[varyouga]

A small female can break a car window with a keychain tool

Why would a .500 would have any trouble?

[kingu]

Now fire it within the car. :)

[Mr Rogers]

Nonsense. Video can be faked. But I’ve seen lots of TV shows and movies, and one shot with a 38 snubbie will cause a car to explode in flame. 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.

Seen it lots of times, so it must be true.

[Elderberry]

The tint is holding the shattered pieces in place.

I've taken out a side window with a slingshot.

[driftdiver]

How is that ever a real question?

[equaviator]

If by “break” you mean put a hole through it, sure it can “break” a car window. So long as you aim the barrel of the gun perpendicular to the surface of the glass, it can be done with a BB gun (no rhyme intended).

[Secret Agent Man]

Side windows are made to be broken out. The windshield is made to be resistant to breaking and shattering.

[dfwgator]

“It shoots through schools.”

[Jack Hammer]

There’s no reason to shoot at the bad guy inside when, with a little practice, a woman can flip a dagger through the window and hit him between the eyes.

I should know - I’ve seen it on TV several times.

[bigbob]

idiot way to stretch 15 seconds into a 3 minute video

[aomagrat]

A childhood friend threw a chicken bone at me and missed, and broke a window on the neighbor’s Cadillac.

[Moltke]

Sooo...the thing here is not “make a hole” but “blow out completely”?

[OKSooner]

How is this kind of stuff helpful to gun owners?

[IronJack]

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.

[SgtHooper]

Only if accelerated to the proper velocity.

[vetvetdoug]

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.

[Yo-Yo]

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.

[RC one]

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