Posted on 02/28/2016 1:53:03 PM PST by Olog-hai
The Barrett .50 caliber rifle is a powerful gun. Widely used in the military, its rounds can "penetrate light armor, down helicopters, destroy commercial aircraft, and blast through rail cars," according to a report from the Violence Policy Center, a gun safety group. The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence describes .50 caliber rifles like the Barrett as "among the most destructive weapons legally available to civilians in the United States."
And as of Wednesday, the Barrett .50 caliber is now the official state rifle of Tennessee, joining an illustrious roster of other state symbols including the raccoon (state wild animal), the tomato (state fruit), and Tennessee cave salamander (state amphibian).
The gun's inventor, Ronnie Barrett, is a Tennessee native and NRA board member who was referred to as "the rock superstar in the world of weapons" at a 2014 birthday bash attended by politicians Mike Huckabee, Lamar Alexander, Marsha Blackburn and others. The rifle bearing his name is manufactured in Christiana, Tennessee. ...
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A competent man with an elk rifle could knock down every helicopter the National Guard could throw at him.
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Happened in a small town. Everyone knew the shooter, who had been a problem for years (as had his father).
I don’t think it took Lieutenant Columbo to solve it.
Yes, .50 BMG can do all of that ... usually from a heavy machinegun, not from a single shot rifle.
I know the Army has bought over 100...the USMC over 125.
So, it must be a good 'un.
IN A GAME!! IN A GAME!!!
I took out a helicopter with a round from the main armament on an M1 Abrams from 1.5 kilometers. It was epic.
Well, very cool. I’d like for my state to have an official state rifle to. I suppose it would be the Winchester model 70. Pre-64, of course.
Was his name Sue?
Yes, and I seem to recall seeing somewhere that the .416 Barrett actually performs better at long range than the .50BMG Barrett. :)
Someone nailed a sheriff’s plane in eastern Oklahoma quite a few years ago.
In reading some of my dad’s old military papers, in one fight, some of the soldiers in WWII tried to run upstairs in a house so they could fire down the bore of a German tank and make the round explode in the chamber.
Meh.
James Bond did it with a Walther PPK in Spectre.
lol - nah, close though ;-)
Brave solders. That’s kinda going all in. Ends badly if you don’t succeed.
Gallagher HAS GOT to get one of those!
Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “fly over-country!” Maybe someday it’ll be called “pucker-over territory.”
Oh the horror that liberals feel! Every American has enough chemicals in their house to build a bomb that would blow a house up.
There are enough knives in the average American home to kill 3000 people without sharpening.
The average adult American has enough liquor lying sound to drink themselves to death or procreate irresponsibly.
Americans own enough cars that if easy car ran over 35 people the human race would go extinct.
In other news, people kill people with whatever is handy.
Oregon’s official State nut is the filbert, or hazelnut.
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