In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.
The Joy of Shooting .50s (For the Ladies!pics)
Josey1
Member Posts: 9,598 ✭✭
The Joy of Shooting .50s
The .50 caliber rifle is the largest firearm that civilians may legally possess. Averaging 34-50 inches in overall length and 25-35 pounds in overall weight, this firearm serves only one civilian purpose - sport. Bench rest, competition marksmanship to be exact. And if you've never tried it, you don't know what you're missing.
Fifty-caliber marksmanship is a very precise, specialized sport. Fifty-caliber shooters take every aspect of the firearm and ammunition into consideration in order to maximize their marksmanship skills. Shooters are very technical and have a thorough understanding of every aspect of the firearm.
Deb receives instruction on how to properly fire a .50 caliber rifle.
Special thanks to John Burtt for his patience and consideration in introducing us to the sport of .50 caliber shooting.
The .50 caliber rifle averages 34-50" in overall length and weighs approximately 25-35 pounds.
Jennille keeps the butt of the rifle tucked in tight to her shoulder.
Because of the highly specialized, technical nature of .50 caliber shooting, participation in the sport is expensive. Therefore, .50 caliber shooters tend to be very serious about their sport.
Participants in the sport tend to be an average age of forty-five, with several competition shooters in their seventies. Several competitors are women, and they have distinguished themselves as excellent markspersons having set world records on more than one occasion. They tend to be college educated, salaried professionals or business owners and have annual incomes exceeding $50,000.
Members of the Liberty Belles had the good fortune of being introduced to .50 caliber firearms at the annual shoot hosted by the .50 Caliber Shooters Association and ARM USA at the Angeles Ranges. This was a particularly joyous occasion as the California legislature attempted, unsuccessfully, to ban .50 calibers earlier this year.
The bill, AB2222, was introduced by the usual gaggle of gun-grabbers in Sacramento. Specifically, Assembly members Paul Kortez, Judy Chu, Jackie Goldberg, Fred Keeley, Christine Kehoe, Alan Lowenthal, Kevin Shelley, Juan Vargas and Senator Don Perata.
Anna is a natural markswoman.
Jennille, Paula (Manager of the Angeles Ranges), and Deb.
Special thanks to everyone at the Angeles Ranges for their friendliness and hospitality.
Anna looks downrange after firing a shot.
By employing their standard tactics of mislabeling and demonizing a particular type of firearm, the gun-grabbers hoped to ban the .50 caliber rifles. They labeled the .50 caliber "sniper weapons" which therefore must be banned.
Californians weren't buying it, however. They organized and, under the direction of the .50 Caliber Policy Institute, were able to defeat the bill in the "Safety Committee."
The battle is not over, however, as a federal bill to ban .50 caliber rifles nationwide has been introduced by Representatives Rod Blagojevich (IL) and Henry Waxman (CA). Again, using the same mislabeling and demonizing tactics, gun-grabbers hope to add another one to the growing list of banned firearms. The bill is H.R. 3182 and can be read here.
Anyone interested in preserving liberty and the American way is encouraged to get involved in defeating H.R. 3182. Please call and send a postcard to your legislator to voice your opposition to this despicable bill. Anyone interested in becoming more involved is encouraged to contact the Liberty Belles or the .50 Caliber Policy Institute.
Jennille lines up her target.
http://www.libertybelles.org/events/50cal.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
The .50 caliber rifle is the largest firearm that civilians may legally possess. Averaging 34-50 inches in overall length and 25-35 pounds in overall weight, this firearm serves only one civilian purpose - sport. Bench rest, competition marksmanship to be exact. And if you've never tried it, you don't know what you're missing.
Fifty-caliber marksmanship is a very precise, specialized sport. Fifty-caliber shooters take every aspect of the firearm and ammunition into consideration in order to maximize their marksmanship skills. Shooters are very technical and have a thorough understanding of every aspect of the firearm.
Deb receives instruction on how to properly fire a .50 caliber rifle.
Special thanks to John Burtt for his patience and consideration in introducing us to the sport of .50 caliber shooting.
The .50 caliber rifle averages 34-50" in overall length and weighs approximately 25-35 pounds.
Jennille keeps the butt of the rifle tucked in tight to her shoulder.
Because of the highly specialized, technical nature of .50 caliber shooting, participation in the sport is expensive. Therefore, .50 caliber shooters tend to be very serious about their sport.
Participants in the sport tend to be an average age of forty-five, with several competition shooters in their seventies. Several competitors are women, and they have distinguished themselves as excellent markspersons having set world records on more than one occasion. They tend to be college educated, salaried professionals or business owners and have annual incomes exceeding $50,000.
Members of the Liberty Belles had the good fortune of being introduced to .50 caliber firearms at the annual shoot hosted by the .50 Caliber Shooters Association and ARM USA at the Angeles Ranges. This was a particularly joyous occasion as the California legislature attempted, unsuccessfully, to ban .50 calibers earlier this year.
The bill, AB2222, was introduced by the usual gaggle of gun-grabbers in Sacramento. Specifically, Assembly members Paul Kortez, Judy Chu, Jackie Goldberg, Fred Keeley, Christine Kehoe, Alan Lowenthal, Kevin Shelley, Juan Vargas and Senator Don Perata.
Anna is a natural markswoman.
Jennille, Paula (Manager of the Angeles Ranges), and Deb.
Special thanks to everyone at the Angeles Ranges for their friendliness and hospitality.
Anna looks downrange after firing a shot.
By employing their standard tactics of mislabeling and demonizing a particular type of firearm, the gun-grabbers hoped to ban the .50 caliber rifles. They labeled the .50 caliber "sniper weapons" which therefore must be banned.
Californians weren't buying it, however. They organized and, under the direction of the .50 Caliber Policy Institute, were able to defeat the bill in the "Safety Committee."
The battle is not over, however, as a federal bill to ban .50 caliber rifles nationwide has been introduced by Representatives Rod Blagojevich (IL) and Henry Waxman (CA). Again, using the same mislabeling and demonizing tactics, gun-grabbers hope to add another one to the growing list of banned firearms. The bill is H.R. 3182 and can be read here.
Anyone interested in preserving liberty and the American way is encouraged to get involved in defeating H.R. 3182. Please call and send a postcard to your legislator to voice your opposition to this despicable bill. Anyone interested in becoming more involved is encouraged to contact the Liberty Belles or the .50 Caliber Policy Institute.
Jennille lines up her target.
http://www.libertybelles.org/events/50cal.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Comments
Alex
Gun Control Disarms Victims, NOT Criminals
Mudge the envious
I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
No it is not. There are plenty of bigger bores than the fifty, the .54 and .58 for example