Philip Stortz writes:

>  that's
> one of the uses for full auto .50 caliber rifles as you can shoot miles
> away if you aren't trying to be terribly accurate and can make a zone
> that the enemy can't cross except in heavily armored vehicles.

I had occasion to fire a .50 cal single-shot rifle a few years back.
The round has an effective range of 7 miles and the particular weapon
I was firing could group within a foot at about a mile.  Of course,
these were hand-loads, but it just goes to show what the round is
capable of.

-p.
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