Hehehe snicker snicker (50BMG)
12-15-2005, 08:27 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Hehehe snicker snicker (50BMG)
Really envy you, Red--- This is gonna be some experience!!
Sure would like to see pics of the results, and hear the stories afterward----Please keep the rest of us posted, if you will. Thanks----
Sure would like to see pics of the results, and hear the stories afterward----Please keep the rest of us posted, if you will. Thanks----
12-15-2005, 01:29 PM
#13
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RE: Hehehe snicker snicker (50BMG)
red now that i think about it i have heard before the the 50 is illegal for civilians over there and everything. and the whole thing about having to carry it.
i sure feel sorry for any animal that walks out in from of that beast while you're hunting. you said you're going to hunt out of a treestand right??? how are you going to get that into the tree???
i sure feel sorry for any animal that walks out in from of that beast while you're hunting. you said you're going to hunt out of a treestand right??? how are you going to get that into the tree???
12-15-2005, 07:05 PM
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RE: Hehehe snicker snicker (50BMG)
Rebel those are Rebels with wood stocks. The one I borrowed is the tractical which is alloy and and basically a "skeleton" frame. Looks like one mean mother. LOL the guys at work were askin what Bradley it was stolen off of?
HKY I am going to "try" and use it from a steel 2 man ladder stand that has a steel shooting rail around it. Hopefully a piece of plywood and a sandbag will provide sufficient surface to secure the midsection. If not then I will just have to shoot it off the ground. I have a portable shooting bench so I might carry that along as well. The ladder section too the stand is only about 13'-14' tall so I should be able to get it up there with a lil gruntin and pullin. LOL I don't see my haul line working on this mother!
As much fun as this is gonna be I am practically giddy. You would think I was going after monster bucks in south TX and yet it is only some ol lop eared muley heads in westn TN.
RA
HKY I am going to "try" and use it from a steel 2 man ladder stand that has a steel shooting rail around it. Hopefully a piece of plywood and a sandbag will provide sufficient surface to secure the midsection. If not then I will just have to shoot it off the ground. I have a portable shooting bench so I might carry that along as well. The ladder section too the stand is only about 13'-14' tall so I should be able to get it up there with a lil gruntin and pullin. LOL I don't see my haul line working on this mother!
As much fun as this is gonna be I am practically giddy. You would think I was going after monster bucks in south TX and yet it is only some ol lop eared muley heads in westn TN.
RA
12-15-2005, 07:43 PM
#15
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RE: Hehehe snicker snicker (50BMG)
Lol. Always use enough gun.
I wouldn't want to have to pack one of those or put it up in a treestand- maybe you can get a chainhoist?
The only one I've ever shot or ever seen for that matterbelonged to a guy who built it himself by machining his own receiver, using a surplus M2 barrel, he had machined a muzzle brake that was roughly the same shape and size as a coke bottle,and I think he cobbled the stock together as well- I remember seeing duct tape to hold the cheek piece on. This beast had to weaigh 65-70 lbs, it held very nice and steady and had very little recoil but an amazing muzzle blast. I wish I had one of those toys.[8D]
I wouldn't want to have to pack one of those or put it up in a treestand- maybe you can get a chainhoist?
The only one I've ever shot or ever seen for that matterbelonged to a guy who built it himself by machining his own receiver, using a surplus M2 barrel, he had machined a muzzle brake that was roughly the same shape and size as a coke bottle,and I think he cobbled the stock together as well- I remember seeing duct tape to hold the cheek piece on. This beast had to weaigh 65-70 lbs, it held very nice and steady and had very little recoil but an amazing muzzle blast. I wish I had one of those toys.[8D]
12-15-2005, 08:11 PM
#16
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RE: Hehehe snicker snicker (50BMG)
. I don't think you can build a 50 in anything much lighter than 25#s with most being in the 35-50# range. Anything any lighter would severely run the risk of physically hurting the shooter. This thing makes a 460 Wby look like a 38Special. Run the numbers, stoke a 750grn 50 caliber bullet up too 2900fps and you can imagine the kind of recoil it generates. I believe the ft#s generated by the bullet is somewhere in the 11k too 15k ft pnd range
There is a guy that I work with that has a doe being shot on digital camera. Its a 10 second clip. The shot was at a doe walking across a power line right of way. The range (laser range finder) was a measured 732 yards. It dropped the doe on the spot with a hit to the shoulder using a 750 grain A-Max.
12-16-2005, 09:40 AM
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RE: Hehehe snicker snicker (50BMG)
HKY I am going to "try" and use it from a steel 2 man ladder stand that has a steel shooting rail around it. Hopefully a piece of plywood and a sandbag will provide sufficient surface to secure the midsection.
