50bmg question

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chris in va

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I was watching a program about snipers in various conflicts and the narrator pointed out the 50 BMG fired from the Barrett would hit an 'insurgent' at one mile with "the force of a 9mm at point blank".

Now I'm a bit fuzzy on this, but how could a 750gr bullet hit anything with such little power? The slowest it could go would be terminal velocity for the projectile, so I'm guessing...300mph?:confused:
 
50BMG

Trajectory
Input Data
Manufacturer: Hornady Description: A-Max®
Caliber: 0.510 in Weight: 750.0 gr
Ballistic Coefficient: 1.050 G1 (ASM)
Muzzle Velocity: 2700.0 ft/s Distance to Chronograph: 15.0 ft
Sight Height: 2.25 in Sight Offset: 0.00 in
Zero Height: 0.00 in Zero Offset: 0.00 in
Windage: 0.000 MOA Elevation: 0.000 MOA
Line Of Sight Angle: 0.0 deg Cant Angle: 0.0 deg
Wind Speed: 10.0 mph Wind Angle: 90.0 deg
Target Speed: 0.0 mph Target Angle: 90.0 deg
Target Height: 12.0 in
Temperature: 59.0 °F Pressure: 29.92 in Hg
Humidity: 17 % Altitude: 7200.0 ft
Vital Zone Radius: 5.0 in
Std. Atmosphere at Altitude: No Pressure is Corrected: Yes
Zero at Max. Point Blank Range: No Target Relative Drops: Yes
Mark Sound Barrier Crossing: Yes Include Extra Rows: No
Column 1 Units: 1.00 in Column 2 Units: 1.00 MOA
Round Output to Whole Numbers: No
Output Data
Elevation: 27.435 MOA Windage: 0.000 MOA
Atmospheric Density: 0.05848 lb/ft³ Speed of Sound: 1116.5 ft/s
Maximum PBR: 362 yd Maximum PBR Zero: 306 yd
Range of Maximum Height: 170 yd Energy at Maximum PBR: 10094.2 ft•lbs
Sectional Density: 0.412 lb/in²
Calculated Table
Range Drop Drop Windage Windage Velocity Mach Energy Time Lead Lead
(yd) (in) (MOA) (in) (MOA) (ft/s) (none) (ft•lbs) (s) (in) (MOA)
0 -2.2 *** 0.0 *** 2703.4 2.421 12169.0 0.000 0.0 ***
100 24.1 23.0 0.3 0.2 2635.4 2.361 11564.6 0.112 0.0 0.0
200 45.4 21.7 1.0 0.5 2568.5 2.301 10984.5 0.228 0.0 0.0
300 61.4 19.5 2.3 0.7 2502.5 2.241 10427.5 0.346 0.0 0.0
400 71.9 17.2 4.2 1.0 2437.5 2.183 9893.0 0.468 0.0 0.0
500 76.5 14.6 6.6 1.3 2373.5 2.126 9380.1 0.592 0.0 0.0
600 75.0 11.9 9.6 1.5 2310.4 2.069 8888.2 0.720 0.0 0.0
700 67.0 9.1 13.2 1.8 2248.3 2.014 8416.6 0.852 0.0 0.0
800 52.0 6.2 17.5 2.1 2187.1 1.959 7964.5 0.987 0.0 0.0
900 29.9 3.2 22.5 2.4 2126.8 1.905 7531.6 1.126 0.0 0.0
1000 -0.0 -0.0 28.1 2.7 2067.5 1.852 7117.4 1.269 0.0 0.0
1100 -38.0 -3.3 34.5 3.0 2009.2 1.800 6721.5 1.417 0.0 0.0
1200 -84.6 -6.7 41.6 3.3 1951.9 1.748 6343.4 1.568 0.0 0.0
1300 -140.4 -10.3 49.5 3.6 1895.6 1.698 5982.9 1.724 0.0 0.0
1400 -205.8 -14.0 58.3 4.0 1840.4 1.648 5639.5 1.885 0.0 0.0
1500 -281.5 -17.9 67.9 4.3 1786.3 1.600 5312.8 2.050 0.0 0.0
1600 -368.1 -22.0 78.4 4.7 1733.3 1.553 5002.6 2.221 0.0 0.0
1700 -466.2 -26.2 89.8 5.0 1681.6 1.506 4708.6 2.397 0.0 0.0
1800 -576.7 -30.6 102.1 5.4 1631.2 1.461 4430.4 2.578 0.0 0.0
1900 -700.2 -35.2 115.5 5.8 1582.1 1.417 4167.9 2.765 0.0 0.0
2000 -837.7 -40.0 129.9 6.2 1534.5 1.374 3920.5 2.957 0.0 0.0
2100 -989.9 -45.0 145.3 6.6 1488.3 1.333 3688.2 3.156 0.0 0.0
2200 -1157.8 -50.3 161.8 7.0 1443.7 1.293 3470.5 3.361 0.0 0.0
2300 -1342.5 -55.7 179.5 7.5 1400.8 1.255 3267.2 3.572 0.0 0.0
2400 -1545.0 -61.5 198.3 7.9 1359.6 1.218 3078.0 3.790 0.0 0.0
2500 -1766.3 -67.5 218.2 8.3 1320.3 1.183 2902.5 4.014 0.0 0.0
2600 -2007.6 -73.7 239.4 8.8 1283.0 1.149 2740.6 4.245 0.0 0.0
2700 -2270.1 -80.3 261.7 9.3 1247.6 1.118 2591.8 4.483 0.0 0.0
2800 -2555.1 -87.1 285.2 9.7 1214.5 1.088 2456.0 4.728 0.0 0.0
2900 -2863.8 -94.3 309.9 10.2 1183.6 1.060 2332.6 4.979 0.0 0.0
3000 -3197.5 -101.8 335.7 10.7 1155.0 1.035 2221.3 5.237 0.0 0.0


