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Barrett M99
« on: July 13, 2015, 02:16:55 am »
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I did hit a 3'x3' steel target at 1000 yards though.   :thumbup1


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    Re: Barrett M99
    « Reply #1 on: July 13, 2015, 08:21:42 am »
    .50's are awesome.  :thumbup1  Concussion, muzzle blast, dust..... >:D

     
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    Re: Barrett M99
    « Reply #2 on: July 13, 2015, 03:40:25 pm »


    I did hit a 3'x3' steel target at 1000 yards though.   :thumbup1


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    I was looking for the Like button and realized this wasn't Facebook.  I kept clicking on :thumbup1

    Next time see if you can get a couple of shooters to lie prone with their rifles on either side of the .50BMG.


    Just be careful with your camera around those .50's   They've been known to kill cameras because of the concussion.  Friend had a DSLR die and they couldn't figure it out what happened until it happened to a second person.  I forget if it was the body or the lens that couldn't take it.

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    Re: Barrett M99
    « Reply #3 on: July 13, 2015, 05:26:29 pm »
    Scopebite.  Happens to everyone once.   Once.
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    Re: Barrett M99
    « Reply #4 on: July 14, 2015, 01:52:55 am »
    Just be careful with your camera around those .50's   They've been known to kill cameras because of the concussion.  Friend had a DSLR die and they couldn't figure it out what happened until it happened to a second person.  I forget if it was the body or the lens that couldn't take it.

    The the camera and lenses I'm currently using are pro-level gear; bodies milled out of titanium.  Weather-hardened, impact-hardended.  Combat photographers carry this stuff for their job.

    Besides, from where I took this picture I didn't feel a thing.


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    « Reply #5 on: July 15, 2015, 08:20:05 pm »
    Yeah, you want to keep your cameras about 15 yards away.   
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    Re: Barrett M99
    « Reply #6 on: July 16, 2015, 07:58:59 am »
    Scopebite.  Happens to everyone once.   Once.


    I know a couple of extra special people it happened to twice, one in the same day  :facepalm
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    Re: Barrett M99
    « Reply #7 on: July 16, 2015, 08:51:11 am »
    I will say, I think Barrett M82A1 (the rifle I used most) is overpriced for what you get.

    That said, I still want one.  :shrug
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