Holland&Holland wrote:BigDog58 wrote:FJ540 wrote:The big Barrett with the floating barrel isn't accurate according to Oldman.
Midway's got Norma brass half-off now too. Btw
He's right.
While they cost about 3 to 4 times (M-107 & M-82) what an AR-50 or a State Arms costs, they can't compete in accuracy. Their M-99 can be made accurate, but they need quite a bit of modification, to be competitive, in long range accuracy. I'm sure they (M-107 & M-82) have their place in combat, but for long range accuracy, there are far better and cheaper choices.
So what would be the go to platform for an accurate 50?
Depending on how much you want to spend, the Armalite AR-50, State Arms Competition, are 2 of the ones I would personally choose. Mainly due to them having the ability to be competitive, without huge cash out of pocket. My next higher costs choice would be a Steyer HS 50, a McMillan TAC-50 are both, good choices.
My next choice would be to build a custom 50. This gives you the ability to choose your action, trigger, barrel, and stock. With a little shopping, you could build a Custom 50 BMG that will walk circles the Barrett M-107 or M-82, for about 50% of what either of these Barrett's cost. It seems that the most popular setup at the matches I attend, are AR-50's with some amount of modification ie: Barrel Swap & Trigger Replaced.
I shoot a highly modified State Arms Shorty. The only original parts still remaining, are the Action & Trigger. Thanks to OldmanFCSA it shoots better than I can, most of the time. And, including my Nightforce Scope, I have less than 50% of what a new Barrett would cost, with no scope.
Here's a Pic of my setup