[rickdylan]

The ONLY thing a 50 can do which a more normal rifle cannot is defeat light armor and its use for that is problematical. Most people want the 50 for long range shooting but it doesn't really even strike me as any sort of a magic answer for that. It's basically a larger 30-06 cartridge, which is not a modern cartridge or anything like that and to my knowledge it does not obtain the velocities or ballistics a modern magnum rifle would.

My choice for long range shoting would be one of the Savage heavy barreled rifles in that 270 wsm caliber using 140 gr Barnes all copper bullets at about 3300 fps. That could be put together with a good scope for under a thousand dollars, would not even need a muzzle brake, would have better ballistics than the 50 and would flatten any North American game.

[Wingy]

Thanks for the reply. I've got a .220 swift and a .17 for putting holes in paper along with a .223 and .243 for general plinking. They are all pretty flat shooting within my limits. The .50 is probably as good as these but the WTC* factor is off the chart.

(Wow! That's Cool!)

[xxxolbillxxx]

All I have to say is everyone on here is completely dumber for reading what you wrote! lmao Its basically a larger 30-06 cartridge ? wtf ARE YOU KIDDING ME.... Its a whooooolllleee nother ball game man.. Aparently you haven't fired a Barrett 50cal or 416, because if you had then you would know better than to make that statement.... And Ive never seen a 30-06 make a mile shot, so hmmm ,, Barrett 50cal is the best of the best, biggest and baddest, there isn't even a gun that can compare.. Please don't write stuff on the forum when you are totally clueless about what is being talked about... Needless to say.. The 50cal semi auto is the way to go as of right now, but there are rumors that they will be coming out with the 416 semi auto really soon, only problem is is ammo, ammo is scarce and you better get ur hands on it fast...But if you are looking for a cheaper way to go, go with the Barrett 99 50cal, they make it in 416 but ammo is REALLY REALLY REALLLY scare, also the Barrett model 99 is just as accurate if not the most acurate of all the Barretts and is to 6 thousand less than some of the other Barrett rifles.... And I don't know what you call light armor RICKDYLAN but my Barrett model 99 416 with Barrett \(normal 653gr bullets) went right through a 2 and a half inch steel plate at 500yrds, and u can only imagine what it would do with a armor piercing round (which arn’t hard to find. So if you don't know what your talking about and apparently you don't, please just don't respond because you just make a fool out of yourself. Thanks, xxxolbillxxx