What round for giant prehistoric insects?

[hminsky]

I was just wondering, I've seen pictures of giant spiders and centipedes (up to 8 feet long) from prehistoric times. What would be the best round for hunting them? It seems like for exoskeletal creatures, which don't have such centralized organs or nervous systems, a regular hunting round might not be the most effective thing. Maybe exploding speargun bolts or something?

 

[Sprocket]

Giant magnifying glass...

 

[Marcus5aurelius]

Flamethrower

 

[Sully]

Obligatory "9mm" post and obligatory "Anything but a .40" now taken care of.

 

[cekim]

Obligatory "9mm" post and obligatory "Anything but a .40" now taken care of.

Beaten to death with the butt of a loaded Glock... but only if you are professional enough to handle it...

If you run into an 8 foot insect, you don't need to bother worrying about shooting it or running. Just running faster than the person with you...

 

[Plural of Mongoose]

Air strike.

 

[cekim]

Air strike.

only after years of UN sanctions have failed...

 

[pipmaster1971]

Nuke it from orbit. The only way to be sure.

 

[MtRiverCharlie]

Anything that's chambered for....

.50 BMG (Incendiary is a plus)
.500 Beowulf
40mm HEAT
40mm HE
20mm
30mm

Flamethrower

Chainsaw (last resort)

 

[swampy]

Raid Giant Icky Thing Motel

 

[MichaelJR]

Mace or a beaten to death by a mosin.

 

[MACGYVR]

all you need is a club bam bam!

 

[CRSIII]

Just taze it bro!

 

[TBalls]

Giant rolled up magazine.

 

[crazymjb]

.50API

Mike

 

[cekim]

.50API

Mike

When shooting a large insect with a negligible central nervous system - quantity over quality...

 

[PaulD]

I was just wondering, I've seen pictures of giant spiders and centipedes (up to 8 feet long) from prehistoric times. What would be the best round for hunting them? It seems like for exoskeletal creatures, which don't have such centralized organs or nervous systems, a regular hunting round might not be the most effective thing. Maybe exploding speargun bolts or something?

Since those have only ever existed in movies, I'll take any movie gun with unlimited capacity.

 

[Keystone]

GAU-8 Avenger

 

[whatluck]

dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

shot out of a paintball gun

 

[MACGYVR]

This has already been taken care of. 8 bore does the job

 

[weekendracer]

Fallout 3 had a nifty tool for the job.

 

[Brin747]

A .22 will suffice, to shoot your buddy in the knee...

 

[MichaelJR]

7.62 X 54R out of a mosin. It will hit the insect, and any other insect behind him up to 4 miles. Reasons as follows

http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinHumor.htm

 

[BradM]

Just give me a bottle of Dwight Schrute's SPF40 with 100% DEET and a Newport

 

[Sibb]

Anything that's chambered for....

.50 BMG (Incendiary is a plus)
.500 Beowulf
40mm HEAT
40mm HE
20mm
30mm

Flamethrower

Chainsaw (last resort)

Sounds like my load out for Fallout New Vegas. But for the bugs you're talking about I think #8 bird shot would do the trick. These things are armored, but not that armored.

 

[tele_mark]

Solutions in this thread:

Keep It Simple Stupid Principle:

 

[Bob P]

9mm. Good enough for bears, good enough for giant prehistoric insects.

 

[Acme.Armament]

A man only needs two calibers. .45 ACP and .50 BMG

 

[Boghog1]

for the likes of this I would thing a 10 or 12 ga with OO
http://www.popfi.com/2010/11/02/giant-flesh-eating-dragonflies/

 

[wolf223]

i'd have my pet monkey deal with it.