Hatcock and the 50 cal at the arizona??

[pelago]

i have lived with enough MA deuces and cleaned enough of them to know that there are no screw holes for a unertl scope.
how did he mount the scope on the fifty cal for the shot he made in the Arizona?
so many knowledgeable folks out there some one has to know?
went back to correct the spelling fror hathcock but could not do it

[gwp]

It may have been the spotting rifle on a recoilless rifle.

[pelago]

it was a tripod mounted deuce, that for sure, have seen photos of it

[emmagee1917]

The old M2HB rear sight bases had a dovetail scope sight off to the left side of the irons . I believe he fashioned a scope mount out of a night vision bracket .
Chris

[pelago]

i have the distinction of being one of the Marines that those bastards at AnHoi used to shoot at, can remember being on all fours to avoid being a tick mark on a stock
Until Carlos eliminated the threat to a large degree

[pelago]

see if i can get this to work
50 cal sniping clip from afghanistan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=V2kNeNd0Qj8

[pelago]

this is supposed to be the actual 50 cal that he made up, now i can not say for true it is, but it is reported to be

[Marine A5 Sniper Rifle]

I have seen a picture of Hathcock aiming what appears to be the same weapon.

jt

[pelago]

beats ne?

[Weasel]

this is supposed to be the actual 50 cal that he made up, now i can not say for true it is, but it is reported to be

That M2's scope has the newer shiny mounts and a recoil spring on it. I would almost bet that that's not the USMC scope.

[David H.]

It also appears to be sighted for 100 yards.

[emmagee1917]

The picture in post 7 has the newer no scope rail rear sight and the scope bracket has a clamp set up that goes over the top of the reciever .
The mount in post 9 has no clamp over the reciever ( you can see the reciever's rivets there , nothing covering them up ) and attaches around the rear sight area. It's too blury to see if it's on the old style rail or a completely homemade set up.
Chris

[dryheat]

Palago, like a lot of the stuff on the internet your(very old) vid was pooh-poohed long ago. People don't blow up like that(if that's what your alluding to). It might be Aphgan(or anywhere)but those are rock chucks(or something).

[Marine A5 Sniper Rifle]

Palago, like a lot of the stuff on the internet your(very old) vid was pooh-poohed long ago. People don't blow up like that(if that's what your alluding to). It might be Aphgan(or anywhere)but those are rock chucks(or something).

A fifty cal round will absolutely tear your ass apart. Saw a dink running across a rice paddy hit with a fifty cal and he did a flip in the air when hit, with what looked to be his internal organs flying all over the place including one of his rib cages. We recovered his carcass and he was thoroughly disemboweled to a high degree. Had a fellow Marine accidentally hit with a fifty cal ricochet (I did not see him the moment he was hit), and the damage to his body was just freaking incredible.

I had a 50 cal Barrett for several years, and my personal observation was that the damage from one of the rounds (talking about deer now) was way more pronounced at longer ranges than at point blank range. I was using Argentine surplus military ammo ($7 a pop at the time).

Who poo-pooed the video? I, for one, have no doubt they are authenticate.

Do they have 200 lb rock chucks in Afghanistan?

jt

[Former0302]

Regarding the pic of the M2 and scope....the bracket looks different and I believe that's a 1.5" scope...the objective bell looks different than the 1 1/4" target scope.