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2-Gun: Suspiciously Silent vs Ludicrously Loud (ad-free)
🕑 Added 2022-11-26 12:00:06 +0000 UTCThis month's 2-Gun match was three pretty short stages, so my friend Tom and I decided to just play with a fun theme - he brought a pair of huge .50-caliber cannons (.50AE Desert Eagle and a .50 Beowulf AR) and I brought a pair of very quiet guns (SilencerCo Maxim-9 and Q Honey Badger, both shooting subsonics).
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Guido Schriewer
never really liked de's but ... more power to that guy. hope he handloads those. would be real curious to touch a 458socom or 50beowolf off out an ar.
Michael Baggott
It depends on the manufacturer. Geissele and Larue build great triggers that work just fine.
Michael Baggott
The Coast Guard never actually adopted it. They had a request for proposal out for a big-bore rifle to do many different things. Paul Leitner-Wise submitted the .499 LWR round and had LMT build the guns for him but they were a complete failure and the CG never adopted it. No one else submitted a rifle so the program was dropped. Small Arms Solutions has a good overview of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNDJOghZUH8
ViejoLobo
If only the Honey Badger had a forward assist....and for some reason, watching Tom shoot prone makes my elbows hurt.
Forgotten Weapons
He was trying to avoid going prone, because that takes more time to get up and down from.
Terry
Why did Tom assume such an awkward shooting position during Stage 2? Tilting the barrel? And he should have gotten extra credit for target damage.
Jeff Price
"Great trigger" often seems to be synonymous with light hammer strike??? Seems like the makers of these triggers trade hammer spring strength away to get a lighter trigger pull, maybe?
Good stuff.
Kenneth Marshall
I thought The US Coat Guard adopted 50 Beowulf for shooting boats sometime after 2001. I haven't read much about its effectiveness or after action reviews, but someone officially has used it in service.
