had some car trouble at the range today...

[shooter521]

Well THERE'S your problem!!

Bullets do strange and nasty things when they come into contact with vehicles, but certain parts of a car are a lot tougher than I would've imagined! Just one of many things I learned this weekend at Henk Iverson's AK Operator's Course. Full AAR will be posted in the T&T section this week...

 

[shooter1054]

That wasn't the parking lot. Remember that next time. " State Farm? Do I have the firing line rider on my policy? Or is that covered under comprehensive?"

 

[shooter521]

In before Kirk Freeman's diatribe about unloading in the parking lot at gun shows...

 

[pudly]

In before Kirk Freeman's diatribe about unloading in the parking lot at gun shows...

Dang... How many guns did you unload anyway?

 

[indianajoe]

Mom and Dad are not going to be happy about this.

 

[shooter521]

Dang... How many guns did you unload anyway?

Personally? Two. But there were 14 other guys on the line with me...

 

[Shoots4Fun]

I thought maybe it was somewhere on 38th Street in Indy.

 

[esrice]

Looking forward to the AAR Mark!

 

[WhitleyStu]

I like that crater in the left front fender of the minivan...

 

[JohnP82]

In before Kirk Freeman's diatribe about unloading in the parking lot at gun shows...

Looks like some fun though!

 

[darthfader]

this class was awesome and a first for a henk iverson course. everyone passed the qualification instead of the usual 60-80% fail rate... henk doesnt lower the standard. you either perform or you fail. kudos to the first time guys that worked there asses off. you went from zero to hero in 2 days. well done.

 

[indykid]

I want to see how you explain that to your insurance adjuster!!!!


And they had fun fun fun as they went and blew their cars away....obviously to that old T-bird song.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

But I thought if you shoot a car on any of its parts it will explode instantly!

Are you trying to tell me years of Bruce Willis movies are wrong??????

 

[swede229]

looked LIke a great stress reliever...

 

[Mike H]

Excellent penetration there!

 

[pinshooter45]

Hmmmmm A Chrysler and a GM product as victims. You all must have been Ford Guys!

 

[LP1]

I thought maybe it was somewhere on 38th Street in Indy.

East or west 38th? Oh wait, it doesn't matter.

 

[Rocket57]

I have a mini-van I'd like to do that to...

 

[shooter521]

I like that crater in the left front fender of the minivan...

12ga slug. Hit the fusebox and stopped. A door panel also stopped a slug, as it did almost every other caliber including .308. The shotgun did a number on the tires if you knew where to hit them, though.

Excellent penetration there!

Not really. Only about 10% of the rounds made it all the way through the vehicle. As we learned, you had to chew a hole through the metal first, then put the rest of your rounds through that hole.

This was the "incoming" side during our "mad minute" of fire...

And this was the outgoing.

 

[pinshooter45]

12ga slug. Hit the fusebox and stopped. A door panel also stopped a slug, as it did almost every other caliber including .308. The shotgun did a number on the tires if you knew where to hit them, though.



Not really. Only about 10% of the rounds made it all the way through the vehicle. As we learned, you had to chew a hole through the metal first, then put the rest of your rounds through that hole.

This was the "incoming" side during our "mad minute" of fire...

And this was the outgoing.

Very interesting. Saw one of those SD cable shows that showed different results. In their car shoot even 9mm went all the way through. Which I found hard to believe. I could see almost anything going through the trunk area, just two pieces of sheet metal. But I could not believe a 9mm going through two doors. Your Test looks and sounds more realistic!