Why shoot a Car door?

So the question came up of “What to shoot next?” Well, a car door seemed like a logical next step.  Where do you acquire a car door?  Well, after calling around town for a bit, I was given the number of an auto salvage place in town.

Lady: “Hello?”

Me: “Hello. I’m looking to get a car door.”

Lady: “Ok, what make and model?”

Me: “Oh, I don’t care, any make and model will do…”

Lady: “Um…ok…let me get back to you…”

Needless to say, I wasn’t very hopeful that I’d get a call back. Surprisingly enough she called back in about 20 minutes, and said $20 would let me cart off any door. Well, it seemed a bit steep (considering we’re just going to shoot it), but off I went out to their place to get it.

About 30 minutes later, I pulled up to their office/garage and walked in the door.

Me: “I’m here about a car door.”

Lady: “What make and model?”

Me: “Oh, I don’t care, any will do.”

Lady: “Oh yeah, (turns to the side), here’s the guy I was talking about.”

A guy who looks like he actually works for a living comes out from the back office.

Guy: “So what are you going to do with the door?

Me: “Oh, I’m going to shoot it. With a gun.”

Guy: “Why on earth would you want to do that?”

Me: “Well, my friends and I shoot various things, video tape them, and then put them up on the Internet for people to see. A lot of people from all over the world stop by and see what various rounds do.”

Guy & Lady: “Oh…”

I walk out with the guy and we get into what looked like a beat up Gremlin, and we go speeding off through the junkyard (it was pretty large actually). After a minute or so, we arrive at section of just doors.

Guy: “So what type of door are you looking for?”

Me: “Oh, well, what would you want to see shot?”

Guy: “Well, we could go with something modern, like a Saturn, but they’re all plastic and not going to stop anything.”

Me: “Yeah, that’s probably true.”

Guy: “Ok, here how about this, let’s get a truck door. One of these (heads over to a pile). Ok, here you go. ’79 Ford, back when they made them in steel.”

Me: “Sounds good.”

Given it’s a ’79 Ford truck door and by no means compact, I started wondering how we’re going to get it back to the shack given we’re in a Gremlin (or something). But I see that we’re just going to go with the “throw it up on the roof and hold onto it with a hand out the window” approach.

On the way back, the guy mentioned that a lot of people call about complete cars, and then blow them up for movies and whatnot. So my request for a car door wasn’t the oddest thing he had heard.

Car Door Videos

• .223 vs. Car Door
• .308 vs. Car Door
• .357 Magnum vs. Car Window
• .357 Magnum vs. Car Door
• .38 Special vs. Car Door
• .40 vs. Car Door
• .45 ACP vs. Car Door
• 9mm vs. Car Door
• 12 gauge buckshot vs. Car Door
• 12 gauge slug vs. Car Door
• AK47 vs. Car Door
• Remington 700 300 Win Mag vs. Car Door
• Ruger 22 Pistol vs. Car Door
• Sledge Hammer vs. Car Door

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Round: LHP

Distance: 25 yds.

Notes:

Wiith this shot you’ll notice that the round penetrates the outer skin of the door but only impacts the inside panel. I’d like to try this one again w/ a jacketed round.

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Firearm: Remington 700

Round: .300 Winchester Magnum

Distance: 50 yds.

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Firearm: AK-47

Round: 7.62x39mm

Distance: 30 yards

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Firearm: Hi Point 9mm 995 Carbine

Round: 9mm FMJ

Distance: 25 yards

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#REDIRECT [[12 gauge buckshoot vs Car Door]]

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Firearm: Baikal 12 gauge SxS 28″ barrel

Round:

Distance: 10 yards

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Firearm: Baikal 12 gauge SxS

Notes: This was one of the more interesting shots of the day. We ”fully” expected that the buckshot would go right through the door. We were wrong. The only places where the buckshot made it to the to the other side is where there was only one piece of metal for the shot to penetrate. So, much of the buckshot was actually captured inside the door. We were clearly at a fairly long range for this combination, but still surprising.