Well, I was going to do a post on the history of the machine gun in the infantry, but I’m lazy. Instead, you get a youtube.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBNGgu0qGlQ]
XBradTC's thoughts… deep thoughts.
Well, I was going to do a post on the history of the machine gun in the infantry, but I’m lazy. Instead, you get a youtube.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBNGgu0qGlQ]
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I LOVE me some machine gunnin’!
I got to go through around 1500 rounds of .50 Cal 4:1 on a Ma Deuce at Hohenfels in SEP 1983.
I know how this guy feels!!!
I would NOT want to try and swap barrels after that. New hardened matierials or not.
I was looking in to buying a Barrett. I do not mind spending money on something will go up in value. I am fundamentally cheep. (I am 1/2 Scott, I come by it honestly)
Do you know how much money it costs to buy ammunition for a 50?
Holy Crap!
Even reloading is $$$
Did not buy, but i could have doubled my money if I had.
V, I can’t buy .50 in the state of California, and to be honest, never really thought about it anywhere else. I generally like a smaller caliber.
Having said that, I seem to recall that Uncle Sam pays about $0.25 per round for 5.56 so a buck or two for .50cal would seem to be about the right price for the government to be paying. And while I never shot of 1500 rounds of .50 at once, I’ve shot probably a couple thousand over the years. And I fired 17,000 rounds of 5.56 all by myself in one afternoon.
Xbrad,
The last time I checked (about 5 years ago) empty brass was running $1 each.
I do not shoot like I used to but I have been going through about 1,000 rounds of 5.56 a year and maybe 2000 rounds of 45 acp.