My .50 Cal Browning on Iron Creations Tripod

[General Ripper.]

These are pictures of my AA M3HB .50 Caliber on a Jeff Prater (Iron Creations, LLC) M3 Tripod.


http://img174.imageshack.us/slidesho...1222228xe.smil

[gander215]

Nice what a beast.-BB

[Agent Smith]

[RocketFoot]

Beautiful! I'd love to get my paws on that and rip a a few downrange someday! Thanks for the pics!

[LastManOut]

Snap, that's hot! So what does it cost to run? About $1,100 per minute?


WARNING! Short war story


I was the tank driver on a M551 Sheridan which also made me the .50 cal loader for the tank commander. When we got into a firefight, I was loading and running through M-16 mags as quick as I could eject the old one and jerk the charging handle. (We called that spray and pray).

The tank commander was on Ma Deuce. I was feeding him fresh belts of .50 cal, and pouring motor oil from a 5 gallon jerry can on the barrel to keep it cool. (I didn't think until recently how exposed I was standing on the deck with that oil can.)

About the 3rd or 5th belt, I let my TC run dry, and had to quickly re-load him, but this time I got "smart" I opened a second ammo-can and linked the two belts together. Only, it took me so long I didn't get back topside to cool the barrel in time.

I actually saw a barrel get so red hot you could see the rounds passing through the barrel. Eventually it drooped enough, the bullets were hitting the top of the flash suppressor throwing sparks of hot metal and the tracer rounds were flying all over. It looked like a Roman Candle. We just changed out to the spare barrel and kept going.

You wouldn't want me as your oiler/loader, would you General?

P.S. I guess the story wasn't so short, Sorry.

[autotech6506]

Originally Posted by Agent Smith

dude i just fell off my chair cuz i was laughing so hard. props to you.

[General Ripper.]

Thanks everyone.I load my own 50BMG Ammo,CCI#35 Primer,Surplus IMR5010 Powder,Winchester,Lake City,Des Moines,or Frankford Arsenal Cases.I load Blue Tip,API,APIT,Black Tip AP,M17 Tracer,and PMP Ball."LastManOut",with M2 Barrels being anywhere from scarce to $1500,I doubt I will be trying to turn mine red hot,lol!.The importation of Browning 50 barrels has been totally cutoff,we can thank our last attorney general for that,Yep!,the era of $300 NOS M2 barrels is over!!!!!.Allied Armament sent a new barrel with my gun,I was glad for that!.RocketFoot,maybe we could hook up someday?,Ill give you a little time on Ma.