“I think the reporter threw in the story about the Barrett for the sake of drama.”
Well considering he had 2800 rounds for those two bolt action .50 cals, that’s a bunch of ammo for bolt actions. Even by my standards, and I buy 1k at a time at the gun shows. But that’s for semi’s, where it’s not unusual to crank off 300 rounds during a trip to the range.
>>Well considering he had 2800 rounds for those two bolt action .50 cals, that’s a bunch of ammo for bolt actions. Even by my standards, and I buy 1k at a time at the gun shows. But that’s for semi’s, where it’s not unusual to crank off 300 rounds during a trip to the range.<<
It’s an incredible amount of .50 caliber ammo — especially given the price for that stuff. Makes me wonder if that part of the story is even accurate. I don’t think an individual could shoot that much .50 cal in a lifetime. Even for a dealer, that would be an insane amount of .50 caliber ammo. I’m tempted to chalk that up to typical poor reporting when it comes to the subject of guns.