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sailboat vs shotgun
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:57:07 -0400, wrote: I bet a slug will punch a hole in any fiberglass boat, as far away as you can hit it from. Take that to the extreme. If you got WAAAAAAAAY away, and did the luckiest long shot you could do, you would have to aim so high that on the way down, the round would be either at 45 degrees or maybe even more. If you took the farthest distance that round would travel, took off fifty feet, and use that as your toe line, how many times do you think you could even hit the boat, and do you think it would penetrate? And are we talking just hitting the boat, or hitting it so as to sink it? Lots of areas on a boat are made of thinner fiberglass above the water line, the cosmetic areas. And consider that most surfaces under the water line are not very vertical, and would be angled away from you. And may be very thick. I'll take that bet. It would be a fun day. Remember, the range is the farthest distance that slug will travel less fifty feet. And holes in plexiglass and fabric and anything other than fiberglass don't count. Hell, I wish I knew where there was such a derelict boat. It would be worth a hundred bucks in shells just for the fun of being a wannabe Mythbuster. We need to send this to them. They invite such projects. Except, we'd have beer. Steve |
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