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  • Freeper Big Gun Enthusiast Advice on .50 BMG Needed....and Appreciated.

    04/22/2002 9:48:38 AM PDT · by wardaddy · 117 replies · 5,355+ views
    self | April 22, 2002 | Wardaddy
    My younger brother who is a "black gun" enthusiast has decided to buy a .50 BMG bolt action with his next commission check. He has asked me to "loan" part of the financing. I am unfamiliar with the .50s but have read up on most of them. I agree with him that the time to buy one is now since the future looks possibly bleak for these guns. I would appreciate any advice from anyone who has hands on experience with any of the various makes. Further advice on suitable optics would likewise be welcome. Thanks to all.
  • BMG to Test Protected CDs on Insiders

    04/08/2002 12:44:00 PM PDT · by GeneD · 39 replies · 459+ views
    Filed at 3:20 p.m. ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new batch of compact discs designed to defeat Napster-style piracy is coming soon to record-industry insiders. BMG, one of the world's five major labels, said on Monday it would start issuing promotional CDs -- the free discs distributed to critics, retailers and other insiders weeks before the official release -- with technological countermeasures to prevent copying. The major labels, which include Vivendi Universal, Sony Music, EMI Group, AOL Time Warner's Warner Music and Bertelsmann AG's BMG, hope that copy protection measures will prevent users from ''ripping,'' or copying the music...