Will .44 magnum percussion break a window in a pickup?

[.44MagnumN00b]

I was wondering the other day, because I wanted to use my mirror as a rest to shoot at targets.(on private property obviously) I'm curious as to if the crack of a .44 6.5 inch 629 would be loud enough to shatter a window? I don't want to find out that it will the hard way.

 

[Gatofeo]

I suspect it could.
The late gun writer Elmer Keith wrote of the first few shots from black powder .44s and .45s, in a small room, extinguishing oil lamps from concussion. Black powder is particularly LOUD and concussive, but so is the .44 Magnum.
I wouldn't risk it.
The thing with firearms: a great deal of energy, in the forms of sound and waves, is released like THAT. Instantly. Whereas an object might resist a relatively gradual buildup of sound and saves, the blast effect is quite different.
You can play a stereo at the same volume as a .44 Magnum, and objects won't shatter. But a firearm is not only sound, it's particles (ejecta) moving at supersonic speed, pushed along by a pressure wave.
Make sense?

 

[Old TexMex]

If nothing else it can etch the paint. Gasses escape from the gap between cylinder and forcing cone.

 

[Rpg]

I wouldn't want to be in the truck when you try.

 

[Class III]

I can tell you for a fact that a 44 Mag fired from a Marlin 1894 across the hood of 1978 Ford P/U WILL crack a windshield.

Not my truck and I wasn't the shooter but it was and still is my gun.

Class III

 

[franzas]

Shooting signs out the cab with a .38 is pretty deafening. Wouldn't want to be near that .44

I wouldn't rest on the mirror. You'd screw up the paint and possibly shatter glass, like the folks above me have said. If it's an old huntin' truck, then nevermind.

I think laying over the hood would be better. If any pressure wave made it to the windshield, it would reflect off, due to the slant. put a towel or something down to protect your paint

Edit: Nevermind. listen to Class III

 

[El Campo]

My mom had it happen in a very similar way while shooting a shotgun like that and I imagine that the percussions from 44 would be probably more sustantial than that even?

 

[cussedemgun]

In the interest of improving the gun owner's image

Shooting signs out the cab with a .38 is pretty deafening. Wouldn't want to be near that .

I am working on developing a road sign that can shoot back

 

[DeadAye]

I am working on developing a road sign that can shoot back

Ya gotta admit - Shot up road signs make us ALL look like lunatics

 

[Straightshooter2]

I am working on developing a road sign that can shoot back

Well, that will leave only one thing for kids raised in the country to do at night.

CW

 

[franzas]

I never actually hit any. Just anxious to try out my first handgun

 

[Bkreutz]

I was wondering the other day, because I wanted to use my mirror as a rest to shoot at targets.(on private property obviously) I'm curious as to if the crack of a .44 6.5 inch 629 would be loud enough to shatter a window? I don't want to find out that it will the hard way.

It works a lot better if you take a couple of sandbags, put the tailgate down, stack the sandbags on the tailgate as a rest. No danger of breaking glass from back there. (unless you have a cap with a back window ).

 

[.44MagnumN00b]

I can tell you for a fact that a 44 Mag fired from a Marlin 1894 across the hood of 1978 Ford P/U WILL crack a windshield.

Not my truck and I wasn't the shooter but it was and still is my gun.

Class III

Maybe the windshield was worn? Because I have fired my pistol many times across my ford ranger hood without cracking my windshield. Maybe I should stop that while I still have a nice windshield.

 

[george minze]

I am working on developing a road sign that can shoot back

Franzas.........Virginia State Police called and invited you to a sign removal project on the weekends. Bring old clothes and any firearms you have in your possession. Plan on staying late, they mentioned they have plenty of shot up signs..

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Let us know wen you find out.
I CAN tell you this-when you shoot a .270 using the hood of your friend's dad's new Cadilac as a rest the muzzle flash WILL peel the paint off.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I used to shoot a 338 mag across my pickup hood. I flinched so bad at the bench that I needed to standup to shoot it.
I'm a standup guy anyway, so it worked out. Never seemed to hurt the windshield. The difference might be the muzzle wasn't in front of the windshield as it would with a handgun.

 

[arjay]

The hood of a 4x4 makes a great bench rest,but lay something over it to protect the paint.Dont use your best jacket...

 

[kudzu3]

No, but you'd better have some good ear protection.

 

[nagant]

Having been inside a 65 cutlass when a .22 went off, I'd say don't do it. Didn't lose any windows but the ringing lasted a long time.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Having been inside a 65 cutlass when a .22 went off, I'd say don't do it. Didn't lose any windows but the ringing lasted a long time.

Now THERE'S a story that needs fleshing out!