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It still feels really good to reach out and touch a point in time and space at 800+ yards, even using relativly humble calibre weapons (Relative to .50 BMG) like Win 308 or 7 mil Rem Mag.



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It still feels really good to reach out and touch a point in time and space at 800+ yards, even using relativly humble calibre weapons (Relative to .50 BMG) like Win 308 or 7 mil Rem Mag.





Lots of fun but only marginally effective for anything besides putting holes in paper. ;)

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At 500 yards a 160 grain 7 mil Rem Mag has more than double (1545fp) the muzzle energy of a 240 grain .44 magnum.(740 fp)

At 800 yards it's still got more zap than a 240 grain .44 Magnum with the barrel gently touching your chest.

If you really beleive that's "marginally effective for anything besides putting holes in paper" then most anti personel sniping aficondo's will disagree with you.

I agree that 800 yards is not 2365 yards, and that an 18 inch (3 shot) group from an 800 grain .50 BMG round at that range is a whole new ballgame, but those applications are more anti-materiel than anti personel.

(Besides, at those ranges a 20mm would do the trick far better.. like
this South African product...)

If you're going to do something, you may as well do it properly.

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Another story on this issue:

Newsday.com

I'm amazed that this write-up is actually balanced, and doesn't tilt towards the anti-gun side. Although there are some lies in there. For example, I don't think the Branch Davidians used any .50 caliber rifles during their seige. Hell, if they had, the Federal Agents would have come out far worse.

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News update:

Sale of 'sniper' rifles banned

"In an emotionally charged meeting Tuesday, the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors voted to prohibit the sale of .50-caliber 'sniper' rifles in unincorporated areas of the county.

"Board members reiterated their position that the ban on the large-caliber rifle sales is an important step toward protecting the community. They have pointed to the damage the rifles could do to such industrial targets as refineries, telecommunications towers and railroad cars."

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I particularly liked this part: "Contra Costa has only two gun dealerships, and neither one sells .50-caliber rifles."

So they've banned something that wasn't even sold there anyway. Wow - what an effective crime-fighting law this will be!

Ah, but what really counts is that they "feel good" for having banned some guns... Ohhhh.... Ahhhh....

And let's just keep it a secret that .30 caliber rifles could do similar damage to those targets, so that these geniuses don't get the idea to ban those too.

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"These are the tools of the trade of terrorists," countered Tom Diaz of the Violence Policy Center in Washington, referring to the use of the rifles against federal agents at the Waco, Texas, siege and in assassinations around the world.



-Can they point to one single use by terrorists of a .50 cal rifle?
-Can they point to any evidence whatsoever that there was even one .50 rifle in the Branch Davidian compound?
-Can they point to one single criminal use of a .50 cal rifle?

How does that statement "counter" a dealer talkng about competitions and well rounded people buying the rifles? They must believe that if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes truth.

Also, how can Diaz of the VPC classify the Branch Davidians of being terrorists? They were recluses. they wanted nothing to do with the ATF until the ATF stormed their home.

VPC spits out more lies on a regular basis than any other source in DC, politicians included.
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but what really counts is that they "feel good" for having banned some guns... Ohhhh.... Ahhhh....



It's ignorance.

Everyone is aware of the fact that the cold calculated use of a .50 BMG rifle would be devistating. Imagine someone like the Washington Sniper armed with one. (truth is he'd have been caught much sooner..)

But... Nutters... like most people that are intent on killing other people for a cause - are usually too keen to rush out and kill, and don't even take the time to develop the skills and properly prepair themselves or their weapons systems.

Now boxcutters... Those should be banned. They've been used by terrorists to cause massive loss of life and damage to property...:(
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News update:

Suit planned over ban on powerful firearms

"...gun owner groups have vowed to file a lawsuit over the county Board of Supervisors' 4-0 vote Tuesday to ban the sale of the powerful weapons in the county's unincorporated areas.

"Supporters of the ban worry that the 28-pound weapons, which reportedly can fire bullets capable of penetrating steel and concrete from as far as a mile away, could be used by terrorists to mount a catastrophic attack on a refinery, a chemical plant or on trains.

"In a letter Monday, Chuck Michel, an NRA attorney and spokesman for the California Rifle and Pistol Association, said he planned to file a lawsuit that would attack the ordinance as 'legally defective in multiple respects.' Michel, whose clients include the Fifty Caliber Shooters Association and the California Association of Firearms Retailers, said the ordinance 'is pre- empted by state laws that limit rifle bans to those greater than .60-caliber.'"

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'is pre- empted by state laws that limit rifle bans to those greater than .60-caliber.'"



The anti-gun politicians don't bother to research the law before they pass these feel-good symbolic gun bans. So then the taxpayer's they represent have to spend tens of thousands of dollars of their money paying attornies to defend the legislation, even though it's clear that it is illegal.

The taxpayers get screwed. Gun owners get screwed. Stupid politicians pay nothing...

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