My understanding is California has a ban on .50 BMG, but the .510 DTC Europ with the same bullet and powder capacity is permitted.
In other words, if you have 5000$ to spend on a rifle, and another 7$ to spend on each round, you can still do nearly everything that the .50 BMG rifle can do.
I will have to check my local gun store.
Standard .30/06 ammunition in heavier weights (say 174 grain as used on WWI) will travel more than 2 miles. US converted to 150 grain rounds before WWII because the rounds would overfly the range limits on most machine gun ranges. They had attempted to convert to the shorter range lighter weight version before, but too many officers with experience in long range machine gun fire in WWI objected.
Look up “Part 1 Introduction - Rex Reviews” on www.YouTube.com It will answer most of your questions.
Do not get me started on a 50 cal.
I can take a 338 WIN MAG with solid tip bullet and at 800 yards drill thru a .5” plate and with same type bullet in a 50 cal the bullet will melt out without penetrating.
Round in the 338 WIN MAG cost me 3 bucks to reload.. and is hald the weight to hump around
These lawmakers that stand up and pound their chests (in BOTH parties) do not have a clue of what they are talking about. Someone hands them a prop and a 3x5 card with some words on it and off they go.
Frickin’ drama queens