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hoppdoc
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Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??
06/03/08 05:49 PM

Got no dogs in the fight, 50 cal or otherwise but if you just do the math---

If you have a one MOA rifle(very accurate indeed) you could expect a 5 inch group at 500 yds with PERFECT conditions and great shooting.Add it human frailty and weather conditions and you can balloon that 40% to 7 inches in diameter easy.

Past 500 yards the math goes against you-- AT 1000 yds you have only a 10 inch circle of accuracy with maybe a 30-40% balloon due to other variables.Thats a "vital zone" of 13-14 inches which is ridiculous for a deer or an antelope.An elk with a 24" chest would have a vital zone of 1/3 of that depth or 8 inches. And your gonna shoot at that animal from 700-800 yd?? Crappy choice by my estimation and very possibly injuring the animal irresponsibly.The animal deserves better than that.

Warfare is different with different objectives. Wounding one individual can require 2 other to deal with him and decrease the force of your opposition(or so the song goes)
The human toso is upright and this gives a larger surface to strike vertically.Yada, Yada, Yada--

50's are great fun but not for hunting long range game in my book--just my personal opinion--

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50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	hoppdoc	04/03/08 08:30 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	9.3x57	05/03/08 12:44 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	AzGuy	30/03/08 05:21 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	xausa	05/03/08 01:17 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	szihn	05/03/08 01:36 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	9.3x57	05/03/08 01:56 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Shackleton	05/03/08 02:15 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	xausa	05/03/08 04:37 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	NitroX	05/03/08 04:52 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	gryphon	05/03/08 04:58 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	NitroX	05/03/08 04:53 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	9.3x57	05/03/08 06:34 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	DarylS	10/03/08 12:48 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Ripp	10/03/08 02:19 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	DoubleD	10/03/08 02:50 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	hoppdoc	10/03/08 11:06 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Dphariss	02/04/08 08:33 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	rscott	27/03/08 09:42 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	hoppdoc	30/03/08 04:32 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	rscott	30/03/08 05:05 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	hoppdoc	30/03/08 06:31 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	9.3x57	30/03/08 07:15 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	rbt50	16/03/08 06:24 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	hoppdoc	16/03/08 07:36 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	DoubleD	11/03/08 01:29 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	DarylS	11/03/08 01:56 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Ripp	11/03/08 10:10 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Tatume	10/03/08 11:22 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	DarylS	11/03/08 01:04 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	hoppdoc	10/03/08 02:02 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Shackleton	06/03/08 12:59 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	hoppdoc	06/03/08 05:49 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	hoppdoc	05/03/08 05:24 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	mickey	05/03/08 03:37 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Dphariss	10/03/08 12:35 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	DoubleD	05/03/08 04:11 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	JabaliHunter	08/05/08 04:19 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Kalunga	05/03/08 03:55 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	9.3x57	05/03/08 05:20 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Tatume	05/03/08 01:56 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	bonanza	12/03/08 11:47 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Dphariss	02/04/08 08:44 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	zimhunter	02/04/08 09:07 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	ALAN_MCKENZIE	11/04/08 09:45 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	ALAN_MCKENZIE	11/04/08 11:08 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	hoppdoc	12/04/08 08:58 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Dphariss	20/04/08 04:06 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	bwananelson	20/04/08 05:20 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	bwananelson	20/04/08 05:47 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Bramble	21/04/08 12:51 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Shackleton	01/05/08 10:56 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Bramble	02/05/08 09:52 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Shackleton	04/05/08 07:41 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Dphariss	07/05/08 03:23 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	JabaliHunter	08/05/08 04:06 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	JabaliHunter	02/05/08 07:31 PM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	Bramble	03/05/08 08:54 AM
Re: 50 BMG, A HUNTING ROUND??	hoppdoc	20/04/08 10:15 PM

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