The Tromix .50 cal BMG

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The Tromix 50BMG is the only BMG that can be fired off the
top of the shoulder, similar to the firing of a LAWS Rocket.
The recoil experienced when firing this weapon is well,
let just say it makes a
12 gauge shotgun feel like Pez dispenser.
With two hand grips, and shoulder rest, "Man, what a ride!"

You will note that the Tromix shoulder fired 50BMG rifle is
not equipped with a muzzle brake and is intended to be
carried and fired from the shoulder as a rifle should be.
Firing a rifle as if it were a piece of ground mounted
artillery, in the fashion of most all other 50BMG rifles, is
simply for the weak of heart.
You simply cannot enjoy the true experience of firing the
50BMG until you stand there, bringing the gun to your
shoulder, and lighting off a round like a rifle should truly
be fired. Most men don’t squat to pee, nor do they
operate their recreational rifles like a piece of farm
equipment. With that said... you and this bad boy will be
the envy at any rifle or plinking range.

http://www.tromix.com/Frames/50 BMG_frame.htm
 
Interesting, but.....

truthfully, couldn't one actually break their collar bone from a heavy recoil shoulder-fired rifle? Does this/has this happened often? I only ask because the collar bone is right there if the butt of the rifle is moved in toward the center of the body from the shoulder just a tad, and because the collar bone is the most easily broken bone in the human body?
 
Ouch

"Most men don’t squat to pee, nor do they operate their recreational rifles like a piece of farm equipment"

Most men also like to keep all their bones intact. I do like a nice big recoil but that gun doesn't look too safe. I'm with Futo Inu on this one.
 
One of the moderators (antiUSSA) fires a Barrett M82A1 from the offhand position regularly...

I think in order for your collar bone to break, your body will have to be totally rigid. We all know that the body moves back during recoil, absorbing the force gradually, hence our shoulders aren't smashed to oblivion. Now if someone fired this thing from the shoulder with their back against a solid wall, it would probably be more likely to break something.

Anyways, that's my .001 cents.
 
I don't think it would break anything, especially since it is fired off of the top of the shoulder and not back into the shoulder itself.

jcoyoung:
But doesn't the Barrett M82A1 have a hell of a muzzle break on it???

dZ:
How accurate would a shoulder fired .50 BMG rifle with no muzzle break be??? Is your objective to hit something 500+ meters out??? Or is it just the thrill of shooting a monster like that???

Either way, sounds fun! :D
 
No muzzle brake,FWIW.

The late Gale McMillan once posted on rec.guns that firing a .50BMG without a muzzle brake gernerated enough recoil to cause a detached retina. I tend to take his word for it, since he forgot more about the .50BMG than most folks will ever know. I never fired one myself, but if Gale said it, I pretty much believe it. Since I'm down to one working retina, I think I'd pass on it. Bones heal,retinas don't.
The thing does look neat though.
 
i also wonder about the sight rail...

with the gun on your shoulder like a bazooka, wouldn't you want the sights on the left side not on the top?

i guess you could stretch your neck


i would really want a big ole muzzle brake on mine

dZ
 
Now that I think about it, I think almost all .50 BMG rifles have some kind of muzzle brake on 'em. However, I don't see one on the Tromix picture.

I guess the semi-auto Barrett also wouldn't be as bad as a bolt-action/locked breech .50 BMG
 
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