11 Jun
2001
11 Jun
'01
9:12 a.m.
At 04:56 PM 6/10/01 -0700, petro wrote:
A .300 Win Mag or .338 Laupa will do 1000 to 1500 yard hits just as well, in a smaller, cheaper, easier to handle package.
The .300 Win Mag delivers about 3500 ft-lbs of energy at the muzzle. The .50 BMG delivers 13000 ft-lbs. You use a .300 Win Mag for killing people. You use a .50 BMG for taking out trucks and small structures. In other words, apples and oranges.
Anything past 800 to 1000 yards is luck and voodoo anyway.
I'm with David on this one. Maybe to me, but not to some. -- Riad Wahby rsw@mit.edu MIT VI-2/A 2002 5105