Actually, that's doable. Three layers to lay up- top layer veneered plywood for looks and to initiate expansion. Second layer of mdf, for material stability and to shed some velocity. Third layer, heat treated steel. Tip that over, and it would be proof up to .308, Id think. Just dont plan on putting it above the ground floor.
But the tommy gun and broken legs on the table while the bad guys are still climbing through the window makes me think there very well could be some kind of armour built into that table.
Pulpy action plots are a lot of fun. The coolness of guns in comic books is totally different than their real-world coolness. In comics, characters are always discussing the guns during combat, bouncing bullets off of objects to get around cover, picking a special cartridge to go in a certain place in their magazines, etc. There's a plot in Gunsmith Cats where the 18-year-old female bounty hunter/gunsmith of Hindustani descent in Chicago figures out what havoc the bad guy is going to wreak with his Ruger (Super?) Redhawk, based on the gunsmithing work he hires her to do.
I recall that there was a model of Thompson, the M1927 I think, that was semi-auto-only, and marketed to civilians for property defense. The fact that it had no full-auto capability, before the 1934 law started regulating machineguns, was always interesting to me.
Either they (correctly, IMHO) assumed that civilians weren't going to want to buy enough ammo to get enough practice with full-auto, or there were laws in big-market states against full-auto.
I believe that is an M36-24-36 Armored Dining Table in Digital Tactical Brown Camo. It has two inches of Thin Sandwiched Faux Oak With Molecular Laminate Adhesive and is finished with a streak free beeswax outer shell. It's rated at level 17WTFO if I recall correctly.
And that young lady is indeed wearing a Brigid Eye Searing Defensive Red Dress (with optional bosom distraction device). Since that is the case I'm quite sure she's not calling on a telephone but rather that she is using a voice activated 'clacker' to set off the directional mines buried in the potted plants. Those men you see climbing in the window are about to be shredded by approximately 4.3 kilo pascals of Splodex laced with several serving dishes of Brazil Nuts. Boom indeed.
I realize this is a rather 'technical' explanation of the scene but I hope this has been of help for those looking for in home defensive measures to repel the hordes of Evil. Where such hordes are concerned half measures simply will not do.
for home defense I'd take a straight bore 12 gage any day. In most any circumstance you might be in, concealment is all you are going to have. Unless you carry around a concrete K-rail. Most everything that looks solid in any building you will ever be in is "Disney" construction. It is all veneer.
Older, high-quality billiards tables have at least an inch of slate in the top - as in hard stone. Similar to a battle-ship's angled hull, the effective thickness of that angled top is more like 1.25 inches.
That would probably stop - or at least significantly slow - any pistol bullets.
Hm. These guys are well-prepared enough that for all we know there could be armor plate under the top.
ReplyDeleteTHAT'S where my red dress ended up!
ReplyDeleteActually, that's doable. Three layers to lay up- top layer veneered plywood for looks and to initiate expansion. Second layer of mdf, for material stability and to shed some velocity. Third layer, heat treated steel. Tip that over, and it would be proof up to .308, Id think. Just dont plan on putting it above the ground floor.
ReplyDeleteOf course, if concealment is all you have...
ReplyDeleteBut the tommy gun and broken legs on the table while the bad guys are still climbing through the window makes me think there very well could be some kind of armour built into that table.
Those legs aren't broken, they're hinged. These people were ready.
ReplyDeletePulpy action plots are a lot of fun. The coolness of guns in comic books is totally different than their real-world coolness. In comics, characters are always discussing the guns during combat, bouncing bullets off of objects to get around cover, picking a special cartridge to go in a certain place in their magazines, etc. There's a plot in Gunsmith Cats where the 18-year-old female bounty hunter/gunsmith of Hindustani descent in Chicago figures out what havoc the bad guy is going to wreak with his Ruger (Super?) Redhawk, based on the gunsmithing work he hires her to do.
ReplyDeleteBut the real world has a certain charm too.
I recall that there was a model of Thompson, the M1927 I think, that was semi-auto-only, and marketed to civilians for property defense. The fact that it had no full-auto capability, before the 1934 law started regulating machineguns, was always interesting to me.
ReplyDeleteEither they (correctly, IMHO) assumed that civilians weren't going to want to buy enough ammo to get enough practice with full-auto, or there were laws in big-market states against full-auto.
I believe that is an M36-24-36 Armored Dining Table in Digital Tactical Brown Camo. It has two inches of Thin Sandwiched Faux Oak With Molecular Laminate Adhesive and is finished with a streak free beeswax outer shell. It's rated at level 17WTFO if I recall correctly.
ReplyDeleteAnd that young lady is indeed wearing a Brigid Eye Searing Defensive Red Dress (with optional bosom distraction device). Since that is the case I'm quite sure she's not calling on a telephone but rather that she is using a voice activated 'clacker' to set off the directional mines buried in the potted plants. Those men you see climbing in the window are about to be shredded by approximately 4.3 kilo pascals of Splodex laced with several serving dishes of Brazil Nuts. Boom indeed.
I realize this is a rather 'technical' explanation of the scene but I hope this has been of help for those looking for in home defensive measures to repel the hordes of Evil. Where such hordes are concerned half measures simply will not do.
Thank you for your time and interest.
for home defense I'd take a straight bore 12 gage any day.
ReplyDeleteIn most any circumstance you might be in, concealment is all you are going to have.
Unless you carry around a concrete K-rail.
Most everything that looks solid in any building you will ever be in is "Disney" construction.
It is all veneer.
Older, high-quality billiards tables have at least an inch of slate in the top - as in hard stone. Similar to a battle-ship's angled hull, the effective thickness of that angled top is more like 1.25 inches.
ReplyDeleteThat would probably stop - or at least significantly slow - any pistol bullets.
Jon
"That would probably stop - or at least significantly slow - any pistol bullets."
ReplyDeleteAnd the angle would change the trajectory of any that penetrate, making it harder for the invaders to score a deliberate hit, too.
I have to know what this is from.
ReplyDeleteHow's she hearing anything on the phone with all that racket going on?
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