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Varmint shooting with a .50
Varmint shooting with a .50
We had Montana Prairie Dogs shooting, we now have
Afghan Rock Chuck shooting, the Taliban sub specy.
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Born to nap
19 June 2005, 02:39
CollinsYou had me thinkin' it wasn't going to be Dawgs...
Dang it.
19 June 2005, 04:06
Edmondedited to remove link to Hunt101, not working link
20 June 2005, 18:09
Collinsquote:
Originally posted by Collins:
You had me thinkin' it wasn't going to be Dawgs...
I thought it was going to be bad people (like Taliban types)
24 June 2005, 03:57
tiggertateMe too but I still gave it 10!
"Experience" is the only class you take where the exam comes before the lesson.
09 July 2005, 05:08
crapshootSorry to bust your bubbles. This video clip was stolen off of a movie called Varmint Safari. It was made by RMVH. Those are chucks being shot with high power center fire rifles (20, 22, 243 cal). Here is a link to the site which also has video footage.
http://www.rmvh.com/ Not to mention it is a sever case of copyright infringement.
Anybody know where to get sabots for the .50
09 July 2005, 07:46
Collins http://bigskysurplus.com/50_caliber.htmA LOT of stuff here
13 July 2005, 17:49
pertinaxHa! I knew it-- those impacts didn't look like what a .50 BMG ought to do to a 100 lb. soft target. No bloomin' way.
Thanks for straightening this one out.
14 July 2005, 01:39
EdmondGRAPHIC!
http://www.robert-fisk.com/1_145858_1_6.jpghttp://www.robert-fisk.com/1_145857_1_6.jpghttp://www.robert-fisk.com/1_145859_1_6.jpgthis is a small caliber headshot, a .50 in the shoulder-neck-head area does exactly what you see on the video, especially the Raufoss ammo used by US Forces.
Seems some people in Norway protest against the use of Raufoss ammo...
Impressive photos, do you have more with different calibers?
When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults!
14 July 2005, 14:43
EdmondThere were some on a site showing Palestinians who had been shot with saboted .50 in the neck area, head almost detached, missing arm, missing the upper left or right side of torso, the site went offline the same day it was online, I could never retrieve them online and the downloads are lost among GO of stored files somewhere.
There was another site with pictures taken in US, hundreds of pictures of gunshot wounds, rifles, shotguns, handguns wounds..quite gory, lost the URL when my computer crashed.
14 July 2005, 16:30
Collinsquote:
this is a small caliber headshot, a .50 in the shoulder-neck-head area does exactly what you see on the video, especially the Raufoss ammo used by US Forces.
Seems some people in Norway protest against the use of Raufoss ammo...
Are we using Raufoss on soft targets? I've done a (very) little research on the round and wouldn't have thought it would even "activate" on soft targets. From the Raufoss website it looks like the advantage is multiple fragmentations within hardened targets, not like the AP round with the one 400gr. penetrator.
http://www.ogrish.com might have the images you want. it's the most graphic site I know of. I don't even go there any more, so I can't be sure.
14 July 2005, 16:52
Edmond http://www.nammo.com/medium_calibre/index.htmlSeems that the first batch made under license in US was not well made and even detonated shortly after exiting the barrel.
It contains RDX...
Traditional API
Raufoss
14 July 2005, 17:56
CollinsThose are the pictures!

Looks like it snows in the hamlet of Raufoss, Norway.
15 July 2005, 20:13
Rick 0311Looks like “Photoshop†ballistics to me gentlemen.

There is also a video on the internet showing a woman “place kicking†her baby right off her lawn and over her garage roof...and that is about as “real†as these supposed Taliban shots.
19 July 2005, 06:43
MartinPottsquote:
Originally posted by ajwsm:
Anybody know where to get sabots for the .50
Why a sabot ?
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