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September 20th, 2007, 11:42 PM
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.50 BMG owners
Guys - how the heck do you afford the ammo?!
Speaking this evening with a shooting buddy - and he was describing some shooting he did recently where a guy had a Barrett (the 10 shot semi I believe) - and had had to pay around $5 a pop for ammo from Ronnie. Cheapest he'd seen was what was probably Milsurp for Ma Deuce and that had maybe been belted - it was $2 a pop and, no guarantees either!! OD - is it you as one who owns and shoots .50 BMG? I guess if I had one (I still want!) - I'd reload but heck - can't be that many reloads to the pound of powder!! One very desirable rifle but - heck - spendy ain't in it!!
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September 20th, 2007, 11:45 PM
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My buddy has one. Guess its all in what ya want to spend your money on. Fun to shoot, but pricey all right.
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September 21st, 2007, 12:03 AM
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33 reloads per pound of powder. I mostly reload but can still buy Milsurp 100 round linked belts for around 150.00 at the gunshows here.
Awhile back I got an ammo can of 500 pulled API bullets for 70 bucks. A box of primers (500) cost about 70 bucks...but I recently bought another 500 for 17.00 because they had been sitting in a gun shop for so long that the owner just wanted to get rid of them. It is so much fun to shoot that I am building another...in fact I just came out of my shop doing just that. This will be a lightweight .50 that has all of the best attributes of several designs and it will have a 10 shot magazine. Im going to try to keep it around 15-16 pounds. For those interested, you can see the progress with pictures here... http://www.homegunsmith.com/cgi-bin/...ST;f=3;t=19045 I love the .50. Personally, I think everybody ought to own one just to scare liberal polticians. After shooting the .50 awhile, every other caliber just seems so.....minor.  
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September 21st, 2007, 01:08 AM
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One day, one day. Unfortunately, there are still several other guns that I want first, and I try to get a good stock of ammo for each weapon. So, it will be a while.
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September 21st, 2007, 11:47 AM
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Your project looks great - and some nice machining going on ... I'll try and follow that as you progress.
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September 21st, 2007, 01:34 PM
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P95...
the reloading isnt so bad...I can still get milsurp 5010 powder for around 25 bucks for 8 pounds...some of the cheapest powder out there at gun shows. As for the project...thanks for the compliments. I get tired of the shellholder design where you have to remove the bolt to place a shell in it. After studying some of the various designs out there, making a regular bolt action isnt that hard to do.Well see what the final weight will be...
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September 21st, 2007, 02:15 PM
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My brother has one. First, he doesn't shoot it very often because there aren't a LOT of ranges that are .50 BMG compatible. But when/where he can shoot it he either reloads or buys his ammo in SERIOUS bulk and it lasts him about two years.
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September 21st, 2007, 03:27 PM
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Your brother must be a good dude...
Have you ever shot it ?
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September 21st, 2007, 03:55 PM
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I saw .50 surplus here at the last machine gun shoot for a buck a round.
It didn't last long. I saw crates of it going out the gate. I would also like to have one... just need to figure out how to conceal it.   At the last MGS I also saw a 20mm bolt action rifle. Reload those babies!  
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