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

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Basically you need something that will drop an 2x elephant

50 bmg is the proper sporting use
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Would it be good enough against a t rex?

One of the problems is that they had a multi nodal CN.

Lets quallify this fantasy and add the qualification that you want a nice mount after the hunt.

A stinger to the head kinda wrecks the wall mount.

dZ
 
You're all thinking too small. How about a 1 mile caliber comet at 15,000 mph? It worked once before.
 
Two words: Tar Pit.

The principle is the same as knocking the tread off of a tank. No matter how tough it is, if it can't move it's toast. Cool thread.

BTW, the screen name is an old army nickname (given due to hat size, not disposition). It started out as "Dinosaur Head".

[This message has been edited by T-Rex (edited May 11, 2000).]
 
During the Vietnamese war the Marines had an APC mounted with either two or four six inch tubes that fired grapeshot (big freaking shotguns really).
 
I think for T-Rex and several other dino's it would be a matter of what fit their 'hands'. With a T-Rex (given the size of their 'hands') something small like a Walther, Kahr K-9, etc... would fit the bill. For those dino's without opposeable thumbs they're probably screwed. I'm not sure the dinos that need the most protection could handle some of the larger calibers.

*big smile!... big smile!... biiiiig smile!* (Mel Gibson, Lethal Weapon ___?)
 
I read a sci-fi story once (I wish I could remember the name) about how since petrochemical supplies were running out in the present, why we'll just explore in the past! Like the late Cretaceous period. So they sent back roughnecks to drill and had no end to the problems with dinos. I recall that the favorite dino-disposer (brontosaur and T-Rex) was the 2.36" bazooka (story was written in the '50s), but that a mounted .50BMG would "mess them up a bit." Now THAT would be one heck of a safari!
 
Are they opening a season on that little island way down there?

Imagine......... a week of deep sea fishing while you cruise to the Safari of a life time. Followed by a couple days shooting that Barrett .50 BMG, (and feeling under gunned) while surrounded by much needed body guards armed with the most fearsome weapons outside a war zone.

Wow, guess the only problem would be the gourmet food at the closing night feast.... T-rex's love hunter a-la-mode. :D
 
Has anyone besides me read David Drake's "Time Safari"?

I think a 416 with solids would work fine. I doubt the T rex spent a lot of time hunting small game.

Though I might be wrong :)

Anyway for any of the carnosaurs I think the traditional elephant guns would work. For the big plant eaters a 14.5mm [russian] sounds about right with belt feed.

Though I would suggest shooting form behind cover :)

The funny thing is I bet if we ever do gene engineer dino's someone will just have to use bow and handgun to hunt them! lol
 
The real problem isn't the T-Rex. He might or might not consider you worth the effort of chasing down and eating.

The real problem is the pack of raptors closing in from behind while you're focused on the Rex. Now, how do you handle them?

Me? M60E4.
 
Time safari had its moments..

I think a .375 is the "minimum" for dangerous game of all types.. however for dinos.. a .600 nitro express double rifle with coin finished engraving and a small army of asakiris armed with full auto FAL's to deal with night hunters interrupting our dinner of triceratops.

A 12 guage pump with slugs in the jeep as a back-up... you could always load birdshot if you wee hankering to try archeoptrix meat.

and a .577 'howdah" double barreled pistol in case it got hairy, or a DA 454 casull.

as far as raptor defense goes... full auto BAR', Tommy guns or HK CAWS.. they aren't that thick skinned or big.. but if they hunt in packs you might need a LOT of bullets.

remember HUNTING is NOT blasting packs of unsuspecting animals with automatic weapons.. any fool can do that
 
Guys. If Dinos where about, you might have to run with your weapon. Jam, missfire, whatever. It has to be light. And exist.
M79 40mm with HEAT.
 
Screw hunting. I'm thinking about survival.

You drop me back 65 millions years or so ago and the last thing on my mind is "let me get back to my primal roots and become one with nature, giving the animal a sporting chance and thereby reaffirming my superiority." I'd be shooting and pooping as fast as I could until I either found a way home or contacted the nearest aliens and offered myself as Earth's ambassador in exchange for a ticket out of there.

My motto: "Prep for immediate dustoff and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
 
boy that hunting story from that page was... wierd. lets get a 10 shot VEPR and a tank chassis and chase riendeer. pass tha chilled vodka droog.. I feel a bit of a chill. more like izmash was letting the local yokels out to play.. wierd info like the 7.62x54 Russian was 'too powerful" for deer?? And using FMJ bullets on furbearers i understand.. but on deer? Then to state that the 223 and 5.45x39 were execllent deer cartirdges out to 300 meters?


lots of anecdotals... 'composite stocks are too cold" but very little real data.

Sounds like those vodka swilling reindeer poachers think a VEPR with a 30 round mag and a wood stock is the neatest thing since sliced bread... for shooting FOXes.. kooky russians..

Bezhumii lyudi

anyway it was an interesting read. check it out.
 
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