[Eaker]

Barrett M99 (Big Shot)

Specifications:

- Caliber .50 BMG (12.7 X 99mm)
- Chamber Chambered for commercial and MATCH ammunition
- Operation Single shot bolt action
- Barrel Length 33 inches (83.8 cm)
- Overall Length 50.4 inches (128 cm)
- Barrel Weight 14 pounds (6.4 kg)
- Rifle Weight 25 pounds (11.36 kg)
- Finish Black or Green (Add $100.00 for Green)

This looks like a "legitimate" use!!!

[humblegunner]

This looks like a "legitimate" use!!!

I have no idea why the anti-gunners would be down on the .50.
That particular model has no magazine, can't sustain any real rate of fire
(although anyone who can rapid-fire that beast unmounted has my respect)
and has never been used for anything criminal that I know of.

Hell, yer average thug couldn't tote the damned thing.

Legitimate use? Look at how dour and unhappy everyone looks in the picture. < /sarcasm>

[Eaker]

Fergot to ping y'all!!

[TexasCowboy]

Well, I, for one, share Assemblywoman Patricia Eddington's concern.

She works in the public school system, and I'm sure she has bad dreams, just as I do, about the little first grade varmints carrying these awful weapons to school in their backpacks.
It's too awful to imagine the carnage and mayhem!

Just think about it:
When I was in first grade the worst thing I had to fear was a spitball from the little a**hole who sat behind me!
Now he could blow me away from a mile away!
Whew!
I'm glad someone in our public school system has some common sense!

[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.