Guns, hooray (PICS)!

Have fun, I have yet to shoot one, Im sure you will have a blast!

I was reloading 9mm this morning, and looking at this thread got me wondering how much powder goes into a .50 BMG round. Apparently a pound of powder only makes about 30-35 rounds of .50 BMG, depending on which powder and what your exact charge is, whereas a pound of the Alliant Unique I use for pistol loads makes around 1200 9mms. .50 BMG seems like an expensive hobby, but I bet it's fun...

40 times more powder per round. wow!

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Originally Posted by BrandiR

The one thing I hate about this forum is that I'm constantly reminded of how much cooler everyone else's stuff is than mine! I carry a Taurus. 45, total piece of crap. The thing jams every five shots. I only carry it for personal protection and I only need one shot, but it still irks me. It's not even a cool color!

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I'm wondering if you're talking about the Taurus PT1911 if so there are a few things with the 1911 platform that can cause miss-feeds and other issues..

Side note..here is my Rock Island Tatical in .45 ACP
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...9182742D91.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...92F5C4767D.jpg

and my 300 win mag
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSC_1604.jpg

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

If you dont get to keep the ivory why would you want to kill one? Id have the skull, tusks and all, shipped back to my house. People would try and show me their lame deer and elk skulls and id be like "check out my fricken elephant skull. Yea, i took it down myself, nbd."

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Its against CITES (and all updates of it) and you end up in either an African state's prison system or the US federal prison system for LOOOOOOOONG time and pretty much owe thousands of dollars as well ;)

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

If you dont get to keep the ivory why would you want to kill one? Id have the skull, tusks and all, shipped back to my house. People would try and show me their lame deer and elk skulls and id be like "check out my fricken elephant skull. Yea, i took it down myself, nbd."

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For the hunting experience, many hunters enjoy the being outdoors and learning about the animals. harvesting the animal is only the last 20 seconds of a hunt..Also with many of those speices like elephant the meat is donated to local villages to help feed familys. One jumbo will feed a village for a month or more, plus you're hiering local bushmen for packers and trackers spotters and animal cleaning and field dressing so going on a hunt like that really helps in a direct way the local people..

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I was reloading 9mm this morning, and looking at this thread got me wondering how much powder goes into a .50 BMG round. Apparently a pound of powder only makes about 30-35 rounds of .50 BMG, depending on which powder and what your exact charge is, whereas a pound of the Alliant Unique I use for pistol loads makes around 1200 9mms. .50 BMG seems like an expensive hobby, but I bet it's fun...

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Well, the "cheap" American eagle is about $2.50 per round and has 660 grains, whereas my Hornady has 750 grains, and is closer to $6.00 a round lol. It's expensive but it is worth it in my opinion. Just the percussion of the blast and wind pushing your clothes against your body is amazing.

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Originally Posted by pigfat

Well, the "cheap" American eagle is about $2.50 per round and has 660 grains, whereas my Hornady has 750 grains, and is closer to $6.00 a round lol. It's expensive but it is worth it in my opinion. Just the percussion of the blast and wind pushing your clothes against your body is amazing.

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I don't doubt it - I'd probably want to double up on hearing protection just to be on the same range with you. :)