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Gun Control & RKBA

benEzra

(12,148 posts)

21. He probably intends to use it for long-range target shooting,

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 7, 2017, 03:11 PM

Jan 2017

but you knew that.

AFAIK, not one single murder has *ever* been committed with a .50 BMG in the United States since 1919, but I may be wrong.

Ballistically, anything you can hit with a .50, you can hit with a .408 or a .338 or a .300 or a 6.5mm, which is why the gun control lobby has also expressed interested in banning everything down to the fast .30's also.

In terms of caliber and power, there are larger rifles than .50 that are considered Title 1 civilian rifles under sporting-use exemptions (the cutoff under Federal law is .51 caliber, but larger caliber sporting guns are allowed). .577 T-rex, .585 Nyati, and .600 Nitro Express come to mind. Most shotguns are .729 caliber, but operate at much lower pressures than rifles.

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X-Post from Bansalot, corrected title: UPS delivers 5 shot, bolt action rifle to NY couple in error. [View all] Kang Colby Dec 2016 OP

Very true. Thanks for the clarification. However............ guillaumeb Dec 2016 #1

Actually there are a lot of one mile target clubs in Pennsylvania. Throck Dec 2016 #3

Yeah, the real news is worse than the fake news. HassleCat Dec 2016 #4

What do you think the caliber/cartridge cut off should be then? Kang Colby Dec 2016 #10

How about .34?? yagotme Dec 2016 #13

Exactly my point. Kang Colby Dec 2016 #14

What about the oneshooter Dec 2016 #15

Most people don't know what any of those are. Kang Colby Dec 2016 #16

Several years ago, yagotme Dec 2016 #17

He probably intends to use it for long-range target shooting, benEzra Jan 2017 #21

Regardless, I suspect someone at UPS is going to be unemployed for Christmas Lurks Often Dec 2016 #2

Probably a screw up. Kang Colby Dec 2016 #5

Barrett is located in TN, so it isn't a repair related return. Lurks Often Dec 2016 #6

A return to the customer. Kang Colby Dec 2016 #7

Damn. As soon as I saw this, I rushed to open the appropriately-shaped box petronius Dec 2016 #8

You would think they would check the signature on a Six thousand dollar package... mackdaddy Dec 2016 #9

What's being reported as a concealed weapons permit is probably a copy Kang Colby Dec 2016 #11

expensive novelty item...at least that's the reason ileus Dec 2016 #12

Is the ammo still around $4 per round? ManiacJoe Dec 2016 #18

I paid 34 or 39 bucks for 10 rounds ileus Dec 2016 #19

I have one signed by Ronnie Barrett SQUEE Dec 2016 #20