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A nice 50 cal....

alledanalledan Member Posts: 19,541
edited November 2001 in General Discussion
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  • rg666rg666 Member Posts: 395 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ain't that the truth!! Wish we could have a lottery & the winner gets to dust that #%!%$. RG
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  • landislandis Member Posts: 230 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That is one beautiful piece of hardware, anyone know if our military has anything that good? I know they have sniping .50cals. Those optics are nice, and I would think the latest tech optics would have night capability. Does the US Army have it?God I hope so!
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  • alledanalledan Member Posts: 19,541
    edited November -1
    When i look at that weapon,lust and greed comes upon me.I would believe that some special units of our military have equivalent weapons but their use probably would be limited to hush-hush covert ops. If i remember correctly, the geneva convention banned use of the .50 cal against individual enemy soldier as with the flame thrower.The only time I think you can use a .50 on the enemy soldier is when he is carrying equipment. I may be wrong on this tho.
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  • OrphanedcowboyOrphanedcowboy Member Posts: 351 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The military does have such a weapon, if you get the chance sometime, watch suicide missions on the history channel, they did an entire episode on snipers, and they were shown practicing at 2500 yds, with a Barrett .50 BMG 10 shot bolt action...we've came along way since Whitefeather, God rest his soul!
    Orphanedcowboy@msn.com
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  • alledanalledan Member Posts: 19,541
    edited November -1
    The last time i heard anyhing about Carlos Hathcock [whitefeather]was that he was retired and fishing for sharks down in florida. I didn't know he passed! He will be missed!
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