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I fired a .50 BMG yesterday
« on: August 14, 2011, 07:38:46 PM »
And yes, my first. And yes, it was gentle!

Background: Our church sponsors a Men's Fraternity group every Friday morning during the school year, following Robert Lewis' program. A small group of us arrive at 5AM and cook breakfast for 60-80 of our brothers. As a reward, and as a kick off for the new year, another fellow, Trent, and I invited everyone out to Trent's family farm to do some shooting.

Trent is late 20's, married with 2 kids, and in order to get his life on a track he liked, will be going into the Army on October 11. He told me he had never shot an M-4 carbine before, only hunting guns. So i suggested I bring mine over, and the cookout/shooting thing just kinda snowballed out of that desire.

I know, I know, this thread is useless yada yada yada. No pictures yet, but here is a video of a friend of mine, one of our cooks, shooting the rifle.


http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150290219473637&comments

There were about 15 guys shooting, including a couple of our Pastors. Here's a list of some of the weapons we all shot
Moisin-Nagant
SKS
AK - at this point I noted the good Christian men all shooting these Commie guns  ;D
CETME
a couple of M-4s
Sig 556
Remington 870
.410 single shot Coast to Coast
Glock 10mm
Sig P228
a bunch of other handguns

and, the piece de' resistance

Armalite AR-50.

Very little recoil, excellent trigger, although when it went off, i remember having complete sensory overload, in part due to the debris blown up by the muzzle break, the end of the shooting mat being blown back, the loss of sight picture in the scope, and a ringing in my ears!   :o  :o  :o  ;D
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Re: I fired a .50 BMG yesterday
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2011, 07:45:46 PM »
No luck on the video.  Said it was unavailable. 

WAAAAA
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Re: I fired a .50 BMG yesterday
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2011, 08:04:30 PM »
It told me I had to sign in.......................yea right, sorry not into facebook.
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Re: I fired a .50 BMG yesterday
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2011, 08:15:12 PM »
Very cool, Path.

I went through Robert Lewis's series (3 of them) very good material.   We didn't get to go shooting.  I might have to come join your church.

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Re: I fired a .50 BMG yesterday
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2011, 08:19:07 PM »
wish I went to your church.  It wouldn't let me see the video either
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Re: I fired a .50 BMG yesterday
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2011, 08:24:46 PM »
Sorry about the video, you do have to be on FB and maybe even friend the guy who posted it. It works well for me, though, so I can enjoy it as often as I wish . . . .     ::)

Once my boy heads back to MCT (tomorrow) I will get my pictures up here. Not the same as video, I know.

As for this event, basically Trent and I did all of the organizing, everyone else were invitees. So if you want your church to host a shooting program - make it freakin' happen!!!!!!!
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Re: I fired a .50 BMG yesterday
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2011, 09:34:25 PM »
Cool beans, Path.......and yes sir, those babies (muzzle brakes) do tend to stir up a ruckus when touched off don't they?   :D  :D  :D
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Re: I fired a .50 BMG yesterday
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2011, 11:29:14 PM »
I liked it alot!  ;D
and FB is my middle name.. LOL
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Re: I fired a .50 BMG yesterday
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2011, 11:46:36 PM »
FB wouldn't let me watch.
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Re: I fired a .50 BMG yesterday
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2011, 07:21:43 AM »
I have been fortunate enough to shoot two or three different .50 Cal rifles.  It is a experience every shooter should have.  Not near as bad as most folks think it is, very much like shooting a 12 ga shotgun with a stiff load. 
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