When you start to actually getting into testing various rounds and firearms, you start to meet some really interesting people. At this point, we’ve tested:
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 callback. 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.
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 beatup 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 “through 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.
We’re scheduled to head out to the range this weekend, so hopefully we’ll get some new videos up soon.
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