How NOT to shoot a 50 BMG Rifle ala Hickok45

[RugersGR8]

How NOT to shoot a 50 BMG Rifle
Published on May 21, 2017

 

[beardking]

My friend has a pretty hefty muzzle break on his AR and I had never been around one before. I was sitting next to him on the spotting scope when he touched of the first round. It was very loud, but the concussion was downright shocking. I quickly relocated for the following shots. [emoji38]

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[adamsredlines]

Watching gun blast part the grass in front of him is how John Browning first came up with the concept of harnessing that energy and using it to create a repeating automatic rifle. First attempt was pretty crude but it worked (sorta...had a flapper)....but cool how he saw something that had always been around and found a way to utilize it.

 

[RugersGR8]

Watching gun blast part the grass in front of him is how John Browning first came up with the concept of harnessing that energy and using it to create a repeating automatic rifle. First attempt was pretty crude but it worked (sorta...had a flapper)....but cool how he saw something that had always been around and found a way to utilize it.

http://www.browning.com/news/articl...he-legendary-browning-flapper-model-1873.html
Finding and Restoring the Legendary Browning “Flapper” Model 1873
In 1890 John Browning saw some tall grass move, and it changed the history.​

 

[Frederick]

 

[Okie4570]

Yeah I cleared everything off of my shooting table the first time I shot my AR50, lesson learned.

 

[MikieG7174]

Had one in 1997. It was the M82A1 variant. Back in those days folks would go down to bird creek to waste their ammo. One day we were there with the Barrett and this Arab steps up with his commie rifle and starts hip shootin away. Should have saw this guy. His cool guy cigarette was just a bouncin between his lips. Best part was that he had no ear pro.
My buddy was layin on the ground next to him fixin to shoot the 50. He told the guy to get back (he was right in line with the angle of the brake), and go get some ppe. The arab gives him a motion like (mind your own business).
Buddy looks back at me and i said " cut her loose". He drops the bolt and lays 10 rounds down the creek as fast as possible. You shoulda saw this jockey run for the hills! The look on his face was priceless as the ciggy fell from his lips!
When the dust cleared, i declared "welcome to america"! Those guys quickly departed and we never saw them there again.