I am officially a Montana superpower.
The Barrett M82A1 will be here next week.
Yes, it hurt. It hurt bad. But the pain fades and the gun remains.
Glad I saved a bunch of that .50 from last winter.
Achievement unlocked. Title awarded: “He Who Laughs At Armour”
Cold Steel for an Iron Age.
Guns of Navarrone, MT style👍
Next up: a suppressor.
Maybe some good glass comes first in order of importance, but I agree that a good suppressor is number two or three on that list.
Sweet!
Very nice!
I remember that ammo buy you made. Good, good stuff. I’ll admit being a mite jealous of your incoming .50 bmg. Hoping for pics of the new baby.
Even in adversity there are opportunities if you are aware and prepared. Good score!
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I’m picturing some Deep State map of the country, with mile-across red circles on it.
“What are those?” asks Agent Newbie.
“Those are the guys BATFE says have .50 cals. We don’t go near them. Ever. Just not worth the trouble.” replied Agent Jackboots.
Well, it’ll definitely make the SWAT team set the perimeter back a few extra blocks.
Your gonna love it !
Dbl hearing pro. Plugs and muffs.
Keep spectators out of the muzzle break path !
Good. Windows of opportunity may close on the ability to aquire some of those more extremist and outlier burt gummer kits. Without using debt, it would indeed be a long play strategy to direct funds into those things that have been delayed solely due to cost bite apprehensions. Round out your needs and wants while one can, the Intel out there on a lot of things is spicy. Forget not location, and area of operations importance. I was gun and kit rich but bad neighborhood poor. Corrected my zip code and now a vastly better status. Once that problem was rectified attention and resources can be focused on guns and kits at a measured and strategic pace. Keep at it and Stay Frosty.
Mr. Barrett laughs at windows!
I have to admit that rifle is really cool. Expensive to feed even if you handload at todays inflated reloading supply prices. Didn’t this acquisition put a dent in your dream of remote property sometime this year?
Yeah, but a couple things:
– Land will be there next year, and the year after that, and the year after that. No one is trying to pass laws to keep me from buying land.
– The price of guns like the Barrett are only going up, I see land prices coming down
– I can recover fast enough to make up for this expenditure if I really lean into it, which Im going to try to do. That means I shouldnt really lose any time.
If the SHTF with that I’m sure you will find someone to take you in.
Valid and sound reasons to acquire a menacing and ultra slick shooting machine. Maybe I should sell some of my 80 acres to buy one for moi😜!
We all know someone you could invite, and he may just turn up with a Ruger 9mm or twenty five plus.
“No one is trying to pass laws to keep me from buying land.” The county/state/feds don’t need to pass laws to prevent us from acquiring land. All they need to do is raise taxes, fees and assesments to punitive levels… for the children, teachers and reparations of course.
50s are quite fun and loud.
I haven’t shot a semi auto, but the single shots go through ammo slowly.
In my recent research, reloading saves very little until you get to high end ammo, but as powder prices come down that may change.
It’s worth getting a .50 BMG-capable press and loading dies. Ball is fairly impressive stuff against very soft targets, but to maximize the effect — which is what the.50 BMG is about afterall — something more energetic on the downrange end is best.
The Mk211 ‘Raufoss’ rounds are nice but very hard to find and very expensive — and you run a chance of being ripped off by phony rounds.
A much cheaper alternative is the M8 Armor-Piercing Incendiary round. It’s getting harder to find loaded M8 but the projectiles are out there and at reasonable prices. Usually cheaper than ball in fact, as M8 isn’t allowed on many ranges and does pose a significant down-range fire risk if shooting on public lands. Check patsreloading.com, they have M8 projectiles for $46/100 currently, clean and sized and ready to load. Even cheaper if buying larger quantities.
Congrats!
My late wife purchased one for me for my 50th…I still shoot it on occasion but my reach out and touch someone these days is a .338 Lapua Mag. Costs less and hurts less.
ProTip: Get an old poncho, or tarp or something to lay out under the muzzle to keep the dirt down.
I have a Ruger Precision in .338 Lapua specifically for…non-materiel….distance shooting. The Barrett has a high wow-factor but it’s accuracy makes it anti-materiel rather than a precision long range gun.
When you read about record distance kills in Afghanistan, the details usually show 3 to 6 misses before a hit.
The Marines have a special designation for their 50s since they aren’t accurate enough to call Sniper Rifles.
I’d laugh at Armour canned hams as well, with a .50.
Armor, now–that might be a different story.
Shot a scope chart for an m107 for a buddy when I lived in Arizona .
Took it out to 1300 yards and it was still putting slugs 7 to 8 inches into some quartz, broken rock type ground we were using as a backstop . It’s amazing what a pill the size of a loaded 308 cartridge will do.
As for the comment on hurts less a 50 semi barret is easier to shoot than a 12 guage w magnums other than the noise factor .
Get some good glass coming you need it to utilize that rifle !!!
And you’re right, it’s not minute of man accurate out at extreme ranges
Even the m107 version isn’t minute of man accurate at extreme ranges . But oh the destruction that pill creates is marvelous , like 9 inches into broken rock at 1200 yards .
The heart wants what it wants. I know this has been a major goal for you for awhile and I’m glad that you have achieved it.
I have an AR-50, the Poor Man’s .50, but nicely made. Very accurate out to 600 yards (the furthest I have shot it at), pretty much MOA, And, while it is loud (plugs and muffs), the recoil is about like an AR-15. I attribute that to the muzzle brake, and the weight of the thing – close to 45 pounds the way it is set up with a heavy bipod, monopod, and scope. I second the suggestion on putting something down underneath the brake to keep the dirt from flying up, I use a sheet of cardboard. And be nice, if there is anyone on either side of you for ten yards, warn them. Only problem is finding ranges that will let me shoot it since I moved to Florida.
Track down an old GI shelter half. They’ll eliminate the dust being kicked up by the muzzle blast, and are much more durable than a poncho or other light thin plastic or fabric sheeting. Or thoroughly wet down the ground around the muzzle, though enough water will weigh much more than a shelter half.
“Unhh…Sergeant Johnson? There was a loud bang and the vehicle just stopped. I think someone just shot through the engine block…”