28 pounds???:-? You must have plumped her up because with scope and mounts, my Barrett was shy of 24 and i think that was with one ready to be spit........Yes, the safety was on when i weighed it

10Ring,

www.barrettrifles.com/...s.htm#821a

Its "Rifle Weight: 33.8 pounds (12.9 kg)" right off there site.

10Ring I think you didn't feel the weight or something while you were younger or something

Dimitri

Youngins Maybe Bushy will let ya borrow some wiskey to wake ya up

22 pound Barrett that i had


When it's something like this....weight does count and while it was only 22 pounds, i noticed more of a shotgun push (maybe equil to a 20ga or 28ga extra) in the lighter ones over the heavy ones

Heh my bad. And I dont need Bushmasters whiskey I got my own

How did it shoot ??

Back on topic.... Would you take it out for deer ??

Dimitri

Dimitri wrote:

Heh my bad. And I dont need Bushmasters whiskey I got my own How did it shoot ?? Back on topic.... Would you take it out for deer ?? Dimitri

'Ol Bushy has some good stuff though (the stuff you can't get in Canada)

It shot very well under 750grains, but that and over it got a bit wild, not unmanageable though.....Plus it was pretty damn expensive to shoot the 750's and 800's .

Would i take a deer with it.......i really don't think there would be a deer left. Even a 655 grain fmj would create soo much energy that it would most likely explode upon the POE. 3030 fps in a fifty caliber is quite catastrophic even shooting at melons at a few thousand meters (even close to or at 1 mile). But i would definately not be the one to try it out......unless it was a 100 to 250 grain bullet in a sabot but they don't make those....at least that i know about

10ring,

Thought about making the sabots yourself ??

Too bad you cant get thouse SLAP rounds the US millitary uses on the 50's as surplus yet

Dimitri

Thought about it, even shot a few of the screamin demons. But it's not that hard to duplicate a tungsten round....just costs way too much for the ability to do so

10ring,

I mean just making the sabot itself so you can load like a 220gr 300cal bullet on it lol not a real Tungsten round

Dimitri

What fun is it then

For the Ultimate in a Handgun get one of these .600 NEs in your Encore. The big question is "Who will be the first to be able to hold on to it??"

www.reedercustomguns.c...recoil.wmv

Flint54 wrote:

"Who will be the first to be able to hold on to it??"

I nominate you

Flint54,

How about installing it on a tripod for a Ma Duce or something first Or does that could as cheating ??

Dimitri

I'll stick to my 45-70 & 375 JDJ Contenders, they are at my limit and I want to keep my TEETH.

Flint54 wrote:

8) I'll stick to my 45-70 & 375 JDJ Contenders, they are at my limit and I want to keep my TEETH.

Gidday Flint54. Always wanted to try both of those calibres in the Contender. Had a 10" BBL Contender in 30.30 and loved it. Put Packmyer grip and forend on it and it was great to shoot.

I don't have any problems keeping my teeth....I just tak 'em out ond put them in a glass beside the bed...

Cheers, Vince

They are both great calibers in the Contender. My 45-70 is a 14" with the factory Muzzle Tamer. I shoot 300gr HPs and also 325 & 340gr hardcast bullets in it. the 300s I get @ 1600fps max the 340s @ 1450fps & the 325s @ 1550 fps. The tamer greatly helps and all 3 loads group no more than 1.5" at 100 if I do my part.

The .375 JDJ is a 14" with a intigral break. It will shoot through anything in North America on 4 legs. The biggest problem with this round is that there are very few that will expand at all at the velocities that can be reached with this firearm. The preponderance of bullets are designed for the .375 H&H Mag on up. There are a few still out there for the .375 Winchester and they work fairly well as to some cast bullets. I have only shot a couple of pigs and one moose with it with complete pass throughs.

It would be fun to use them both down under on a couple of your water buffs and rid a few camels from problem areas. Don't think either of those creatures could stand up to these two cartridges.