Fifty caliber rifles

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WinsettZ RE:Fifty caliber rifles 2/7/2005 12:19:36 PM

I was more thinking about the military use of these "shortened" high-caliber rounds then rifles firing .50 BMG, 12.7mm (Soviet), 14.5mm, and so on.

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Ehran RE:Fifty caliber rifles 2/7/2005 4:19:41 PM

Out of a semi auto Barrett, I would have no qualms about using it for self defense at Jurassic park..... kinda overkill for a lot of things and maybe not enough for a few big bads. was i choosing i think i would like an FAL with an hk69 gl with hedp rounds. the fn should stop anything up to a ton or so and the hedp should be adequately distracting to let you put some rounds someplace vital in anything bigger. plus the package is a fair bit handier if fang and claw pop out to the rear or flanks.

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CJH RE:Fifty caliber rifles 2/8/2005 7:55:08 PM

What would be the maximum range that the best .50BMG rifle can be garanteed to put round after round into a 16 inch circle?

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Bigbro RE:Fifty caliber rifles CJH 2/8/2005 8:14:33 PM

Don't know but I think it was Skip Talbot that shot a 5.5" group at 1000yds in a compatition.

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ls_freak RE:Fifty caliber rifles 2/9/2005 1:47:54 PM

Officially the accuracy of most .50 calibers is about 1 MoA, so at hitting 16 inch groups at 1600 meters is what would be expected. I've never fired anything like a .50 BMG, so I wouldn't know from experience how easy it is to actually hit something. If you've got a lot of training and your target isn't moving, however, I'd assume you could hit at longer distances than that (the two Canadian snipers who got kills at 2400+ meters would probably have had a target about or a little larger than 16 inches wide).

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Bigbro RE:Fifty caliber rifles CJH 2/9/2005 10:34:41 PM

link this link is to world records at 1000 yards with .50 rilfes.

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CJH RE:Fifty caliber rifles CJH 2/23/2005 9:12:11 AM

Thanks! I've read of the relative accuracy merits of the .223 Remington (5.56mm NATO) and the .308 Winchester (7.62mm NATO) rounds since they are said to have generally better inherent accuracy. I was just wondering how the .50 BMG would stack up in comparison.

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tony238 RE:Fifty caliber rifles CJH 2/24/2005 5:38:03 PM

Why does everyone like the 50. bmg so much.If i had a choice i'd go with the 12.7 mm soviet or even better the 14.5 mm(kill an elphant at 1000 yards through 4 inches of steel that one will.) And the M6 its chambered in Ummm...wuts the english equivalent of awwwhhhwwh oh exquisite.Ive heard claims of it shooting 8/10 of an inch and in a semi auto none the less.

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