Dinosaur Hunting Guns: Taking Down T-Rex and Other Extinct Reptiles

[spike.t]

What happens when the tank gets stuck?

Then Bon Appetite for Mr. T. rex

now hang on i havent heard that they had armour piercing teeth????

 

[enysse]

What are you going to do for food and water, wait him out? Or do you have a few guns in that tank?

 

[Royal27]

my 20mm rotary toy comes mounted on my hunting vehicle

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Spike,

I'm assuming this is being stored in London next to your Brockman .45/70? At least you remembered you had this one....

 

[richteb]

Come on lets get serious.....22mag is the go.

 

[spike.t]

What are you going to do for food and water, wait him out? Or do you have a few guns in that tank?

my 20mm still works even if my tank is stuck , so blow him to the and then gap it to get some and get ...

 

[enysse]

I'd have that Marlin with me!!!

 

[Odinsraven]

Bring Mr Bell back and his Rigby or 318 westley richards. ...... dead t Rex all over the shop.

 

[tigris115]

Then Bon Appetite for Mr. T. rex

now hang on i havent heard that they had armour piercing teeth????

Rex has a bite force of 12,800 pounds. That combined with a sense of smell that'd make a bloodhound bright green with envy would ensure that you will not be leaving the encounter unscathed.

 

[spoonieduck]

Despite popular opinion, Tyrannosaurus rex was about the size of an African elephant. Any rifle adequate for elephant would have been adequate for T. rex. Head shots might bee problematic, however, because the great tyrannosaur had a large head and a small brain. I'd recommend a heart-lung shot with anything from a .375 Win mag on up. Of course solids would be the best choice. Now there were some truly giant dinosaurs. Argentinosaurus was a sauropod that could look through a 6th floor window--make that 60 feet. A chest shot would be problematic even with the largest calibers firing all-copper solid bullets. Interestingly, a brain shot might be the better bet because, although its brain was tiny, its head was also relatively small. A shot with a .375 on up would likely be devastating.

 

[slad68]

 

[tigris115]

I think we all know about W.D.M. or "Karamojo" Bell and how he utilized the .275 Rigby as an absolutely devastating weapon against elephants. It also helped that he dissected dead elephants and was able to pinpoint the location of the vital organs from any angle. So the lesson here is that accuracy is more important than carying a jumbo sized hand cannon. While the gun you chose must be appropriate as I cannot imagine the sheer rage from a wounded Triceratops, I think that accuracy and knowledge in anatomy will be your best friend in hunting dinosaurs.

 

[spoonieduck]

I wonder about dinosaur "rage". In terms of classification dinosaurs can probably be positioned somewhere between reptiles and birds, both taxonomy-wise and intellectually. No doubt some dinosaurs might react negatively to injury but "rage" might be beyond them. Picture the largest bird--the ostrich--shot and wounded. Have you ever heard of this dinosaur descendant charging his tormentor like a wounded leopard? Now a triceratops was no doubt capable of major self defense. It's horns were likely used against other male rivals but might also prove useful against large predators like T. rex. A T. rex attack might very well be attended by a very active self defense including full-blown charges, although such behaviors were probably completely instinctive.

T. rex and triceratops were similar sized beasts--both roughly the size of African elephants. On the face of it, it might seem impossible for T. rex to pull down a triceratops. After all, much of the front half of the body was covered by a boney frill and impressive horns. There was no neck to grab on to and given the T. rex anatomy, it might be tough for him to get down low enough to grab a leg. Therefore, T. rex would have been limited to slashing at the rear portion of no doubt a highly mobile and highly defensive triceratops. If triceratops, an animal that usually traveled in herds, put up a group defense, the T. rex problem would grow exponentially. Of course, T. rex may also have attacked in groups. Possible but our nearest T. rex descendants might be considered predatory birds like hawks and falcons. With the solitary exception of the Harris hawk, all are solitary hunters.

To bag a triceratops, the best bet would be a body shot with an adequate caliber and a well-constructed solid. A frontal brain shot would involve too much luck. You would have to be an excellent anatomist to center the tiny brain.

 

[ROCKET]

In fact Mr Rolland (part 2) chose a heavy caliber double rifle for his T-Rex hunt......but didn´t make it I guess.....!!!!

Better luck next.......!!!!

 

[enysse]

He would have taken them with his knife!

 

[tigris115]

I wonder about dinosaur "rage". In terms of classification dinosaurs can probably be positioned somewhere between reptiles and birds, both taxonomy-wise and intellectually. No doubt some dinosaurs might react negatively to injury but "rage" might be beyond them. Picture the largest bird--the ostrich--shot and wounded. Have you ever heard of this dinosaur descendant charging his tormentor like a wounded leopard? Now a triceratops was no doubt capable of major self defense. It's horns were likely used against other male rivals but might also prove useful against large predators like T. rex. A T. rex attack might very well be attended by a very active self defense including full-blown charges, although such behaviors were probably completely instinctive.

T. rex and triceratops were similar sized beasts--both roughly the size of African elephants. On the face of it, it might seem impossible for T. rex to pull down a triceratops. After all, much of the front half of the body was covered by a boney frill and impressive horns. There was no neck to grab on to and given the T. rex anatomy, it might be tough for him to get down low enough to grab a leg. Therefore, T. rex would have been limited to slashing at the rear portion of no doubt a highly mobile and highly defensive triceratops. If triceratops, an animal that usually traveled in herds, put up a group defense, the T. rex problem would grow exponentially. Of course, T. rex may also have attacked in groups. Possible but our nearest T. rex descendants might be considered predatory birds like hawks and falcons. With the solitary exception of the Harris hawk, all are solitary hunters.

To bag a triceratops, the best bet would be a body shot with an adequate caliber and a well-constructed solid. A frontal brain shot would involve too much luck. You would have to be an excellent anatomist to center the tiny brain.

I'd imagine it would depend on the species. For example, whole black rhinos are pretty cantankerous, white rhinos are comparatively docile.

 

[accipiter]

I'd say none and let someone else do it haha. I'll stay home on this hunt. Maybe from an armored tank... If for some reason if dino's existed and I was a game scout I wouldn't leave bed without at least a Browning M2 .50 cal. I'm not messing around with a gun that only holds 2 bullets if a t-rex showed up.

I am with Bsums on this. For the T-Rex I would use the Browning 50 cal. I would put about 100 rounds into the lungs and chest area.

 

[tigris115]

I am with Bsums on this. For the T-Rex I would use the Browning 50 cal. I would put about 100 rounds into the lungs and chest area.

You want to kill the animal, NOT turn him into Swiss cheese

 

[accipiter]

You want to kill the animal, NOT turn him into Swiss cheese

Since the T-rex is a predator, I have little use for the meat so I do not care about destroying the meat. And as far as taxidermy, I would be fine with a European mount.

 

[matt85]

who is going to carry your Browning M2 around for you? you will need a team of gun bearers and hopefully the animal gives you time to set up!

given what little I know about Dinosaurs (very little), I would think a 375 or a 416 would be suitable for most animals under 2000 pounds. now for large animals such as the long necks or extremely dangerous large animals like the T-rex I would want a double rifle in nothing smaller then 500 NE.

my choice T-rex rifle would be a well made double in 577 NE.

-matt

 

[accipiter]

Good point Matt. I would probably have to do it as a helicopter hunt. A brain shot with a big bore NE would put the T-Rex down - but what if you miss the brain?