Ballistic Effects

[fasteddie]

I found this interesting

[Pygmy]

Cool stuff, Eddie..Thanks for sharing...

It would be fun doing the shooting...LESS fun doing the bull work filling all the barrels with H2O..

For folks who haven't fired fully automatic weapons... It isn't NEARLY as easy to hit anything with one as it appears on TV...

I takes a lot of practice to hold an automatic rifle or submachinegun on target for more than 2 or 3 rounds.. Generally, the more powerful the cartridge, the more difficult to control it on full auto fire.. M-14s and FNFals like the British L1A1 were notoriously difficult to fire accurately  on full auto due to the power of the 7.62 x 51 cartridge...

When on active duty in the Navy, I had a chance to fire a Thompson Submachine gun, which weighs 10 pounds and is chambered for the .45 auto , which is an awesome pistol cartridge,but is not very powerful compared to most battle rifle or assault rifle rounds.. It was hard to keep it on target for more than 2 or 3 rounds...

[fasteddie]

The 50 cal rifle really knocked the snot out of the barrel !

[ny hunter]

WOW  I liked the 338, but the 50 did knock the snot and then some.

[Bballhunter11]

Nice video eddie, i wonder what 338 they were using  lapua? ultra mag?

[MuzzyLoader]

Thanks Eddie for that find.

That 50-cal. is awesome!  I got to pulverize a bunch of bowling balls and pins one sunny afternoon with one.  What a rush!

Regarding the .338 – wasn’t the military configuring a .338 bullet with .50 cal brass?