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Posted: 5/31/2015 3:23:22 AM EDT
Aa of May 30th, I have a new personal record for number of 50 bmg rounds shot in a day. I shot 65 rounds, 5 of which were A-Max. That was the first time I shot those. Yes, there is a noticeable difference. Those were shot near the end after about 140 rounds of 308 and a few other things. My should is saying FU right now. Someone I helped get hooked onto the 50 had his Zel out there. His had the standard brake. I'm glad I have the Barrett 99 with the giant brake. I know that I need to get some .5" ar500 to use with ball ammo now. It didn't stand a chance against API though.
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Here's some pictures. The brass in the can is from previous times I've been shooting. It's been deprimed and is waiting to be cleaned. I'm saving brass so I can reload it when I finally get everything I need.
This is something else that was already there when I showed up. I shot at it 4, maybe 5 times total. The miss(es) could have been me or the ammo considering the size of the target. It was one piece before th 50 killed it. One of the other 3 shots was a 308. Not sure about the other 2. 
Some of the welds broke after the 2nd shot. 
I then set them up side by side. The bottom piece was hit by standard ball ammo. The top was hit by a 3rd API round. 
The ball broke the welds in two spots and the 3rd API broke them in 1 spot. Front 
Back 
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I like the rounds that are stuck in the plate. We had a 1000 yard 5/8" plate, AP would go through. The only rounds that stuck were handloads that weren't moving as fast as the others.
We shot the plate a lot, had a bunch of projos sticking in it that didn't make it all the way through. Definitely gave the plate character, cool to look at. I'll have to look around and see if I can find that pic again. |
| Looks like fun. Dam. Now I have to go find some bowling balls to blow apart. Picked up a box of A-Max bullets last week to try. Haven't reloaded them yet. I'll bet your arm feels like rubber. Have found the WC860 @215 grains keeps it down some for ball. Different game when I load match with H50BMG. That stuff lets you know pretty quick. Thanks for the video. Always great to see folks having fun with the monster rifles. |
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Looks like fun. Dam. Now I have to go find some bowling balls to blow apart. Picked up a box of A-Max bullets last week to try. Haven't reloaded them yet. I'll bet your arm feels like rubber. Have found the WC860 @215 grains keeps it down some for ball. Different game when I load match with H50BMG. That stuff lets you know pretty quick. Thanks for the video. Always great to see folks having fun with the monster rifles. I have 4 bowling balls and 10 pins. Do you have a long range available? Last time I shot bowling balls it was at 450, 600, 800, 900, 1000, and 1760 yards at a FUN shoot in Marksville, LA. Took 12 shots to break one at 1 mile. |
Ive shot a bowling ball before also. They explod when hit. We found chunks about 25 -50 yards away. Pretty fun though. Just be sure your away from it. I have 2 bowling pins that we have shot up. They hold up very well. 
Eta. I went and took a pic of one of my pins. Seems as though rot as messed it up more than shooting it. Ive had it for a few years and it has well over 200 50cal, 2,000 223 &308 & who knows how many pistol rounds. But looking at it it seems to be rotting away :/ 
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| For those interested in pins or balls, check with your local alley(s). I got the balls for free. It seems like they're easier to get. Especially the light weight ones. You get some adults, drunk or not, that try to toss them as hard as they can. Pins are another story. I can only get them from 1 of the 2 local alleys since the one does some weird contract. The one that I can get them from will be doing a full swap for brand new pins this Summer. |
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