POTD: .50 BMGs – Browning M2 and Barrett M82

@Jake Because the Browning has semi auto mode for a reason.

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@iksnilol A scoped shotgun.
You went and found a scoped shotgun.
What level of ocd do you have to use a scoped shotgun?
With regards to semi auto, aren't there tracer rounds is 50cal? I actually mostly see the browning fired in semi auto.
My mind is just blown by the thought of accurate full auto 50cal coming at a target. Normally the gunner walks the fire over in case of a miss. In my experience.

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Carlos Hatchcock used a scoped Ma Deuce. And scoped shotguns aren't that rare.

@iksnilol That Vietcong he hit with it had his mind blown, in the more literal sense.

@Jake Come to Indiana, scoped shotguns for deer-hunting are common.

@ostiariusalpha It was truly a experience to expand the mind... also in the literal sense. I think the poor guys mind was quite well scattered.

@iksnilol Indeed, everyone said he was a bit scatterbrained after gunny was done with him.

@iksnilol I remember reading years ago that during the China Strait Crisis in the late 50's, a US Marine on the Taiwanese island of Quemoy screwed a scope onto a Ma Duece and pot-shot a Chinese soldier across the strait.

@iksnilol somebody got a big ass nights cope for xmas! That guy is so happy!

@Jake People use scoped shotguns in areas where hunting with rifles or bottlenecked rounds are illegal. People started putting scopes on M2s in Korea as counter sniper weapons, Whitefeather did the same in Nam as there were no options for precision fire beyond 1200 yards.

@Gplusis osik How is a scoped shotgun a counter sniper weapon? Even with a slug the accuracy at long distance should be useless. while the spread of the pellets looks like something you could use to blanket a suspected sniper nest with more fire per shot than a single round, I think the most that pellets can do is get the sniper to blink a lot. By the time you got into effective range, the spotter or the sniper should have already taken you out.

@William Paxson What rounds?
Even when firing a deer slug you should get decent accuracy without a scope given the range.

@iksnilol But is it effective?
Was Hatchcock just showing off? I think those were trick shots and novelty shots.

@Jake Considering it was a war... I think he'd have used what he found most effective for the specific task. The Remington 700 sure was a fine rifle but no way it could reach 1200 meters or past that.

@Jake Slugs especially in rifled barrels. A scope makes it easier to hit accurately especially for folks with less than perfect eyesight. Just like a red dot. A scope on a shotgun makes it easier to hit with and thus is more efficient for many for deer hunting which is the whole idea.