Custom .50 BMG rifle confiscated from Mexican gang

Posted December 4, 2008 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 5 Comments
Tags: .50, .50 BMG, ar-50, Armalite, custom, drug, macmillian, mexico, military, rifle, rifles, tac-50

This interesting .50 BMG rifle was discovered on a raid by Mexican police and army:

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My take on the rifle is that it is a McMillian TAC-50 action with an AR-50 barrel and muzzlebreak and a homemade unfinished (no recoil pad) stock.

McMillian TAC-50

Armalite AR-50

More photo of the captured weapons at MP.net.

Steve Johnson

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