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High Powered Assault Rifle
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Posted 3 months ago Has anyone heard about the new Beowolf .50cal M4 varient. It apparently has the stopping power of an antitank rifle. I was wondering what the rest of you think about it. |
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| Posted 3 months ago Wish I had one. |
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| Posted 3 months ago Do you think if you mounted it on your patrol car it would be showing "Excessive Force"? and not politically correct to boot! |
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| Posted 3 months ago What if you shot someone with it at 50 yards out? |
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| Posted 3 months ago Would there be blood splatter? |
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| Posted 3 months ago its been around for quite some time now.. at least since 03. Its no where near what most people would think. Its not a .50 BMG cartridge. its much much smaller.. like a .50 AE magnum of sorts. Its popular in the north west for bear and Elk with in 200 yards. Everything you do can get you killed, including doing nothing at all. |
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| Posted 3 months ago The .50 Beowulf Entry carbine launches (launches cause its a missile) a 325-400 grain half-inch slug downrange at 1900-2000 fps...
(inside a AR mag) lol
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| Posted 3 months ago Lulusgt said: jus tell'em its that new fangled FLIR system.. |
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| Posted 3 months ago In something the size of an m4, I'd stay with 5.56. .50 is a bit of overkill. |
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| Posted 3 months ago Frannycakes said: 6.8 Remington or 6.5 Grendel may also fit the bill even better. |
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| Posted 3 months ago C_Repine said: I've ended up liking the 6.8 SPC. I find it a very nice compromise. |
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| Posted 3 months ago could somebody tell me why it's a high powered assault rifle? Is there a low powered assault rifle. PAIN IS WEAKNESS LEAVING THE BODY! |
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| Posted 2 months ago KSP494 said: I was kind of under the impression that all "assault rifles" were relatively low-powered. Maybe I've been misinformed. |
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| Posted 2 months ago first you need to define 'assault rifle', then determine the caliber you think is 'lowpowered'. I have a lever gun that spins a .357 caliber bullet MUCH faster than a pistol; is that considered 'high'? define your terms, then decide the parameters. .50 B is much to aggressive to anything other than engagement over 100 yards. You do not want to miss with a .50 bullet at 2K fps in a house entry. You would dig the bullet out of a house three doors down. bad day. |
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| Posted 2 months ago OK SO which assault rifles are being considered low power assault rifles. PAIN IS WEAKNESS LEAVING THE BODY! |
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| Posted 2 months ago KSP494 said: I suppose anything that is smaller than the .50 Beowulf could be considered low powered. |
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| Posted 2 months ago KSP494 said: My line of thinking is to compare "assault rifle" cartridges to common hunting rounds used in bolt guns. For example, the .30-06, .270, .308, etc. The most common cartridges in so-called "assault rifle" platforms are 5.56x45mm and 7.62x39mm, and both are relatively anemic when compared to the aforementioned cartridges. Therefore, I don't consider the "assault rifles" to be high-powered. My view would not sound so good on the evening news, though. |
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| Posted 2 months ago It's in the range of a .444 marlin or .45-70, no biggy. Believe me, it's not a threat to cops since all the guys I know with one *are* cops. It's not an assault rifle unless it's selective fire. The press like the term because it scares the citizens in to outlawing ugly guns. Grandpa's 30-30, for instance, is more powerful than an AK47. There are semi-auto rifles out there in 7.92X57, (8MM) 30-06, 7MM, 7.62 NATO and they're formidable. I never worried about that as I relied on my training, level of awareness and backup if the brown stuff hit the rotary oscillator. I've always considered armed citizens a resource and armed bad guys as a given in this job. It is what it is.
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| Posted 2 months ago talks2crows says ...
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