New elephant gun

[Sam1]

Picked up this little booger on a trade for that SP5K.  Have well under $3k in the deal total and it came with almost $1000 worth of ammo (mostly Barrett factory rounds).  It's got the Bushnell 10x package on it from the factory & pelican case.

[bersaguy]

6 minutes ago, Sam1 said:

Picked up this little booger on a trade for that SP5K.  Have well under $3k in the deal total and it came with almost $1000 worth of ammo (mostly Barrett factory rounds).  It's got the Bushnell 10x package on it from the factory & pelican case.

And all this time I thought elephants were on the protected species list and not allow to be hunted................ Nice looking table decoration for sure. So when do you go to a the range with your new toy?

Edited January 21, 2017 by bersaguy

[KahrMan]

What make and model is that 50?

[Sam1]

I'm sort of stuck not doing anything with it until Chapel Hill approves my application.  Might go down to royal range and test fire it once or twice though after they get their rifle lanes opened back up.

[Sam1]

Just now, KahrMan said:

What make and model is that 50?

Yep it's a Model 99 .50

[sybo]

I LOVE thumpers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dolomite_supafly]

Man, you got a great deal. I am still waiting on mine to come in.

[Sam1]

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Edited January 22, 2017 by Sam1

[TrickyNicky]

Nice dude! I was wondering if you had gotten it. You got any airline miles? That might be worth a weekend trip to Wyoming or Utah or something  

[DWARREN123]

Must be good since I haven't seen any elephants lately!

[Johnny Rotten]

Welcome to the club, now you need special effects for that sucker

[Sam1]

Just test fired a couple of rounds at the range.  All I can say is LOL

[Garufa]

1 minute ago, Sam1 said:

Just test fired a couple of rounds at the range.  All I can say is LOL

A real crowd-pleaser, huh?

[MP5_Rizzo]

8 minutes ago, Sam1 said:

Just test fired a couple of rounds at the range.  All I can say is LOL

I thought I felt the ground rumble!

[Johnny Rotten]

Usually 50 guys are a nuisance, shooting steel and welding cylinders at 330yrds no effort at all..

 

[jpx2rk]

Prairie dogs beware LOL

[Sam1]

26 minutes ago, Johnny Rotten said:

Usually 50 guys are a nuisance, shooting steel and welding cylinders at 330yrds no effort at all..

 

The accuracy of that gun was insane for being a large caliber.  (It had obviously been sighted in previously).  On the silhouette the organs had outlines, lungs were about 1" apart.  First time ever shooting it, dead center mass and the rips of the paper didn't even touch the organ outline - that's putting a 1/2" bullet in a 1" hole @ 60 yards.  Wanted to see how the concussion was as a spectator, and let some random guy shoot a round (he seemed to be interested in the gun), he keyholed my shot on the first round.

I knew they were accurate, but for two separate people to pick up an unfamiliar gun and keyhole shots on their first round is unbelievable.

LOL is about all you can say about this ridiculous thing.

[Sam1]

1 hour ago, Garufa said:

A real crowd-pleaser, huh?

Was attempting to be considerate, went and picked it up from the gunsmith before they started getting busy and there were only two people shooting.  Would not have bothered everyone if they had a full range.  Even doubled up on ears, it was still fairly loud.

[Johnny Rotten]

15 minutes ago, Sam1 said:

Was attempting to be considerate, went and picked it up from the gunsmith before they started getting busy and there were only two people shooting.  Would not have bothered everyone if they had a full range.  Even doubled up on ears, it was still fairly loud.

You defiantly need to double up on HP, I usually shoot 40rds every time I take it out, first time out I shot with ear plugs only, suffered a week of listening in mono...

[Johnny Rotten]

33 minutes ago, Sam1 said:

The accuracy of that gun was insane for being a large caliber.  (It had obviously been sighted in previously).  On the silhouette the organs had outlines, lungs were about 1" apart.  First time ever shooting it, dead center mass and the rips of the paper didn't even touch the organ outline - that's putting a 1/2" bullet in a 1" hole @ 60 yards.  Wanted to see how the concussion was as a spectator, and let some random guy shoot a round (he seemed to be interested in the gun), he keyholed my shot on the first round.

I knew they were accurate, but for two separate people to pick up an unfamiliar gun and keyhole shots on their first round is unbelievable.

LOL is about all you can say about this ridiculous thing.

Try this next time

 

[Sam1]

Yeah that actually takes skill.  I've shot a total of 2 rounds from this thing... think I may need a few hundred rounds and lots of instruction.

[gr8smiles]

Let me know when you tire of it [emoji6]

[Sam1]

11 minutes ago, gr8smiles said:

Let me know when you tire of it

Everything I own (except the MP5) is always considered a liquid asset in the gun collection

[Chris]

Very nice. I can hook you up with an elephant hunt if you like.

[Sam1]

11 minutes ago, Chris said:

Very nice. I can hook you up with an elephant hunt if you like.

As cool as hunting sounds with it, I couldn't do it, because anything short of an actual elephant and it would just destroy the animal.. nothing left to consume/use

But, I bet if you popped a nice sized deer with it on a frontal shot, it would probably field dress it in the same spot it went down, which would save some time.