New elephant gun

[Ronald_55]

4 minutes ago, Sam1 said:

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.

I have read of a few guys that Elk hunt with a .50 at long range. Supposedly it works out well.

[MP5_Rizzo]

1 hour ago, Ronald_55 said:

I have read of a few guys that Elk hunt with a .50 at long range. Supposedly it works out well.

There may be other states but I know Idaho has a maximum weight limit of 16 pounds (including sling, scope and any other attachments) on rifles for hunting big game.  I believe this came about because hunters were making or attempting up to 1000 or more yard shots on Elk.  Idaho fish and game determined this was an not a fair chase of big game and possibly too dangerous for other hunters.  The 16 pound weight limit was their attempt to eliminate the 50 caliber rifles but this doesn't eliminate the real problem of stupid and unethical hunters.

Edited January 25, 2017 by MP5_Rizzo

[Ronald_55]

7 hours ago, MP5_Rizzo said:

There may be other states but I know Idaho has a maximum weight limit of 16 pounds (including sling, scope and any other attachments) on rifles for hunting big game.  I believe this came about because hunters were making or attempting up to 1000 or more yard shots on Elk.  Idaho fish and game determined this was an not a fair chase of big game and possibly too dangerous for other hunters.  The 16 pound weight limit was their attempt to eliminate the 50 caliber rifles but this doesn't eliminate the real problem of stupid and unethical hunters.

Unfortunately, not much you can do to fix stupid.

[Sam1]

I googled .50 deer kill just out of curiosity. This is just stupid, nearly a complete waste.  Although, there are some videos of BMG'ing nuisance animals and that I'm ok with.
 

 

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1 hour ago, Sam1 said:

I googled .50 deer kill just out of curiosity. This is just stupid, nearly a complete waste.  Although, there are some videos of BMG'ing nuisance animals and that I'm ok with.
 

 

well I've always wonder what it would do, now I know..

I bet the air jacket turned the inside to a jello factory

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