Wideners-
We’ve all seen Hollywood movies where cops or bad guys are shooting tires to end a high-speed chase. Realistic or not, we’ve frequently seen tires shot from the windows of moving cars. Or other unlikely scenarios, like the hero standing in the middle of the road to shoot the tires of an oncoming car. The most realistic, and least exciting plot, is shooting the tires of a parked car, so there’s no chance of it being used to follow someone on screen.
While all of these options may be clever ways to move a storyline, they may not be an efficient way to stop a speeding vehicle in real life. So which calibers out of what guns can actually penetrate a tire? We set out to test this theory and see if we could bust the myths and answer a few questions along the way.
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Seems like the best advice is to shoot the driver.
All I will say is a 12 gauge slug does a wonderful job causing major air leakage from a truck tire. That is all.
Spike strips don’t Ricochet. Miss the tire with a bullet, and you’re taking a chance on hitting something or someone you don’t want to.
Nah, ya’ shoot towards the back of the car, below the rear glass you’ve already shot out. Whole thing explodes. It’s in every movie. Huge fireball, people flying through the air… that’s your money shot.
Just give the bad guys a Pinto…
Mooch Obama could chew through a steel belted radial in .5 seconds flat!
Now do the .44 Mag in the engine block….
Like shooting from back of a horse, a hit is more blind luck than anything else.
Radiator/engine block. Front or sides. May not stop the car immediately, but it WILL stop the car.
Gin Blossum
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Really hilarious!
How about some kinda spike that impails the car?