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And I am going to buy another box of 150 next month...Where I was hitting 5-6" groups at 300 yards the first time I took it out...I sent 10 rounds today and whittled it down to 3-4" groupings at the same distance...With the new ammo...

I am begining to believe that it will be a combo of better optics with a tweeked handload which will get me the results I am trying to re-create from many years passed...I just got to get it all dialed in and see what happens...

DoubleJ wrote:can I be your kid, ya know, so you can will that thing to me?

Sorry, we don't have a yard big enough for ya...

I'm taking in the lessons learned from other owners of this particular caliber, so the learning curve has been, and is relatively short...

I was planning on gettign a long-lead time Nightforce scope tht would have worked, but integrating the BORS system would have been impossible as the ranging turrets are the "speed" type, and BORS has not developed a system to inte4grate to that fine type of adjustments...

So I got a better deal and a faster one to boot with the Leopold Mk4 8.5-25x50mm with the MIL-DOT reticle...the turrets on that one have long been compatable with the BORS system,andwhere I thought the NF was less expensive, the Leopold's came in quite a few hundred dollars cheaper...I'll get the BORs system in a few months...

BTW, what would be sitting at the front door today (not a baby) but a box of 150 API rounds at 647gr.

I expect to get one more of those orders and begin getting a few recipes for a reloading exercise going sometime before the end of the year...

Yeah, I knew it was going to be expensive, but really, it is not that bad if you study the whole picture, see what you want to do, be flexible on a few items, and it soon comes together into a nice system that will outlast you...

Got the new scope on order...I don't know why Barrett teases us with those little Bushnells...

It's a Nightforce 5-22x56 mil-dot reticle, MOA turrets to accept the Barrett BORS system (which will come in due time)...

Range report from last Sunday...

Winds were at our back abt 2-4 knots tops...75 degrees...

Groups were about 5-6" at 300 yards, right out of the box...

Obviously Steve needs to do some tweeking to the package before talking more smack...

Steve doesn't do richochets...

sjfcontrol wrote:If it's too heavy for you, I'd be glad to take it off your hand for a small fee.

Mmmmmmmmm, lessee...

Thats a negative Ghostrider...

The Annoyed Man wrote:

stevie_d_64 wrote:T-minus 1 week and counting!!!

Man, I just realized...I gotta go buy some ammo for this artillery piece!!!

Anyone had any experience with the "Bitterroot" ammo??? a box of 150 at $400 and change looks like a good general round for just everyday purposes...

TheArmsRoom down in League City is selling the top end Hornaday stuff for $70 for 10 rounds...

Decisions, decisions...

A .50 BMG for just everyday purposes? You're killing me! ....can I come along?

Yes you may...We were looking for you in Mesquite a few weeks ago...BTW, I left the store with about 20 rounds of $3.50 stuff...I think this will do in a pinch...I have a good source now that is sending me about 150 rounds of API .50 for only $300...That right there is an excellent price for this stuff...

This aquisition has been a long time coming...I feel very much at peace...

I couldn't wait...You know when you have every Friday off, things just tend to nag at you...And it ain't the dishes!!!

Meet "Shaft"!!!



I believe I'll be on the west side of Houston near that range off Westhiemer and Hwy 6 this Sunday, say, ohhhhhh, bout' mid morning, maybe after lunch sometime...

Dirn this things heavy!!!

T-minus 1 week and counting!!!

Man, I just realized...I gotta go buy some ammo for this artillery piece!!!

Anyone had any experience with the "Bitterroot" ammo??? a box of 150 at $400 and change looks like a good general round for just everyday purposes...

TheArmsRoom down in League City is selling the top end Hornaday stuff for $70 for 10 rounds...

Decisions, decisions...

rm9792 wrote:Finally got to shoot the .50. Went over to asc and they put us on the 300yd range. 8 of 9 of my first mag went in the 10 ring, this is one heck of a rifle. Havent even zeroed the scope yet. I do think I need more than a 14x scope though, the 300 yd target looked small and want to go to 600yd next.

Thats good news, on ASC letting the big guns shoot there, I wasn't so sure just yet...But what a haul just to get out there huh???

I'm taking delivery on April 1st, 2011 BTW...Couple more weeks...yee hawwww!!!

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Oh yeaaaahhh!!!

Second payment in...

I have a refund check coming in in the next week or so, so it might shave off a week on delivery...Plus gimme a chance to buy some "standard ball" ammo for plinking...

If you can call $2.50 a shot (average) plinking...

Getting that handle might be a good thing...I'll ask around see if they'll throw on into the case for me...It's either that, or this thing is going to be a bear to sling arms!!!

50" long...I will have to raise a shelf in my gunsafe when it arrives...uggg!!!

ExMarlboroMan wrote:Well, I plan on some Barry White in the background, wining and dining it, then let it speak as much as it want to...

And how long do think you can keep that up???[/quote]

Well, my wife does say I'm bringin' sexy back!!!

rm9792 wrote:mine that I still havent shot dwarfing a full size 1911.

Ok, then we have to remedy that situation...BTW, did you add on the carry handle??? I didn't see that as an option on the M99...That must be a sole feature for the semi-auto version...

I'm just about ready to order some .50 ball type ammo, about 150 rounds just to get through the new aquisition, and also obtain some higher quality stuff for serious work about 40-50 rounds for now...

I assume you have sufficient bang bang to go through yours??? If not, we can split a few boxes and see what we can do with these things...We might have a range to go to that is fairly close to us...We could make a day of it...No prob...

sjfcontrol wrote:

Texas_Tactical wrote:

Skiprr wrote:

PappaGun wrote:A true, long range, Zombie killer, if it is .50 cal.

A half inch of pure pleasure.

And at least the ammo is cheap!

...still wish I had one.

Not sure what I'd do with one -- but it would sure worry the neighbors!

Well, I plan on some Barry White in the background, wining and dining it, then let it speak as much as it want to...