Re: Man vs. T-Rex: What Gun Would You Need to Beat One?

On 7/1/2025 4:09 PM, shawn wrote:

On Tue, 1 Jul 2025 15:24:47 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
wrote:
 

On 7/1/2025 12:03 PM, Rhino wrote:

On 2025-07-01 11:19 AM, moviePig wrote:

On 7/1/2025 2:54 AM, shawn wrote:

On Tue, 1 Jul 2025 05:58:23 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:
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Testing the effectiveness of various firearms on a T-Rex, from the
smallest
handgun (.22 pistol) to the most powerful rifle in the world (the
950 JDJ,
which shoots a 2400-grain round that produces 30,000 foot-pounds of
muzzle
energy and 300 pounds of recoil):
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pf6E8yjMAI&t=2s
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Apparently they are really pushing this video as I just saw it pop up
in my recommended videos.

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I confess I shut it off after the second weapon, and not from boredom...
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Appalled by the wanton destruction of ballistic gel, I'll bet. "The
horror, the horror...."

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Not sure why they didn't fill it with cherry...
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 Because ballistic gel is intended to simulate flesh. Adding in cherry
would give a bright red color but wouldn't simulate hitting an actual
t-rex.

Well, that's interesting (...though I was being snarky).  But where structural realism is intended, I'd expect some sort of skull layer.