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.50 BMG Shockwaves

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I have a little video up on YouTube that always gets the most enlightened of comments.

Like this video here.  The Comment that just illustrates the frustration is like this one:

LOL I dont even think youd have to hit the thing with that, the bullet whizzing past a prairie dog would be enough to kill it. Mind you kind of an expensive way to get rid of vermin aint it

Sorry, I didn’t edit the comments… Just Cut and Paste so you can see what’s going on without having to actually go dip into those dank waters.

There are so many misconceptions about “The Fifty” that it’s almost as if it’s some mythological beast… One day, it’s going to be like talking about Dragons or something.

The .50 doesn’t put out head ripping shockwaves.  It’s only 2700 to 2800 FPS in most loadings.  Which puts it at the same speed as say a .308 or a good old .30-06.  In fact, the cartridge is really nothing more than a big .30-06.   What gives the .50 the range and power, is that the projective is just so big and heavy.  Bullets weight in from 650 to over 750 grains… which is impressive.  The .50 BMG’s slug alone is larger than some rifle cartridges.  Firing a .50 BMG rifle is a lot of fun.  It’s impressive.  The blast is huge.  The power that it puts out is staggering.  But the bullet zipping past something in a near miss isn’t going to do anything to it other than making it soil its self.

Crusader, Weapons

What do I need on my AR?

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This is a common question that I get.  What add-on’s does one really need?  The simple answer is “none”.  A basic, stripped down AR is perfectly serviceable.   So you don’t necessarily need anything else.  Anything from here on that you might add, should only be based on how it’s going to help you do what you want to do with it.

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Underrated Tactical .22

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The SIG 522 is probably the most underrated of the tactical .22’s on the market.  It gets great reviews from a lot of folks… owners love them… NuttinFancy did like a 3 hour Holiday Special on the bloody things, yet I can’t sell the last two we have to save my life.   I have shown them and shown them to guys… and guys always buy the S&W MP15-22 instead.  Always.

Great looking rifle... slick lines, Classic SIG 556 looks...

Don’t get me wrong… the S&W is a great .22 rifle.   But the SIG has a handy little trick that the Smith can’t do.

If you do this with your Smith - it wont be covered under warranty.

No, I’m not supposed to advertise our sales price on these, because it’s below MAP… But we just want to blow these last two guns out.  We’ve not sold one in over 6 months.  I have two left.  If you want one, I’ll hook you up and throw in a couple goodies to go with it.

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Remington 700 Sendero .25-06

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You guys know I’ve been itching for a .25-06.  Well we got in an older style Sendero on trade.  If I was in a better situation financially, I’d snag this thing.  As it is, it’s tempting for me to put it on layaway.    The older style has the narrower, slimmer stock.  The new ones have that huge retarded palm swell that I don’t really care for.  This one is just how I like them.  If I got it, I’d want to put a Rapid Z 800 on it.

Sometimes I really hate working in a gun store.   Being an addict makes the job hard.

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I don’t know why.

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The Barrett model 82A1 is almost Ten Grand.  And I don’t know why.  I can’t put my finger on any tangible reason the thing is so bloody expensive.   The gun is a very simple design with no complicated machining, and it uses some very common parts.  The gun is build of what looks like stamped sheet metal.  Thick, but it’s still sheet metal that has some bends.  Some of those bent metal parts are welded together with welds that… well… Let’s just say I’ve seen better welds in high school metal shop class.  Just looking at the gun I’d say it’s a 600 dollar gun, with a 2,000 dollar barrel… so I’d price it at about 2600 bucks.

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