Picture in my last issue of the .50 caliber mag of a woman who killed a deer at 895 yards.
Didn't say how much meat was edible.
If you turn the boattailed Browning .50 M33 bullet around and seat it backward, it can serve as a neat little hollowpoint bullet for hunting with the .50 cartridges, perhaps not needed for reasons of terminal ballistics [most 6mm and 6.5mm shooters would be very pleased with bullets in their pet load that reliably expand to .50 caliber; .50 shooters don't have tro worry about such distractions] though needed for game law reasons.
But though the long-range target shooters are more enthusiast users of the .50 rifles than those afield for the hunt, there's also the shorter .50x77 cartridge of the M8A1 spotter rifle as used for rangefinding with the 106mm M40A1 recoilless rifle. It's a little easier on the shooter, there are a couple of short actions that can accomodate the shorter cartridge, and still has plenty of power for heavy meaty targets at 500 yards or more.
I had less than satisfactory results with the .338 Lapua Magnum I assembled on a shoestring budget with leftover parts, but I could have solved most of the deficiencies given some time and a more generous budget, I believe. But I think I can put together a Big Fifty for around $500 or so, and it ought to be great for plinking at concrete blocks the way others shoot discarded soda pop cans.
But not from a quarter-mile. And it would do for dirt bikes too. Do youy have any good recipies; I'd think they'd be a little stringy and gamey.
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Well, you gotta treat the gas tanks like musk bags and cut 'em out.
Marinating a few years in Hoppe's takes out most of the gamey taste.