What gun/cartridge for T rex and other dino's?

[Glamdring]

What about the 416, 458, 470?

Maybe a 577 or 4 bore?

Or should we go with the 50 BMG?

 

[jcoyoung]

The 155mm Howitzer is rumored to have 1-shot-stop capability against T-Rexs.

 

[Glamdring]

That isn't very sporting now is it 'ol chap

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[LawDog]

90mm Recoiless.

SMAW.

M72A2 LAW.

Those would be for back-up. My main carry piece would be something on the lines of an Iowa-class battleship.

Sporting, my fuzzy tail. Being monster-munchies is a recurring nightmare of mine.

LawDog

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[Munro Williams]

M-203 rifle grenade, probably more than one.

On second thought, their nervous systems are so primitive that it takes them a long time to figure out that they're dead.

Quad .50 sounds better.

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[C.R.Sam]

Save that precious ammo, just show it a nude picture of Janet Rheno, one snapshot kill.

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[George Hill]

AT-4, LAW, or DRAGON II - that would about do it.

 

[simonov jr]

Considering that indians are actually whaling with the .50, that is more than enough firepower.

 

[Mal H]

"What gun/cartridge for T-Rex?"

Well as I recall he loved his Colt Python and a beautiful Ruger No. 1 in 30-06. (T-Rex is a bona fide TFL member - please don't shoot at him or you'll have to answer to Mykl, ATM and me. )

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[George Hill]

Uh - Whales dont snarl with a mouth full of foot long teeth and chase jeeps and eat lawyers and tussel with Utah Raptors and throw Explorers off cliffs or frighten children...

To alter a line from JAWS "I think we need a bigger gun."

120MM HEAT should do.

 

[oberkommando]

Since we talkin big, M.I.R.V

Though it might limit the edible amount of meat.

 

[crobrun]

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Good dino!!! Now, go to Washington!
PS to answer the question
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[buzz_knox]

So they're using .50s against whales? So what. Whales don't try to eat you! Against a T-Rex, I want something a little bigger: 120mm APFSDSDU (10 points to the first person to decipher the acronym) from an M1A2. Backup would be a second M1A2.

 

[Herodotus]

No doubt: A-Square's .577 Tyranosaur.

 

[DC]

I was watching the Discovery Channel special on dinos a few weeks ago and had similar thoughts. Was wondering how hard it would be to kill a T-Rex with a 12 gauge slug gun, maybe with exploding slugs. If they bounced off his skull, one could aim for the neck and cut his head off.

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[AF Shooter]

GAU-8 30mm.
Found on the pointy end of any USAF A-10.

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Tom Whitman
SSgt, USAF

 

[Bob Locke]

I'm with the Quad-50.

 

[Glenn E. Meyer]

have you ever stood by the skeleton of one of these things?

Imagine it alive and moving.

This is definitely an indirect fire situation.

I wouldn't trust any handheld nonexplosive weapon.

 

[Coinneach]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by buzz_knox:
I want something a little bigger: 120mm APFSDSDU (10 points to the first person to decipher the acronym) from an M1A2.[/quote]

Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding-Sabot Depleted Uranium.

Check's in the mail, right?

 

[buzz_knox]

10 POINTS, buddy, POINTS, not dollars.

Nice try though!