.17 hummer Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 an article in sporting shooter says that the 50 calibre has been usurped as king of the long kill by the .408 cheytac. ballistically superior , user friendlier, better penetration .apparently the delta force is ditching the light 50 and using these . there is a bloke in townsville that has a .50 for buffalo shooting in the gulf of carpentaria. and he reckoned it had no real advantage over the .416 taylor or a solid slug from his mossberg trophy slugster as the only ammo he could get was fmj and it often zipped through the buff with no expansion. i suppose that even a slight hit on a man would be fatal but on a one ton buff that will kill you with much relish if you miss , its a different story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Great guns, great technology.. its a pitty what we use it for.. on each other.Dont get me wrong im not an anti.. I just dont like all this talk of killing people at long ranges etc The martin pegler book is spot on stuartp. Hunter, why do you have a picture of a sniper as your avtar then? Are you one of the mythical ex SAS????? good point ,,, and the answer is ????? BECAUSE so there Because im known to wear loads of cammo when I go hunting, even with the airgun.. I like to spend hours just hidden away watching, and sneaking up on my prey. I dont not support killing humans in any way.. neither does that picture show me as an SAS sniper going to kill people.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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