I shot my bulldozer once with a .45. Just put a dent in the back side of the blade. I would have liked to examine the inside of the block to see if the bullets hit anything else. I can't see a small caliber hand gun penetrating the block and I can't see a small caliber centerfire rifle that has enough energy to knock a hole in the block not have enough energy to at least leave a mark on something inside. It makes you wonder.
I don't think they're bullet holes. They look too evenly spaced on the block, but what seems odd is he mentions that there are no holes in the body...so what would someone do, hold a handgun inside the engine compartment and shoot the side of the block? Seems a bit far fetched to me. He mentions the inside is blown out, but that could happen with a drill also, if done haphazardly. Seems to me it would be more likely that someone was routing the water in/out for something, maybe a heater core or similar. Just seems highly unlikely that someone would shoot the side of the engine without shooting through the body.
