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Originally Posted by tsst
Not to high jack this thread but do you have a Barrett 82A1? If so how do you like it?
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Well, actually I recently sold it. Matter of fact, I shipped it out to the buyer just yesterday. Haven't shot it for many years now. Bought it back in 1997 and it's spent most of it's life sitting in a vault.
It was fun to shoot, but it does wear you out pretty quickly. I honestly never put more than two rounds in the magazine anyway, as rapid firing this gun to empty a full magazine is just not something I wanted to try. The gun is BIG and HEAVY and quite honestly at this stage of my life (age) not any fun to try to lug around. Accuracy is not all that great because of the recoiling barrel assembly, so figure on 2 MOA at best.
Recoil is something you have to be aware of all the time when shooting one of these things. The muzzle brake helps a LOT, but it is still there. Feels like a big shove on your shoulder pushing you back about 4 inches. You HAVE to keep your face welded to the stock of the gun unless you want the back end of the scope imprinting above your right eye. A scope with substantial eye relief is a MUST.
I actually liked shooting the model 99 a whole lot more than the M82A1, even though it is a single shot rifle. And I also have a model 95 that I have never fired yet. So it's not like I got rid of all my .50BMG shooting arsenal...
Here's some old pics when I had the "family" all together. From front to back it's the model 95, model 99, and model M82A1.