Barret .50 BMG
#11
01-21-2009 | 07:45 PM
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one of my local car buddies has one and I have seen it in person and it is awesome. Ill try and find the pics and post them here. I think he has onl;y fired it once and it cost him around 3700 with a hard case bi pod ect. here is the break down on ammo prices according to him....
on the left the standard M4/M16 round and on the right the Barrett 50 Cal round.
quote from him
"i bought the M99 Kit which comes with pelican Hard case,Scope,Rifle,Bi-pod,cleaning kit and 30 rounds of ammo
price out the door was 3,700 cash,no tax
and depending on the ammo you want to shoot here's a price break down
Match grade ball 3.75-4.25 a round
incindary 3.00 a round
armor peircing 3.75
armor peircing and incindiary 4.00
raofuss 75.00 a round
and if you relaod it yourself(like i do) it cost about 1.50-1.75 a round"
on the left the standard M4/M16 round and on the right the Barrett 50 Cal round.
quote from him
"i bought the M99 Kit which comes with pelican Hard case,Scope,Rifle,Bi-pod,cleaning kit and 30 rounds of ammo
price out the door was 3,700 cash,no tax
and depending on the ammo you want to shoot here's a price break down
Match grade ball 3.75-4.25 a round
incindary 3.00 a round
armor peircing 3.75
armor peircing and incindiary 4.00
raofuss 75.00 a round
and if you relaod it yourself(like i do) it cost about 1.50-1.75 a round"
#12
01-21-2009 | 09:54 PM
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Probably going to hold off on this, I would rather buy ammo, and by "buying ammo" I mean more brass, powder, and bullets cause I reload my own (brushing dirt off my shoulder).
There is a decent sized gun show coming to town next weekend which luckily coincides with my birthday, might have to stop buy and see if I can find any "investment opportunities."
There is a decent sized gun show coming to town next weekend which luckily coincides with my birthday, might have to stop buy and see if I can find any "investment opportunities."
#15
01-22-2009 | 07:36 PM
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OH man I get a hard on just looking at this thing.
Better yet, about 40 minutes away a club with a bunch of barrett owners goes and puts up pots and crap at up to a mile away and go plinking. Can you say, yes please. It's going to be a fun a summer.
Better yet, about 40 minutes away a club with a bunch of barrett owners goes and puts up pots and crap at up to a mile away and go plinking. Can you say, yes please. It's going to be a fun a summer.
#16
01-22-2009 | 07:46 PM
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Nice pick-up. Post some pics of it. Are you going to get the BORS system for it? If so, you may want to wait a bit as they are coming out with versions that will be compatible with Nightforce and Schmidt and Bender scopes I believe. I'm going for the Nightforce/BORS combo myself.
#18
01-22-2009 | 11:18 PM
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It probably isn't as bad as you think, the recoil doesn't seem to be too bad on these guns.
