by a combination of Barret model 95s (a 5 shot .50 that you can actually carry around if your big), one of those new 20mm South African thingys, a couple of FN-Mags, a couple of light weight FN Fals w/ 40mm grenade launcher.

You know though, if this were possible, guys like Larry Kelly and JD Jones would be out there hunting them with single shot contenders. :)
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Tamara:
Actually, thank heavens someone reopened this. To correct my previous posting, "A Gun For Dinosaur" is by L. Sprague DeCamp, NOT Alan Dean Foster. Copyright 1956. I re-read it this morning while doing laundry. Delightful story, I never realized that DeCamp was so into guns, dinosaur, and safari tales. To wind all three of these into a spiffy little SF short story, well, it was simply brilliant. Someone should do a movie...

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I, too, found "A Gun for Dinosaur" delightful. I cherish my copy which L. Sprague DeCamp autographed for me many years ago.

Actually, I've been kicking around writing a sci-fi/mystery story (might call it, "Mesozoic Murders") in which the protagonists tackle dinos with M-16/M203 combos with impact-fused HEAT grenades. The M-16 should stop the small to man-sized critters (Velociraptors), and the 40-mm should blow a hole in a T-Rex you could stick your head in without getting your ears bloody.

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Gary L. Griffiths
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The three three stories and short novel Tyrannosaur that make up David Drake's Time Safari tales includes lessons on how to deal with big 'uns. A safari leader usually totes either a Garand (adapted to handle BAR mags) or an M14, with armor piercing ammunition (this was the first time I ever read about depleted uranium penetrators). Back up sentinals pack grenade launchers, a large bore machinegun and rifles. Safari clients carry what they will but the lead warns them to leave expanding ammo home and concentrate on bullet placement.
Jeff
 
solids for the thick skinned beasts... like monolithic tungsten alloy bullets.. or solid bronze. For the thin skinned raptors and such a soft nose jacketed bullet with rapid expansion , or remington bronze points (which is like a hydra shock for your rifle)

You hand cannon should be filled with hard cast bullets (like randy garrets) and be capable of DEEP penetration.

You should still have asakiris to watch over you with big automatic weapons
 
Buckaroo Banzai? (Wild guess)

My vote goes to the Vulcan Cannon mounted in the nose of the A-10 Warthog, speaking of depleted uranium.
 
For a real twist, what black powder weapon(s)would you use?

I'd suggest double shotted 12 pound Napoleons
with canister and grape, to boot.

And extremely fast horses.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Munro Williams:
For a real twist, what black powder weapon(s)would you use?

I'd suggest double shotted 12 pound Napoleons
with canister and grape, to boot.

And extremely fast horses.[/quote]

Soot burning? If we are talking black powder cartrides I would go with a 4 bore.

Muzzle loaders? No thanks. :)
 
4 bore? .45-70? Froofaraw. I'm talking Field Artillery!! A battery of crew served cannon! That'll take care of any pesky dino any day...

And if not, well, can a T-Rex out run a horse at full gallop?
 
I doubt it - the Rex was built for running down prey. Or Scavaging - depending on which Dino Scientist you talk to.
:D

Actually - when it comes to the Rex - I would want to opt for the A-10 suggestion.
Talk about a nightmare. Imagine - you standing with a little rifle in hand with a HUGE FREAKIN T-REX coming at you!
I have seen combat - I am afraid of no man - but that would make me wet my pants! Even an M-2 would seem too small.
Maybe a Quad ASP 30MM cannon system.
What ever the weapon system - it would have to be a military Weapons Squad level or higher weapon. Artilery? Well - yeah a 155 Direct fire - that aught to do it. But if you miss and that T-Rex is CHARGING? Damn...
 
Actually, I've been kicking around writing a sci-fi/mystery story (might call it, "Mesozoic Murders") in which the
protagonists tackle dinos with M-16/M203 combos with impact-fused HEAT grenades. The M-16 should stop the
small to man-sized critters (Velociraptors), and the 40-mm should blow a hole in a T-Rex you could stick your head
in without getting your ears bloody.


Let us not forget that outside the military, the 5.56 or .223 round is a VARMINT round.It is not even rated as a deer rifle and deer don't bite(or shoot back). I would require a little more firepower for a pack of velociraptors.

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