cutting down a tree with a machine gun

[Jason James Gairn]

I wouldn't have messed around with a piddly machine gun, a few rounds with a .50 cal would have done the job much quicker

 

Dean did you ever have a go with a barrat or similar? I watch future wepons on youtube and those rifles never cease to amaze, particularly when shooting through tractor weights at a mile.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Dean did you ever have a go with a barrat or similar? I watch future wepons on youtube and those rifles never cease to amaze, particularly when shooting through tractor weights at a mile.

 

Sadly no Jason, but I do have a friend who spent 22 years in NI as a copper, he has come across, demo'd, used and seen the results of a mass array of weapons.

 

One of the most famous was the .50 cal sniper concealed in a tow truck body taking out squaddies at around a mile. After they found the truck and gun they were demo'd one on the ranges showing the devastation such a caliber can do.

[TheTreeWiseMen]

Gotta be pretty 'warm' with a rifle to engage a target at a mile.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Gotta be pretty 'warm' with a rifle to engage a target at a mile.

 

I want to know where they zeroed it without being found out.

[TheTreeWiseMen]

I want to know where they zeroed it without being found out.

 

Some desert in Libya probably. The record for a confirmed 'kill' with the big .50 cal is 2,430 metres.....apparently.

Edited February 6, 2009 by TheTreeWiseMen

[Dean Lofthouse]

Some desert in Libya probably.

 

I remember watching some Gurkhas on ranges somewhere, firing .303 lee enfields at 1000m with open sights, it was a competition. They took ages over each shot

[TheTreeWiseMen]

I used to hate firing .303 Lee Enfields.

[Rich Rule]

might have been a bit overkill but it did leave a nice finish to the coronet:001_tongue:

[Mr Ed]

Dean did you ever have a go with a barrat or similar? I watch future wepons on youtube and those rifles never cease to amaze, particularly when shooting through tractor weights at a mile.

 

There is British company that makes a superior .50 rifle to the Barret called Acuracy international. The Navy Seals are ditching their barrats in favour of the AI.

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[Mesterh]

When theres a Cobra Assault Cannon for sale let me know