Has anyone ever hunted anything with a 50bmg?

Email Barrett and ask, it's a wildcatted round from the .50 BMG case.

You could hunt deer from the comfort of your own living room. You don't even have to drive out to the mountains and set up camp. You don't have to get cold, or get your boots dirty.

You use Google Earth to locate your trophy, use a GPS to set up the shot, pull the trigger on your 50BMG and go back to the NFL game on cable. When the bullet finally gets there, it has enough energy to butcher the meat and even make sausage out of the scraps. How much better can it get!

I haven't, but I would like too!

Yeah cars are what i hunt with it.
its an anti-vehicle round not antipersonel

using it would be a rather dumb idea your going to rip apart anything you shoot, it rips apart the engie block of a car for gods sake

It's not that uncommon to hunt with them. Visit Anzio's site, they have hunting pics.

There's only so much energy you can dump into an animal before the bullet departs from the opposite side of the hapless critter and journies on to parts unknown.

I'm currently working on a wildcat called the .50BSSUMMG-WI: Browning Super Short Ultra Magnum Machine Gun - White Improved.

It'll move a 720 grain bullet at 4800 fps from a 2.5" case. The case diameter is also 2.5". The ultimate varmint round.

I've only ever shot through schools with it...

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You forgot to add "from 2 miles away."

Don't forget the .338-50 Ackley Improved. 300 grain SMK at 4000k if I remember right. Burns up barrels nicely.

Wildcats??

Yep...

I would only shoot at these with a 50 BMG
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I hope all the "blows animals apart" comments are satire of the over-the-top of the hyperbole of the gun control crowd; because the .50BMG actually doesn't usually do anything of the sort (as some have already noted).

There is a video on the Internet of three guys hunting pigs with a Barrett semi-auto .50BMG. They hit about a 120lb pig from 100yds in the hindquarters with a shot from the .50BMG (unknown ammo type). Pig runs about 60-80yds and finally flops over. No giant gaping wounds visible or anything else.

Wish I could remember the website.. it has a picture of a Kawsaki Mule or something similar with a couple of belt-feds mounted to it that they claim to use for hog hunting.

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My former FIL used to hunt Messerschmitt Bf109's with one.

If you look for pictures you can find them. Damage looks to be about equal to a close range 12 ga rifled slug wound.

I’ve had friends that wanted to use my 50bmg to dispatch hogs; however, when it came time to go hunting no one wanted to carry 47#s of rifle around for a few hours (I don’t blame them).

The only thing I’ve “killed” is steel the photos below are of 1” thick plate.

using it would be a rather dumb idea your going to rip apart anything you shoot

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Bullet construction and where you hit as well as what type of animal you are talking about play a role, but overall that is not really true. A friend of mine in Alaska has shot several grizzlies @600+ yards with his 50bmg. Put them down to be sure but certainly no ripping apart going on.
I myself have used my .375 H&H on deer. I was 2 years out from a planned bear hunt and my theory was to use the .375 for everything to become very proficient with it. I was using the same load as for hunting griz - 300grain swift A-Frame. Both deer I shot had a 3/8" hole going in one side and out the other. While it certainly killed the deer, using my "elephant gun" for deer was far less devastating than most people would expect. The deer actually ran more than 100yds after being shot. Granted I could have chosen a better bullet if I wanted to use this as a deer gun on a regular basis, but the fact remains that it didn' t rip any deer in half. I shot ground hogs and coyotes with it as well. Same thing, punched a 3/8" hole right through. Where it was impressive is in penetration...I finally did go on the griz hunt, and he was quartering towards me at ~150yds. I squeezed one off right at the seam of his shoulder/neck. Absolutely flattened him on the spot, did not even take one step. When skinning him, found the exit hole on the opposite back leg. Broke the front shoulder and rear hip.

It should actually be a useful round for hunting elephants and rhinos. Maybe cape buffalo.

BTW, the .50 BMG is listed by the DNR as a legal hunting cartridge for big game in Minnesota. (I guess if you ever run into "Babe" the big blue ox or something.)

I hope all the "blows animals apart" comments are satire of the over-the-top of the hyperbole of the gun control crowd; because the .50BMG actually doesn't usually do anything of the sort (as some have already noted).

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comments from people with a poor sense of humor (seeing how its said anytime 50 bmg is mentioned)

Its the only appropriate caliber for the feared Jackalope.

I was spotting for a friend of mine, a retired Brigadier General, and saw a coyote out at around 1,000 yards (amazed that I even saw it!)

He killed it cleanly with his .50 BMG rifle.

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I was spotting for a friend of mine, a retired Brigadier General, and saw a coyote out at around 1,000 yards (amazed that I even saw it!)

He killed it cleanly with his .50 BMG rifle.

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I'm sure it died right away, but I'd bet it was very very messy.

Stunk like a dog needing a bath.