45-70 for T-Rex

7.62xfun said:
The "croc"was a massivly oversized mosasaur. The hybrid that was shot was the Indomius Rex. The T-rex was the same T-rex from the original 1992 Jurassic Park. And all of this fails in comparison to the fact if i recall crocodiles are quite tough to kill so i can imagine that most small arms would be quite useless against a dinosaur, a brain shot would be a miracle with how small the brain was.[/B] How ever they say dinosaur bones are hollow like a birds and thats part of how they became so large without crushing theyre own bones under theyre own weight. So that might make the bone quite easy to penitrate.
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Crocs are easier to kill than the uninitiated might think. From the front, the brain is located at a point between the eyes and the bullet should hit on the flat portion on the top of the skull. From the side, just behind the extreme rear of the mouth opening, just forward of where the head joins to the body, puts you on the spine. The brain is only golf ball size, so presents a tougher marksmanship problem, but can be hit if using the raised portion of the croc's mouth line as an index, the aim a couple of inches above that, at the base of the ear ridge. Cartridges typically chosen for deer rifles will flatten any croc - even Jurassic Park's.

We followed the tracks of a 14 footer up a dry creek bed in the Selous, but we never got sight of him. Stalking a crock on dry land is not the typical hunting technique, but it was a lot more fun than just shooting them on a river bank or in the water would have been. Anyway this is supposed to be about shooting a T-Rex, which presents it's own challenges . . . you know, like finding one.
 
Brutus said:
Uhm, Bella Twin and happened near the Swan Hills of Alberta?

maybe
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That post was a spoof... every time the conversation of .22 lethality arises... someone points to Bella... and invariabky gets the name and location wrong...
 
Boomer said:
Crocs are easier to kill than the uninitiated might think. From the front, the brain is located at a point between the eyes and the bullet should hit on the flat portion on the top of the skull. From the side, just behind the extreme rear of the mouth opening, just forward of where the head joins to the body, puts you on the spine. The brain is only golf ball size, so presents a tougher marksmanship problem, but can be hit if using the raised portion of the croc's mouth line as an index, the aim a couple of inches above that, at the base of the ear ridge. Cartridges typically chosen for deer rifles will flatten any croc - even Jurassic Park's.

We followed the tracks of a 14 footer up a dry creek bed in the Selous, but we never got sight of him. Stalking a crock on dry land is not the typical hunting technique, but it was a lot more fun than just shooting them on a river bank or in the water would have been. Anyway this is supposed to be about shooting a T-Rex, which presents it's own challenges . . . you know, like finding one.
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made my day Mike .....
 
Very late returning to the party having finally seen the movie, really enjoyed it as will anyone who sketched monsters instead of paying attention in class as a kid. They could have chosen much better in firearms, but we're not all gunophiles, how could would a .600 or .700 double have made it? Or a big turn bolt? Still, fun show.
 
My $0.02.... no chance Id go after a Rex with a 45-70... heck even with a Searcy .600 Nitro (like in LostWorld) Id have to pass thats for sure.... (especially since theres TWO OF THEM in this pic also :d)


Especially if it noticed you... :eek::eek::eek:
 
Uranium penetrators in an M14 clone. Norinco gun, $500; ammo @ $5. Buy lots, shot placement still counts.
Revised DU collector cost: $100 - $150 USD per round. darn.
 
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