ShooterTom Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Hi, I took a trip to a gun shop today and they had a steyr (i think) .50cal there. I was amazed at the size of the thing, the mod on it must have been a foot and a half long!!! I was wondering what would be the point in having one and what reason you would give to the feo. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Because it would be fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Fox Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Been to Exeter have you - serious bit of kit, wouldnt want to lug it too far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Provided you have somewhere safe to fire it like a home office approved club-why not? It would be fantastic fun shooting it at extreme ranges! Dont think i'd want to actually buy the rounds though cos they're expensive. As for reasoning with your FEO to own such a beast-it goes back to somewhere safe to shoot.The old Nagant service rifle in my signature has a heck of a range too (and kicks like a mule) and my FEO didnt have a problem granting me this calibre along with a few more too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShooterTom Posted July 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Yeah it was exeter, good shop i prefer it much more than the sportsman near dorchester. Yeah it would be very good fun; what sort of ranges con you get with them? Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Yeah it was exeter, good shop i prefer it much more than the sportsman near dorchester. Yeah it would be very good fun; what sort of ranges con you get with them? Tom I would imagine 2000yds+ would be within a 50 cals range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootreview Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 A dealer friend of mine said you could have one for"Target Shooting" but could put me off. Regards Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST3V3 Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 be ok for long range rabbits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShooterTom Posted July 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 be ok for long range rabbits Yeah a headshot would do fine lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootreview Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Even at 2000 ill bet there not much left to put in a pie. I would like to see someone hit a rabbit at 2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2308 Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Even at 2000 ill bet there not much left to put in a pie. I would like to see someone hit a rabbit at 2000 the scope would cost as much as the gun lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiff-TRG Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 This should answer most of your questions: http://www.fcsa.co.uk/ I'm a member and it's great fun to watch the .50's shoot out to 3,500m at Warcop. I'll be at Lydd this coming week, although only 1,400m (ish), it's still a long way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casts_by_fly Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 tiff, is that steel plates at 3500? I'd hate to have to walk back and forth to the target to replace paper. ;o) Thanks Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 For the VAST majority in this country the .50 is a waste of money.... and a money pit. There are only a handful of ranges you can use it on, you don't have a snowballs chance in hell of getting it approved for anything live (in the UK) and it weights a ton and, and, etc, etc. There are a few owners in the UK who I'm sure derive great pleasure from the things, shooting one is great fun, one of those...things to do before I die...but owning one is a whole different ball game!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiff-TRG Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 tiff, is that steel plates at 3500? I'd hate to have to walk back and forth to the target to replace paper. ;o) Thanks Rick Hi Rick, Yep steel gongs, APC & tanks are the main very long distance targets. Spotter tracer rounds are great fun from the .50's on a hard target. Also at every FCSA meet there are 1000 yard canvas screens that you can shoot groups on etc with the .50's. As long as the weather is good, you can see your shots with a good spotting scope on them. Plus there are reactive fig.11's etc that you can shoot with the smaller stuff like .338's. Here are some good pics of Lydd where there is a shoot this Thursday coming. http://www.andydale.co.uk/shooting/ranges/lydd/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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