50 Caliber Sniper

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Mythbusters tested by putting a block of ballistics gel underwater and shooting through various depths to see how much water would stop the bullet.

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  4. Added :09-May-06
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  • lets see him try it on a human!

    funny thing is they only found the jacket of the projectile. they mentioned they used an armor piercing projectile in the clip... AP usually means a STEEL core. so where did that bad boy go? anyone care to comment on that? i say if they tried that with a person in the pool they would b looking at a homicide case myself.

    By natedizzle4550 1176526858
    • Hahaha so true man

      they try to make what ever they're trying to prove even more dramatic than it is.

      By weensie562 1198105026
  • search "say hello to my little frie...

    and check out that 50 bmg rifle

    By jay ben 1178113546
  • .50 BMG Madness

    The .50 BMG is an extremely POTENT round. To say that it achieves 3000/fps is a relatively mild assertion. It will certainly penetrate most forms of armor and it is extremely accurate and "effective" out to 1000 yards.

    By LRN2FRGT 1174123078
  • this

    is from mythbusters

    By cool99138 1165531177
    • Good Job

      Fuckin' idiot.

      By Zeratul256 1178184504
  • What about FMJ bullets?

    They were using quick expansion bullet? That would mushroom and shatter in the water. Just out of curiosity, what if they were using Full Metal Jacket Bullets?

    By ashmomo 1164101260
    • yes it is a full metal jacketed steel co...

      look at the video... they compare the 30-06 and the 50 BMG and they r both FMJ.

      By natedizzle4550 1176527105
    • Uhhh....

      The .50 Cal IS a Full metal Jacketed round. Look more closely at the video.
      Cheers!

      By Heliox18 1173241792
  • cool

    like the that guy used to shoot down the chopper in the movie SWAT

    By kantoi 1162631906
  • types

    That was the M81A1 sniper from Barrett corp. firing the 0.50 cal BMG (Browning Machine Gun) round. The M95 rifle is almost identical except for a shorter and bulkier stock due to it's bullpup design.

    By Pinhedd 1160882376
    • ai

      Wrong, that's the ai artic warfare .50. Just look closely, it's a bolt operating weapon they use, the barrett is a semi-automatic...

      By kamikazeschaap 1168562459
    • True

      True, that is not a Barret M81A1, nor is there any such rifle. The M82 however, is a real rifle, yet bears no resembalence to the one that Jamie is using.

      By lonewolf50k 1168800198
    • Also

      Also, it doesn't look like an AW50 at all, but, with the unique muzzle break, I'd say it is an Armalite AR50 rifle.

      By lonewolf50k 1168800346
    • Link

      http://www.armalite.com/sales/catalog/rifles/ar50.htm
      Appearently some people don't believe me

      By lonewolf50k 1174151312
    • definately a armalite

      lonewolf is correct it is an armalite ar-50 bolt action sniper rifle they also make a magazine fed bolt action in .338 lapua.

      By dodger69 1177735978
    • not an armalite 50

      armalite does not manufacture a semiautomatic receiver in the .50 BMG caliber, although the muzzle brake appears to be from an armalite design.

      By LRN2FRGT 1174123289
    • armalite ar50

      the gun viewed is bolt action look again.

      By dodger69 1177736068
    • Link

      http://www.armalite.com/sales/catalog/rifles/ar50.htm

      By lonewolf50k 1174151355
  • Name

    M82A1A .50 Caliber
    But u can say .50 caliber Sniper and people know what u want.

    By DaFuse 1151190295
  • ...

    i posted it wrong earlier...

    what kind of gun is that?

    By eagle_pilot 1148227623
  • My god...

    What a cannon, what a TV show...

    By berzerk47 1147519239
  • great show

    Love it

    By dicky1 1147177055
  • Good show

    sometimes they do really interesting stuff

    By quaker 1147176473
    • any1 know what kind of gun that was?

      (don't say 50 caliber, please...)

      By eagle_pilot 1148226800
    • .50 cal

      .50 cal barrett sniper rifle

      By Jeremy21 1155733144
  • those two ugly freaks on mythbusters aga...

    their tests are so dumb.

    By BENJI-THE-DOG 1171442238
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