Why don't you like being at the range when a .50 is there? When myself and other guys that I shoot .50's with show up, the range is at our benches. People like the .50's as far as I can tell and when we let them shoot our rifles for free they line up!
Of course everyone comments on the blast and pressure wave but the .50 Cal smile is something that lasts longer then any pressure wave. I would take his job in a heartbeat! Any gunnie that wouldn't needs to question why they like guns as a hobby.
I'm a Locomotive Engineer and there are railfans that would love to have my job. Me, I could walk away from it at the drop of a dime! Grass isn't greener on the other side, trust me, railroads are a business and they ain't pretty! They coined the phrase railroad barons for a reason and if they could do away with my job they would do it at the drop of a dime.
H*ll yes I would take his job!