On the relative dangers of dinosaur attacks

[SlowwHand]

There are rifled slugs, and rifled shotgun barrels. It's pretty simple to change out barrels, at least on my Mossberg 500. Rifled shotguns slugs are slow and heavy, and they are sometimes used in hunting where rifles are prohibited. They tend to be less likely to overpenetrate, since they're big slow slugs instead of tiny fast bullets. It would not be a reliable way to take out a T-Rex.

Here are some charts to give you an idea.

Rifled slug

30-06

If you look at those, you'll note that they both start with ~2500 ft-lbs, but after 100 yards the 30-06 has nearly twice the energy.

EDIT: One more thing. If the barrel is smoothbore, than the rifled slug won't help accuracy. The rifling on the slugs has something to do with barrel wear.

Well, I have a Mossberg 500 and it isn't rifled. If they are now, that's something that's been sneaked in. I suppose there are good and bad points, but it's a tightening on gun control.
As far as the edit, a Mossberg 500 isn't made for accuracy, mine isn't, more than being able to hit greater area in home defense. I don't think slugs have anything to do with barrel wear. If you were going to hunt bear,and insisted on using a shotgun, you should probably use slugs.

[KrazyHorse]

HC prefers getting eaten by slightly singed and pissed off dinosaurs

[SlowwHand]

What were those little dinosaurs that attacked the fat I.T. guy in Jurassic Park?

[Felch]

No one's suggested homemade flamethrowers yet, by the way. I've heard you can put gas in a super soaker and a lighter on the end and get a decent one that way.

I would advise against any flamethrower made out of plastic. Flamethrowers are really niche weapons used for clearing trenches and bunkers. Facing a dino, you'd be carrying a heavy weapon (empty M2 flamethrowers are over 40 lbs.) with a range of about 20 meters. It might work, but I'd rather have an 8 lb rifle with a range of 200-300 meters.

[Felch]

Well, I have a Mossberg 500 and it isn't rifled. If they are now, that's something that's been sneaked in. I suppose there are good and bad points, but it's a tightening on gun control.
As far as the edit, a Mossberg 500 isn't made for accuracy, mine isn't, more than being able to hit greater area in home defense. I don't think slugs have anything to do with barrel wear. If you were going to hunt bear,and insisted on using a shotgun, you should probably use slugs.

Mine isn't rifled either, but they do sell rifled barrels. Rifling a barrel ****s with shot spread, so they're typically an aftermarket addition.

[Hauldren Collider]

Personally, I think the safest thing would be to enlist in the national guard as a helicopter pilot or tank driver or something.

[Felch]

What were those little dinosaurs that attacked the fat I.T. guy in Jurassic Park?

The ones that spat acid were Dilophosaurus, although the movie was creative in their portrayal.

[Felch]

Personally, I think the safest thing would be to enlist in the national guard as a helicopter pilot or tank driver or something.

Then you'll just wind up walking foot patrols in Afghanistan.

[Hauldren Collider]

HC prefers getting eaten by slightly singed and pissed off dinosaurs

Well, I was more thinking that they would be pre-barbecued.

[Hauldren Collider]

Then you'll just wind up walking foot patrols in Afghanistan.

I said National Guard, not marine.

[Felch]

You think the Army gives a ****? It doesn't matter if your MOS is in engineering or artillery, everybody I know wound up humping a rifle or driving a truck. Once you're in, you belong to them, to do with as they please.

[KrazyHorse]

When the Ma Deuce speaks, everybody listens.

Including T-Rexes.

In point of fact, human being are so ****ing badass that a plague of dinosaurs would be wiped out within days if not hours. Third tier military forces would decimate them. The NYPD would use them as training. We are the deadliest things the world has ever produced, and may in fact be the deadliest things in the entire Universe. Jurassic Park was a joke for that very reason; who the **** cares if they get off the ****ing island? They couldn't even kill a couple of kids and a ****ing mathematician.

[Felch]

KH as always

Same is true with zombies. The only sudden apocalypse scenarios that really make sense are things like nuclear war or asteroids.

[notyoueither]

KH seems to be suggesting we go short on math whizzes who work on Wall Street.

[Sir Og]

The larger, slower animal is less dangerous.

I ****ing hate small animals. And this Deinonychus Antirrhopus probably has feathers. I hate birds even more.