{"id":8412,"date":"2005-11-23T12:13:48","date_gmt":"2005-11-23T19:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/11\/23\/blown-away.html"},"modified":"2005-11-23T12:13:48","modified_gmt":"2005-11-23T19:13:48","slug":"blown_away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/11\/23\/blown_away.html","title":{"rendered":"Blown away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next time someone in a movie or TV blows a padlock off a door or fence with their gun so as to effect entry or escape — consider it as authentic as automobiles turning into firebombs at the drop of a hat. The reality is a lot more prosaic<\/a>. No surprise there.<\/p>\n

(It’s worth going to the page to see the demo photos, but the “lessons learned” are listed here below the fold.)<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Lessons learned:<\/p>\n

1. “How hard is it to shoot off a lock?” Answer: Very hard.<\/p>\n

2. Pistols won’t shoot a lock off or even penetrate the lock.<\/p>\n

3. Pistols are pistols and rifles are rifles. Enough said.<\/p>\n

4. I now understand why our troops are often seen carrying “breeching shotguns” on their backs and a rifle in their hands. Shotguns will blow a lock off. Rifles will blow holes through a lock, but will not reliably shoot one off.<\/p>\n

5. The rifles went through the locks with ease. It is obvious that you could “knaw” off the lock, little by little with a rifle, but a shotgun does it with one shot.<\/p>\n

And now you know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Next time someone in a movie or TV blows a padlock off a door or fence with their gun so as to effect entry or escape — consider it as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[40,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-tv","category-writing-and-language"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44599,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/25\/with-liberty-and-surplus-military-equipment-for-all.html","url_meta":{"origin":8412,"position":0},"title":"With Liberty and Surplus Military Equipment for All","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 25-Aug-14 7:45am","format":false,"excerpt":"I fear that Arapahoe County, Colorado, is a piker. 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