DMASSE Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Hello Went to a area sniper rifle competition shoot, and brought out the bad boys of sniper rifles. Here is the one of my favorite sniper rifles to shoot A HS-.50 from Steyr-Mannlicher AG This gun is made to shoot a min 500 yrds and levels out at 2 miles One thing you have to think of is that this gun is 4 ft long and weights 35 pounds, the muzzle break is 7in wide and shoots about a 2 ft flame out then when shot. The second guy is another STEYR sniper rifle in a 308 cal.. grouping with this gun is 1-2 in at 300yrds The next gun is very cool to have, its a AR15 Custom 308.. Also we shot S&W 1911's and Glocks 22 9mm, as well as some black powder All in all a fun competition and a very sore arm LOL hope you enjoyed Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanangler1990 Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 (edited) oh uh, is a war over the horizon? what place did u come in? Dave, u still in for tuesdays trip? ill call u tommorow night. Edited June 25, 2007 by urbanangler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Good stuff! Any pics of your targets? I took my 5 y/o son out on saturday for his first shots ever. He had a couple shots out of the .410 at the trap range, and a bunch of shots out of the .22. He LOVED it!! I think I'll be looking into a .410 just for him now.... Sinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoz Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 A tad more firepower than the ol' single-shot .22 Cooey I used to have . . . . . ?? I'm rather surprised that the .50 calibre cannon was allowed to be brought in, even for a competition. I saw a segment of '60 Minutes' a while back, on these guns . . . . not exactly an ideal hunting rifle . . . . unless you're after elephants or rhinos!! (Or PEOPLE?) I don't think I'd like to be trying an off-hand shot with it . . . . . I suspect I'd be sitting on my butt, about 6' from where I started. Just for curiousity . . . . what would the muzzle velocity of a huge bullet (about 500 grain??) like that be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 ah nothing like a 50 cal you shoot him in the hand and it rips his whole arm off.. and no they are not made for hunting..just target shooting.... takes lots of skill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Nice toys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motv8tr Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Oh sure, talk about the competition, show us pictures of you shooting, but don't tell us how it went???? What a tease Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMASSE Posted June 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 PHOTOZ He in Canada there is a 50cal club, and they usually shoot matchs every month.. In .50BMG calibre, the muzzle energy can be in excess of 10,000 ft/lbs depending on the loading, with a muzzle velocity usually just under 3000 ft/sec. With the ammo costing around $9.00 a shot, you with the recoil of the gun you tend not to shoot very much. When you shoot this rifle at 500yrds the hole on the entry is about 2 inchs buit if it would hit comcrete, it would travel 19 inches deep. The shoot was a industry outing, so no score or points gained Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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