50 Shooter
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It's funny to read a thread on 50 BMG and see a picture of myself, thanks Acera. I find it interesting that many of you think shooting the 50 is so dangerous. I've let little kids shoot mine and all they get is a big smile like this.
There are 50's that can be shot offhand, most being AR's with short barreled uppers. You can see in the pics posted that it can be done and in fact the felt recoil was less standing then shooting from the bench.
As far as AR lowers being damaged by the upper, that issue has been put to rest years ago. All the lower does is provide the fire control group, no pressure is put on it from the upper. If lowers were being ruined from 50 uppers they wouldn't have become as popular as they are now.
For those of you that don't think the 50 can't be used for hunting, go to youtube and look it up. There are plenty of hunting rounds made for the 50 and they don't blast the meat to bits. All the OP was asking for was opinions on using one, one poster had it correct, most foreign countries have a ban on Military cartridges being used by civilians. Other then that the 50 will kill any animal dead and that's the goal right?
There are 50's that can be shot offhand, most being AR's with short barreled uppers. You can see in the pics posted that it can be done and in fact the felt recoil was less standing then shooting from the bench.
As far as AR lowers being damaged by the upper, that issue has been put to rest years ago. All the lower does is provide the fire control group, no pressure is put on it from the upper. If lowers were being ruined from 50 uppers they wouldn't have become as popular as they are now.
For those of you that don't think the 50 can't be used for hunting, go to youtube and look it up. There are plenty of hunting rounds made for the 50 and they don't blast the meat to bits. All the OP was asking for was opinions on using one, one poster had it correct, most foreign countries have a ban on Military cartridges being used by civilians. Other then that the 50 will kill any animal dead and that's the goal right?