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Trajectory
Input Data
Manufacturer: Hornady Description: HP XTP®
Caliber: 0.355 in Weight: 124.0 gr
Ballistic Coefficient: 0.165 G1 (ASM)
Muzzle Velocity: 1300.0 ft/s Distance to Chronograph: 15.0 ft
Sight Height: 0.75 in Sight Offset: 0.00 in
Zero Height: 0.00 in Zero Offset: 0.00 in
Windage: 0.000 MOA Elevation: 0.000 MOA
Line Of Sight Angle: 0.0 deg Cant Angle: 0.0 deg
Wind Speed: 10.0 mph Wind Angle: 90.0 deg
Target Speed: 0.0 mph Target Angle: 90.0 deg
Target Height: 12.0 in
Temperature: 59.0 °F Pressure: 29.92 in Hg
Humidity: 17 % Altitude: 7200.0 ft
Vital Zone Radius: 5.0 in
Std. Atmosphere at Altitude: No Pressure is Corrected: Yes
Zero at Max. Point Blank Range: No Target Relative Drops: Yes
Mark Sound Barrier Crossing: Yes Include Extra Rows: No
Column 1 Units: 1.00 in Column 2 Units: 1.00 MOA
Round Output to Whole Numbers: No
Output Data
Elevation: 8.138 MOA Windage: 0.000 MOA
Atmospheric Density: 0.05848 lb/ft³ Speed of Sound: 1116.5 ft/s
Maximum PBR: 154 yd Maximum PBR Zero: 130 yd
Range of Maximum Height: 70 yd Energy at Maximum PBR: 297.0 ft•lbs
Sectional Density: 0.141 lb/in²
Calculated Table
Range Drop Drop Windage Windage Velocity Mach Energy Time Lead Lead
(yd) (in) (MOA) (in) (MOA) (ft/s) (none) (ft•lbs) (s) (in) (MOA)
0 -0.8 *** 0.0 *** 1312.1 1.175 473.9 0.000 0.0 ***
100 -3.6 -3.5 3.7 3.5 1111.5 0.996 340.1 0.250 0.0 0.0
200 -34.6 -16.5 14.0 6.7 990.3 0.887 270.0 0.537 0.0 0.0
300 -100.9 -32.1 29.5 9.4 909.0 0.814 227.5 0.854 0.0 0.0
400 -209.3 -50.0 49.6 11.8 845.3 0.757 196.7 1.196 0.0 0.0
500 -366.4 -70.0 74.0 14.1 791.3 0.709 172.4 1.564 0.0 0.0
600 -579.2 -92.2 102.8 16.4 743.3 0.666 152.1 1.956 0.0 0.0
700 -855.3 -116.7 136.0 18.6 699.6 0.627 134.7 2.373 0.0 0.0
800 -1202.9 -143.6 173.9 20.8 659.8 0.591 119.8 2.817 0.0 0.0
900 -1631.4 -173.1 216.6 23.0 622.9 0.558 106.8 3.288 0.0 0.0
1000 -2151.2 -205.4 264.5 25.3 588.7 0.527 95.4 3.789 0.0 0.0
1100 -2773.8 -240.8 317.8 27.6 556.9 0.499 85.4 4.321 0.0 0.0
1200 -3512.6 -279.5 377.1 30.0 527.2 0.472 76.5 4.886 0.0 0.0
1300 -4382.9 -322.0 442.8 32.5 499.8 0.448 68.8 5.488 0.0 0.0
1400 -5402.1 -368.5 515.3 35.1 474.4 0.425 62.0 6.129 0.0 0.0
1500 -6590.5 -419.6 595.3 37.9 451.3 0.404 56.1 6.812 0.0 0.0
1600 -7971.5 -475.8 683.5 40.8 430.3 0.385 51.0 7.542 0.0 0.0
1700 -9572.7 -537.7 780.7 43.9 411.6 0.369 46.6 8.323 0.0 0.0
1800 -11426.6 -606.2 887.8 47.1 395.3 0.354 43.0 9.160 0.0 0.0
1900 -13571.8 -682.1 1006.1 50.6 381.4 0.342 40.0 10.061 0.0 0.0
2000 -16055.2 -766.6 1136.8 54.3 369.9 0.331 37.7 11.032 0.0 0.0
 
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There is noting good about being on the receiving end of a 50 BMG.
I had a live round ejected from the gun and hit me in the temple once and it dang near knocked me out.;)
 
I was watching the same thing Chris and I thought he said .357 magnum at point blank. I didn't think it sounded right either.
 
Ive seen a Deer hit with a 50BMG at a range of about 200 yards.

The effect is very similar to shooting a tree squirrel with a 223.
 
I was nearly injured at the other end of a Ma Deuce. I unscrewed the buffer cap without watching what I was doing. ZAP! Luckily, I wasn't in the way. The cap went through the arms room window, through the screen and was found beside the next barracks. Those darned things can get you at both ends.

Jim
 
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