.50-caliber gun ban ill-advised

times union ^ | 4 23 04 | fred lebrun

[neverdem]

Thanks for the pics, but how does the author almost double the rifle's weight? I think of a modern single shot, bolt action only in the sense that I think of some modern blackpowder muzzle loaders. This .50 cal. round has been around for about 80 years or more, IIRC.

[NYTexan]

Check this out. http://www.antipersonnel.net/fmco/012.html

[TexasCowboy]

" but how does the author almost double the rifle's weight?"

The same way he makes the rounds nearly non-existent when I buy them off the Internet at two bucks a round for all I want to order and match ammo off the shelf for $4.80 a round for all I can afford (which is about ten).

[TexasCowboy]

Wow! That is a beauty!

I've got to admit, I have a love affair with the .50 caliber weapons.
I like to pull mine out at the rifle range and say,

"SEE! Mine's bigger than yours!"

[Eaker]

Reporters and editors in many cases are not too bright.

Click the pic for a few more FReeper pics with TexasCowboy's 50 cal.

TexasCowboy lets us shoot it all we want!! He will even let you shoot his Sharps!

[spodefly]

I hurt my shoulder just looking at that picture.

[Eaker]

It has a really good push and blast, but the Sharps is like getting hit in the shoulder with a 4# sledge!!

I'll shoot the .50 all day before I shoot that damn buffalo gun again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dozer7]

Bought my S&M 50 last week very sweet but it is not a pocket weapon.

[5050 no line]

Nice picture. Looks like an SMLE Mk4? Like wot I used to shoot full bore with on the range as a kid.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

....but it is not a pocket weapon.

Okaaaayy.

"Is that a S&W .50 strapped to your thigh or are you John Holmes?"

[Chinese_American_Patriot]

I read that the .50 BMG was created by Germans near the end of WW1 to penetrate the new war vehicle known as a tank.

[neverdem]

Thanks for all the pics, nice pooch too, especially with those ear muffs.

[TexasCowboy]

"He will even let you shoot his Sharps!"

LET YOU??!

Heck, I'll PAY you to shoot it!

Man! I LOVE that Website!
Makes my finger itch, though.

[ezo4]

"...ammo as hard to find as a unicorn's toenail, the .50 cal is an exotic."

? WTF ?

[humblegunner]

I hate that .50.

Someone should melt them all down into a peace sculpture.

Or something.

[TexasCowboy]

"I hate that .50."

Yeah, I can tell......

I'm sure that spit drooling out of your mouth everytime you shoot it is the result of a bad sinus infection.

Or something.

[KingofQue]

So rocks are now unlawful?

[Army Air Corps]

Where did you get that picture? I like it! Also, I have a Lee-Enfield just like that one.

[Army Air Corps]

Yes, the No.4 Mk.1 is lovely. I really enjoy mine.

[Army Air Corps]

Also, the author doesn't know much about ballisitics. Calibre alone is not a determiner. Other factors are: grains of powder, shape of projectile, mass of projectile, etc. Some .50cal musket balls would do little more than dent the fender of a truck. I really hate articles about firearms written by dolts who known damn little about them - arrgghh!