50 bmg

I plan to when my PGW shows up here real soon. I'll post pics when I do some actual hunting with it.

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
 
I shoot the hornady a-max's out of mine and it just makes a perfect 1/2" hole in and out with no meat loss. I use the fmj surplus on non game animals and it seems to turn them inside out. The denser they are they uglier it gets.
 
The reason for that is that you pay 5 bucks a shot minimum, so practice is expensive.

The rifles usually weigh 30+ lbs, so they are heavy to bring out hunting, and need to be fired from prone or some kind of bench you previously set up. Not very useful for bush hunting.

Finally, the cost of the gun usually starts around $4,000, which really limits the overall number of these guns available to potential hunters.
 
sunray said:
.50 BMG ammo runs over $10 per shot and you need a club where the range can handle it just to sight in.
If you're hunting 'big' game with an A-Max, you're doing so illegally. Aside from A-Max bullets not being hunting bullets, they're match bullets and do not expand. Said bullets are not legal for 'big game' in Sask. Page 18.
http://www.environment.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=2a5dfe9f-6442-4667-ad59-253883e8b8e2
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Everything, and I mean everything, in your post is complete nonsense, as usual. Somebody really needs to make that seagull .gif of sunray shi**ing on a topic and moving on

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Kevin M. said:
The reason for that is that you pay 5 bucks a shot minimum, so practice is expensive.

The rifles usually weigh 30+ lbs, so they are heavy to bring out hunting, and need to be fired from prone or some kind of bench you previously set up. Not very useful for bush hunting.

Finally, the cost of the gun usually starts around $4,000, which really limits the overall number of these guns available to potential hunters.
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so much negativity, are you trying to talk me into selling you my 50? lol
 
sunray said:
.50 BMG ammo runs over $10 per shot and you need a club where the range can handle it just to sight in.
If you're hunting 'big' game with an A-Max, you're doing so illegally. Aside from A-Max bullets not being hunting bullets, they're match bullets and do not expand. Said bullets are not legal for 'big game' in Sask. Page 18.
http://www.environment.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=2a5dfe9f-6442-4667-ad59-253883e8b8e2
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I seriously doubt if expansion would even cross a CO's mind if he sees you drop a deer or moose with a 50 BMG. No doubt it's a clean kill, expansion is adequate for the calibre.
 
2fat2fly said:
I seriously doubt if expansion would even cross a CO's mind if he sees you drop a deer or moose with a 50 BMG. No doubt it's a clean kill, expansion is adequate for the calibre.
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a half inch hole is not enogh for sunray, I wonder what his take would be on a 20mm?
 
sunray said:
.50 BMG ammo runs over $10 per shot and you need a club where the range can handle it just to sight in.
If you're hunting 'big' game with an A-Max, you're doing so illegally. Aside from A-Max bullets not being hunting bullets, they're match bullets and do not expand. Said bullets are not legal for 'big game' in Sask. Page 18.
http://www.environment.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=2a5dfe9f-6442-4667-ad59-253883e8b8e2
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I hate to break it to you but the Hornady 750 Gr AMAX bullets DO expand, and quite violently in most cases. Being as the AMAX is NOT a FMJ but rather a cold swaged lead core pressed into a conventional copper jacket and having a tip that is INTENDED to force expansion I do not see any weight in your post.
You should get a copy of Nathan Fosters books on the real world experience of hunting with all sorts of different bullets, including AMAX bullets.
 
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