Okay, who bought the $10,000 Barret 50BMG today at gun show?

[srothstein]

Okay, so no one fesses up. I guess the next question I have is ..... What do you do with a $10K 50BMG ? No range around the DFW area will let you shoot one (that I'm aware of). It is illegal to use them to hunt in Texas. What else is your options?

I was not aware of any restriction on hunting with a .50 in Texas either. I based it on the legal means listed on the Parks and Wildlife site here.

Can you tell me where you found it is illegal? I don't have one and cannot see much use for it in hunting (except airplanes), so I am just curious.

[Greybeard]

Another one here (hunter ed. instructor) waitin' on the official source on that one ...

For those with money to burn, I suspect they'd make a mighty fine prarie dog gun out in the wide open spaces of the windy Panhandle where I grew up. Just hit the mound and obliterate the whole family.

[BigBlueDodge]

Well Fellas, you may have caught me in a fib. I could have swore that there was a limit on size of round, but the more that I think about it, that restriction might the restriction on caliber for CHL holders that i was thinking of.

[kalipsocs]

Well Fellas, you may have caught me in a fib. I could have swore that there was a limit on size of round, but the more that I think about it, that restriction might the restriction on caliber for CHL holders that i was thinking of.

.50 BMG is the minimum advised self defense caliber....hence the carbine versions!

[CodeJockey]

Well Fellas, you may have caught me in a fib. I could have swore that there was a limit on size of round, but the more that I think about it, that restriction might the restriction on caliber for CHL holders that i was thinking of.

What restriction on Caliber?

[KBCraig]

..., that restriction might the restriction on caliber for CHL holders that i was thinking of.

What restriction on Caliber?

For CHL testing (not for carry!), the gun must be .32 caliber or larger.

[CodeJockey]

Okay, I was like, woah. I hadn't heard of a restriction on carry. Makes sense.

[Skiprr]

So fess up. Who told their wife they were going out to get some bread, and made a quick stop off at the gun show on the way, and managed to drop $10K?

Well, I was there gettin' away from the Ike debris, not out to buy bread. And I figured that maybe I needed a bigger gun for home defense...you know, at times when I might need to shoot from the second floor stairwell. And besides, heck, dove season starts today in our South Zone, so I thought I could use a new dove-huntin' rifle...

[Jeremae]

What a Barret m82 will do to a West Texas Jack rabbit at 500 yards will make you giggle all day.... (well it made me giggle most of the afternoon but I wasn't paying for the ammo)

[bpet]

I believe the only restriction to hunting with the .50 BMG would be the one that says it's illegal to shoot across a roadway. I've yet to see a Texas whitetail that will keep that from happening - even shooting them longways.