Re: SF Sniper rifle

At 11:31 AM -0400 7/11/02, laserlight@quixnet.net wrote:
>
>I know TomB is busy so I'll reply for him.  Tom feels that a .50 should
be
>more like 2d8 or so.  A HAMR should be more like .60-.80 (15-20mm) with
>special ammo.	He posted something to that effect back in...April? 
Title
>of the post was something like "SAW/GMPG/HMG"

Modern .50 or something with better ballistics, better penetration, 
better terminal effects, better barrel technology, better powder 
technology....

Compare and contrast 1800's era .50s with 2000's era .50s. Some 
things have changed. Especially with bullet technology and tailoring 
their terminal effects. If it's a dedicated anti material round, 100 
years from now, a .50 round could likely have some pretty fancy 
effects. Sub miniature fuzes, explosive effects, EMP effects, etc.

.55 Boyes out performs .50 BMG on ballistics alone. Were it not a DD 
under current US laws, I'd expect to see some pretty fancy 
development with that caliber and cartridge. The driving force behind 
.50 accuracy for a long time was private development in the shooting 
community. Not at defense contractors and military bases. If people 
had the option of playing more with the larger calibers, I'd really 
expect to see more development paths that the defense guys don't 
follow.

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