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Can a .500 Magnum blow out a Car Window?
Cal Sportsman ^ | 4/19/2016 | C Buckner

Posted on 04/19/2016 8:57:18 AM PDT by w1n1

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To: w1n1
I think current regulations require that all auto glass be "safety" glass. That is, it is tempered so that it will not break into shards, but will crumble into the million tiny pieces we all know so well.

Windshield glass, besides being tempered, also usually consists of two separate sheets of glass with a tough plastic laminated between the layers. It won't even shatter like a side window, but will spiderweb and remain mostly intact.

Just about any bullet will penetrate a car window or windshield. But it's unlikely it would cause a windshield to explode like in the movies.

A shotgun blast will make a side window evaporate though.

21 posted on 04/19/2016 9:52:52 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: varyouga

You can break it flicking a tiny fragment of spark plug insulator at it too...


22 posted on 04/19/2016 10:04:21 AM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: dfwgator

“Once!”


23 posted on 04/19/2016 10:09:43 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Disambiguator

Saw a car get rear ended this past Saturday. Shortly after the occupants of both vehicles got out, thick, black smoke began rolling out from under the hood of the car that got hit.

Fully engulfed in under 3 minutes.


24 posted on 04/19/2016 10:12:51 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Get Ready)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Was it a Ford Pinto Runabout?


25 posted on 04/19/2016 10:22:44 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Disambiguator

Toyota Corolla


26 posted on 04/19/2016 10:25:20 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Get Ready)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Must have caused a fuel line rupture in the engine compartment. Modern systems are highly pressurized, so a bit of fuel spray on a hot exhaust manifold can ruin your whole day.


27 posted on 04/19/2016 10:30:07 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: aomagrat

Sounds like the chicken wasn’t dead


28 posted on 04/19/2016 10:31:58 AM PDT by advertising guy
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To: w1n1

Only if accelerated to the proper velocity.


29 posted on 04/19/2016 10:37:08 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Eh, I gotta see that.


30 posted on 04/19/2016 10:39:04 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I’d sure like to see that (without the operator). I just don’t believe it frankly.


31 posted on 04/19/2016 10:48:38 AM PDT by Gaffer
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LETHAL WEAPON 3. Hollywood would not lie now would it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_Weapon_3

“During the arrest, it is discovered the criminals were armed with a new type of armor-piercing bullet, informally referred to as “cop killers”.”


32 posted on 04/19/2016 10:59:00 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: w1n1
I broke out the rear door window in a 1966 Bonneville while in the back seat with my date. She or I kicked it accidently.
33 posted on 04/19/2016 11:17:33 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Disambiguator

It was quite the show when all 4 tires caught!


34 posted on 04/19/2016 11:24:05 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Get Ready)
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To: IYAS9YAS

“Ahhh. The A-Team. Millions of rounds down range, and nothing hit but buildings, cars, the ground, and other assorted inanimate objects.”

It takes a lot of skill to accomplish that, especially when firing full auto.


35 posted on 04/19/2016 11:38:34 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: IronJack

I was at the local plastic company and they have bulletproff plastic, with an example hanging on the wall. The .45 pistol made some slight marks that I had to look REAL close at to even see.

The 30-06 round put a hole about 1.5 inches diameter all the way through the inch of plastic, and three 1/4 inch cracks all the way through, extending up to about 4 inches from the main hole. it was really impressive. Clarified that saying of your handgun is to fight your way back to your rifle.


36 posted on 04/19/2016 11:45:17 AM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: w1n1

Those guys have done a lot to that limo in the desert. In addition to blowing out the windows with a .500 magnum, they’ve tried to blow up a wheel with det cord, blew out a window with det cord, and redecorated the interior with a thermite grenade.


37 posted on 04/19/2016 11:56:01 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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38 posted on 04/19/2016 5:01:40 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: Mr Rogers

“Unless, of course, you shoot out the tire when the car is moving 80 mph and is 300 yards from you...so just aim for the tires. While shooting from the hip.”

If that happens, and the car is near a cliff, it will go over the cliff and explode like a bomb, EVERY TIME!;)


39 posted on 04/19/2016 9:28:30 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: w1n1

Here’s a better challenge: Can a 500 magnum shoot through a telephone pole?


40 posted on 04/20/2016 12:05:45 AM PDT by RC one
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