Long range rifle - 1,500m+

[petemacsydney]

Sighted the .50 in today.. Holy s**t it is noisy, recoil is def there but not as bad as what I thought.

Rifle jumps back around 3" on bench every time I fired it.. Next weekend going to have a play and take it out further.

hhhmmm fiddy cal funday!

what sort of range were you sighting in at?

would love to see some pics of targets acquired... and eliminated

pics pics pics... more pics!

lol

[SendIt]

Next weekend going to have a play and take it out further.

What distance have you been doing so far? What groups you getting?

[jthunting]

Long story but only got 10 shots in, got spot on at 100m, then at 200.

Then got called into work so I had to take off, so I let mates squeeze a couple out and I left.

Next weekend hoping to spend a few more hours out there.

Then off to mates place to see what kind of damage it will do to some pigs and deer...

[SendIt]

Cool. Looking forward to hearing more results.

[Norton]

Then off to mates place to see what kind of damage it will do to some pigs and deer...

I'll give you a hint. It will do a lot

[Jessie]

I reckon you'll find a 3rd of a pig, then a big cloud of red mist drifting away, then another 3rd of a pig a few metres away

[Mark TAC]

Seeing as though just about anything will go subsonic at that range so will be disturbed, plus shooting smaller is more pleasant, I reckon I'd go 6.5/284 and a scope with plenty of internal adjustment plus 30moa base. That will reach out just fine IMHO.

[Dirtdart89]

Pretty glad I stumbled across this thread. I was under the assumption .50 was illegal in Aus. Maybe just a QLD thing?

[ebr love]

Not illegal here. Not in the sense that a full-auto is "illegal" anyway.

I can't speak for QLD but they're available here as JT has shown.

There are other concerns though like where they can and can't be shot. TBH I don't know the specifics but there are distances and zone types that determine what can or can't be fired at a particular range.

Bugger all needed for a 22L or pistol range. More needed for your average spread of centre fire stuff and then you get to .338 Lap and 50 Cal and things tighten up further.

A guess on QLD though... I have read in places the "genuine reasons" vary from state to state. I sort of remember reading someone that in QLD the only guys with them were competitively shooting (to earn an income that is, not just competing for fun).

Similar to hunting here. To get a category D rifle you need to be professionally hunting and demonstrate it is for work. Wanting to start professionally hunting isn't reason enough.

Perhaps that's the confusion? Bit of a guess TBH though...

[Dirtdart89]

Makes me wish our laws were more relaxed. Not to the point of American gun laws but enough so that it's easy to get whatever you want.

[Westy]

Makes me wish our laws were more relaxed. Not to the point of American gun laws but enough so that it's easy to get whatever you want.

I just wish John Howard's Crap gun Laws had Buggered off and things were as they were Pre 1996!!!!! Maybe I can claim it as my Cultural Rights to own a SemiAuto????

[1290]

Makes me wish our laws were more relaxed. Not to the point of American gun laws but enough so that it's easy to get whatever you want.

I just wish John Howard's Crap gun Laws had Buggered off and things were as they were Pre 1996!!!!! Maybe I can claim it as my Cultural Rights to own a SemiAuto????

Cultural ha? there are probably several tens of thousands of a particular flavour of immigrants we're presently hosting who could claim hereditary rights to the use of an AK47.....

Surely you dont wish to return to pre-PAM, the bad old days with weekly massacres, murder on the streets every other day, peril for all kids and the vulnerable, people afraid to go out at night, car jackings, murderous abductions.. oh hang on it wasnt like that at all!!

We've had 18 years of false interpretation of data, propagandising by all political parties, and outright pure lies.... most notably the greens to legitimise the treasonous action in response to pam.... who continue to claim the changes saved 'thousands' of live, and they repeat that with a straight face, claims that suicides have fallen dramatically when in FACT the number of suicides during 1996 was 2393, and 2010 was 2,418!!! The truth is relative....and measured by degrees.

But FIREARM suicides have reduced significant, they still claim no substitution...

edit to add; I dont think Boof was really as interested as others on here, he hasnt returned since the question....

[Wobble]

Makes me wish our laws were more relaxed. Not to the point of American gun laws but enough so that it's easy to get whatever you want.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the more liberal US state laws as as they stand in their entirety.

Somewhere between the two would be idea.

Hell, just turning the focus from LAFO to criminals would be a nice start.

[Westy]

Cultural ha? there are probably several tens of thousands of a particular flavour of immigrants we're presently hosting who could claim hereditary rights to the use of an AK47.....
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Funny thing is I'd one of these!!!!!!!!! All be it a 7th Generation Immigrant

[1290]

Cultural ha? there are probably several tens of thousands of a particular flavour of immigrants we're presently hosting who could claim hereditary rights to the use of an AK47.....
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Funny thing is I'd one of these!!!!!!!!! All be it a 7th Generation Immigrant

I wasnt referring to immigrants generally, we are all immigrants even the aborigines, but this more recent type;

[Westy]

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"AND NOW YOU POST A PICTURE OF MY FAMILY"

[AussieTimmeh]

Wow that 50 cal is great, look forward to reading more of your experience with it.

[fuggle]

If he can ever drag himself away from it

[Westy]

50 Cal was too much Gun for this old Fart!

[Dirtdart89]

At $12 a shot I'd have to sell my soul just to feed it hahaha.

[AusC]

No kidding.

I don't shoot at the range heaps. Might do 60 or 70 shots in a session at about the same cost.

I gripe at spending $70

$840 for the same amount of shooting on a 50BMG

[Seconds]

Food for a month or a day at the range

[jthunting]

Ha ha, yes it rather expensive, but damn it is fun.

Just got another 300 factory rounds. at least now I got a heap to reload when I run out.

Even reloading is rather expensive. At $1 a primer and $4 a projectile, and a fair bit of powder. And if you count the cost of a shell ($8), its same price to buy factory rounds, lol.

If wife knew what I had spent on ammo, she would spit her s**t, ha ha.

[jthunting]

Should have some snaps after long weekend, going to a pig infested 60,000 acres.

Taking the 50 and heaps of rounds, plus 200 rounds for the 45/70 for if they get too close. Will post them up. I have a photo of a head shot of a doe from a few weeks ago with the 50. Would post it up but some people may not like it. Basically its a deer with a neck and that's it....

[AusC]

I'd be interested for any available (suitable) photos.

Fair enough to hold some back as this is a PG forum I guess?

[Aster]

Photo's are fine as long as they're relevant, in context etc.

If it's useful information for hunters, that's why the forum is here.

Nothing glorifying gore just for the sake of it though.

Yes, the forum is for members of all ages, but it is a shooting/hunting forum too after all.

JT, maybe best to post in a new topic with a brief warning at the top. Good for the hunters and anyone who's not interested can turn back.

I'm sure you'll use your best judgement.

[Wes]

Don't disagree with any of that, are there actually any junior shooters here?

Just wondering? Seems everyone's an adult based on talk of licenses, experiences etc.

Just curious.

[Monty]

Not that post often, but questions come through.

It's a sport for all ages though, right? So we keep the forum that way too.

[Dirtdart89]

Have any pictures been posted? I'm interested to see what kind of damage that .50 deals out.

[AusC]

Not so far?

What's the word, JT?