Okay, joke's over

**Bowzer** · 04-01-2009, 12:55 PM

the .50 BMG is a shitty anti personnel bullet

the .338 rum or .416 barrett is much better

**Syme** · 04-01-2009, 01:06 PM

Hahahah FutureWeapons.... "This is the .308, it is the standard round for the AK-47!" And he talks about how "the old-style" sniper rifles were single-shot bolt actions but the Barrett is different! And makes a big deal out of it's muzzle velocity.

Bowzer, do you mean they're more practical in terms of rifle weight, or more ballistically efficient, or what?

EDIT: Also, .338 RUM seems like a kind of random choice... it's a bear/moose/elk cartridge and it's mainly available in hunting rifles. I guess you can shoot your boss with a .338 RUM hunting rifle just as easily as with some other rifle, but any reason you chose it as an example of a good anti-personnel sniping round, instead of .338 Lapua or something like that?

**Bowzer** · 04-01-2009, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by djwolford

Well I mean it would be nice as an anti-boss rifle though. Hitting someone with a .50 would be pretty neat to watch as well.

Originally Posted by Anonymous D

Please. A .50 will take your torso off.

If I was going for power I would just straight up use a 14.5mm rifle. Twice as powerful as a .50 BMG.

Originally Posted by Syme

Bowzer, do you mean they're more practical in terms of rifle weight, or more ballistically efficient, or what?

EDIT: Also, .338 RUM seems like a kind of random choice... it's a bear/moose/elk cartridge and it's mainly available in hunting rifles. I guess you can shoot your boss with a .338 RUM hunting rifle just as easily as with some other rifle, but any reason you chose it as an example of a good anti-personnel sniping round, instead of .338 Lapua or something like that?

The .338 RUM and .338 Lapua are pretty close in terms of almost everything. I just said the RUM because I wouldn't mind having one in a model 700... actually was looking to buy one a bit ago. Well actually, the M24A3 chambers the Lapua... whatever. Basically the same difference.

And who said I wanted to shoot my boss?

**djwolford** · 04-01-2009, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by Bowzer

the .50 BMG is a shitty anti personnel bullet

the .338 rum or .416 barrett is much better

Well I mean it would be nice as an anti-boss rifle though. Hitting someone with a .50 would be pretty neat to watch as well.

**Syme** · 04-01-2009, 01:19 PM

Hah yeah, it'd probably get the job done

EDIT: And fm, I'm around. I liked your thread about 20th century American military rifles, I just haven't gotten around to posting in here much recently. I think I might put up a corresponding thread about 19th-century American military rifles to go with yours.