Jurassic park hunting

[warriorbob]

So I was watching the lost world and in the movie the lead hunter declines his fee for helping collect the dinosaurs in exchange for the right to hunt the male tyrannosaurus. He is seen carting some kind of double barrel elephant gun. In my mind that still seems too small for me. So I was wondering if you were to go in a dinosaur island what guns would you take? Either for hunting or protection. The two main predators in the movie are the tyrannosaurus and the raptors.

 

[sparkyfender]

A sharp knife and my bad attitude.

The hunter was played by Pete Postlewaite, a fine Brit actor, who is now sadly deceased. Some may remember him as the lawyer in "The Usual Suspects."

I am not sure what rifle he was carrying, or the caliber. I always figured it to be a Holland & Holland or something else expensive.

 

[gregkl]

A couple mini-guns mounted on a chopper and reign( or is it "rain") down death from above?

I can't remember from the old days if the T-rex's and raptors stayed in the denser eastern US woods or if they ventured out onto open territory. It's been a long time.

I think a 30 cal AR type rifle would be okay for self defense. And since this is an island, it is probably pretty densely wooded so I could use the same.

Oh, and a .380 for my backup!

 

[warriorbob]

I think for a trex I'd want something in atleast 50 bmg and considering the movie raptors are fast pack hunters I think a SAW would be nice although carrying both would be a pain.

 

[phatgemi]

A couple mini-guns mounted on a chopper and reign( or is it "rain") down death from above?

I can't remember from the old days if the T-rex's and raptors stayed in the denser eastern US woods or if they ventured out onto open territory. It's been a long time.

I think a 30 cal AR type rifle would be okay for self defense. And since this is an island, it is probably pretty densely wooded so I could use the same.

Oh, and a .380 for my backup!

In honor of the resurrected thread, Don's guns will now advertise the Bersa 380 as a T-rex back up gun.
Price just jumped $150.

 

[Tombs]

So I was watching the lost world and in the movie the lead hunter declines his fee for helping collect the dinosaurs in exchange for the right to hunt the male tyrannosaurus. He is seen carting some kind of double barrel elephant gun. In my mind that still seems too small for me. So I was wondering if you were to go in a dinosaur island what guns would you take? Either for hunting or protection. The two main predators in the movie are the tyrannosaurus and the raptors.

It was a 600 nitro express double rifle.

That's plenty powerful enough for the task hahahaha.

I'd say a 12 gauge with brenneke slugs would be plenty good enough for the smaller things. Some of the bigger things would require the big bores.

"Two rifles were made for the production of this movie by B. Searcy & Co. of Boron, CA. Steven Spielberg is said to own one of them himself. The location of the other is unknown. Both rifles made for the movie are real and fully functional. As with all double rifles, the intense amount of time and labor to make them dictates a price tag of several tens-of-thousands of dollars."

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Lost_World:_Jurassic_Park,_The

 

[halfmileharry]

The "Joe Biden" double barrel with bird shot suggestion. ONLY if Joe was doing the hunting of course.

 

[Slawburger]

“Nuke the entire site from orbit--it’s the only way to be sure”
- Pvt Hudson

 

[tetsujin79]

The hunter was played by Pete Postlewaite, a fine Brit actor, who is now sadly deceased. Some may remember him as the lawyer in "The Usual Suspects."

John Hammond, aka Richard Attenborough recently passed away too.

 

[VERT]

In honor of the resurrected thread, Don's guns will now advertise the Bersa 380 as a T-rex back up gun.
Price just jumped $150.

Sorry no .380 for me. I want my dinosaur pistol to be able to blow my head clean off. Single shot model would be just fine.

Edit: unless I am hunting with a partner. Then anything 25 acp and up will work fine. Bullet only has to punch through a human kneecap.


For a rifle, something in 50 cal and preferably belt fed

 

[tetsujin79]

If anyone read the book, Muldoon used a rocket launcher to kill raptors.

Yes, the movie could have been so much cooler.

 

[24Carat]

A minigun mounted on each shoulder !

 

[HeadlessRoland]

If anyone read the book, Muldoon used a rocket launcher to kill raptors.

Yes, the movie could have been so much cooler.

Don't get me started on how badly the entire film franchise sucks in comparison to Crichton's masterwork.

 

[tetsujin79]

Don't get me started on how badly the entire film franchise sucks in comparison to Crichton's masterwork.

 

[ScouT6a]

I think I could take on a pair of T-Rex with my old, trusty M-60 machine gun. Too bad the daily bag limit is only one........

 

[Leadeye]

Sorry no .380 for me. I want my dinosaur pistol to be able to blow my head clean off. Single shot model would be just fine.

Edit: unless I am hunting with a partner. Then anything 25 acp and up will work fine. Bullet only has to punch through a human kneecap.


For a rifle, something in 50 cal and preferably belt fed

Ma's hard to beat on soft targets, just need plenty of ammo and a steady place to shoot.

 

[chato]

240 saw, .308, 45.

 

[Lemmitt]

I think the next question is how are you going to get it mounted?

 

[ModernGunner]

Well, something like the .600 Nitro Express or .50 BMG would probably work. T-Rex was (best average guesses) about 25% larger than the large African bull elephant, or about 9 - 10 tons.

 

[jedi]

All of you have it so wrong!
Have you not been paying attention to the 9mm vs .45 acp debate?
9mm kills the body, but .45 acp kills the soul!
All you need is a pair of .45 acp just like Burce Willis in "Last Man Standing".