The hardest Ive ever been kicked was by a "custom" .338 Lapua single shot, built on a 700.I believe it’s better than any other .338 caliber cartridge at detaching retinas.
The hardest Ive ever been kicked was by a "custom" .338 Lapua single shot, built on a 700.I believe it’s better than any other .338 caliber cartridge at detaching retinas.
The 338 LM is the current "go-to" for long range sniper engagements. As in, beyond 308 range. It has performed exceptionally well in afg and similar environments, and I would have gladly traded my 300 WM MK13 or a dozen M24's for one. A non-US coalition unit I worked with had "scrubbed" their large inventory of sniper weapons, and only kept the SR25 and their new (at the time) 338's. Inside of 600 meters? I don't see the point, myself. And any round will stop a vehicle, as long as you take out the guidance system. It is directly behind the steering wheel.
Yep. Back when I was in and had jobs which required anti vehicle shooting, the target is always the driver first. Even if you disable the engine the vehicle will likely keep moving for a good ways. That's not what you want when a VBIED is trying to push through the front gate. Take out the driver and the vehicle is likely not going to track straight on the intended path and you might stop the bomb from triggering.
Because of that, when I was gunning on a truck I actually preferred the M240B over the M2. I could get far more accurate bursts with the M240B.
Correct. Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Personally, I liked the MK 47 on a vehicle. I like making things explode.
Un-braked 700adl synthetic and im not even 100% sure he didnt just ream out the stock barrel and open the bolt face.Brake or no?
My Barrett isn’t any worse than a 12g slug
the concussion/blast is quite impressive though
The MK19 is an unreliable, poorly designed, unsafe VN era boat anchor. The act of loading a MK19 is a violation of the most basic rules of firearms safety. I have to question the intellect of whoever decided that it was OK to approve issue of a weapon that the operator must pull the trigger in order to load it and make it ready for use, and ponder why a modification to eliminate this dangerous design flaw was never developed over the decades that this weapon has been in use. The DOD needs to come off of some $ and release funds to procure the MK47 for conventional units to use outside of the wire and demote the MK19 to second line use, such as for static base defense, until it is eliminated from the inventory.We only had a few Mk19s in my company and I never saw them run reliably enough for me to want one. The M2s ran pretty good and the 240s all ran flawlessly.
The 338 LM outperforms 50 caliber systems like the Barrett in every way except armor defeating. No one wants to freefall, fast rope, or hump a Barrett, if it can be avoided. Trust me.Antimaterial gradually jumps directly from 30-06 Springfield to 50 BMG in my obtuse mind. Then, it goes straight to an aircraft carrier. I know, I lack knowledge and diplomacy.
I have a LM but there are increasingly less roaming engine blocks on my back 40
I do believe you can get a special permit for rotaries, they have been discovered to be parasitizing 1970s corollas...........I can never remember, what's the bag limit on engine blocks? And are small blocks and big blocks the same season? I know rotary's are practically a protected species they're so rare anymore.