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

On Jul 1, 2025 at 9:04:53 AM PDT, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
wrote:

On Tue, 1 Jul 2025 12:03:35 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> 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:
 

 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):
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pf6E8yjMAI&t=2s
 

 
 Apparently they are really pushing this video as I just saw it pop up
 in my recommended videos.

 
 I confess I shut it off after the second weapon, and not from boredom...
 
 

Appalled by the wanton destruction of ballistic gel, I'll bet. "The
horror, the horror...."

 
I didn't watch it at all. After seeing him firing off the 20mm rifle I
see no reason to watch this.

That doesn't make sense. There was a reason to watch it up to 20mm, but 20mm
was the limit beyond which the reason disappeared?