[spetznaz]

I always laugh at how these nuts go after the .50BMG, claiming how it can down a plane and perforate a nuclear reactor's shielding. LOL. For one it would be far easier, and cheaper even, to snap up one of the myriad manpads around the world if one needs to bring down a plane. It is far easier to down a plane with a missle from a manpad that with a miracle shot from a rifle ....and anyone who can shoot down a flying jetliner with a gun has skill levels bordering on super human. Oh, and as for the breaching of nuclear reactors .....ridiculous!

And poor Barrett. They always pick on the BMG yet forget about other 50 cal rifles like the BFG, as well as a plethora of foreign models from places like South Africa (pretty good one BTW) and the like.

But hey ....maybe one can only 'shoot down jetliners' using a Barrett BMG.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

It is just another gun grab spetnaz.

[elbucko]

....and anyone who can shoot down a flying jetliner with a gun has skill levels bordering on super human. Oh, and as for the breaching of nuclear reactors .....ridiculous!

I agree. When the talking points of an argument need to be supported my the miraculous or the statistically unlikely, the proponent shoots holes in his own argument. The ballistical physics and human dynamics needed to solve for the target solution to shoot down a airliner with a Barrett .50BMG is beyond ridiculous. Winning the lottery is more likely than downing an airliner with a .50cal.

[Dead Corpse]

I'd love to get my hands on a Hungarian Gepard M5(B). 12.7x107 instead of the semi-neutered .50 BMG (12.7x99).

But, thanks to Bush41's and X42's import restrictions... that ain't gonna happen any time soon.