Finally took the plunge...

[6MT]

After having so much fun shooting ELD with my .338LM and after trying out a couple big rifles in the last three weeks, I finally took the plunge...

It's a custom .50BMG on a Barnard action and trigger, nestled inside a Macmillan Big-Mac stock. It has a Lilja match barrel finished at 34" with an ATRS big brake. I will be adding a Versa-Pod and some glass later on.

Damn, this calibre is expensive! I'm getting a new press and have to "up-size" all of my tools. It looks like I won't be firing it this year though. I want an ATACR and a Spuhr mount, and that will take some time to save for. And the reloading bench will need some reorganizing through out the winter months. I hope to be doing preliminary load testing next spring. And hopefully shooting well beyond the mile. And, I need to find a hard case big enough.

.....and....it's only my kids inheritance ...lol

 

[CalmerThanYou]

That is a thing of beauty...so compact. I would not be able to resist some rounds down range, even as is!!

 

[6MT]

Well, looks from the picture can be deceiving. It's 61" long and weighs in at 46 pounds with no glass. (And it is brand new with only two test rounds fired.)

 

[CalmerThanYou]

Wow!! Yes that is deceiving my RPR is 10.7 pounds naked and that feels tank like. Congrats, that should be a fun project to accessorize and load for.

 

[Geimer]

Don't ever fire that thing without ear protection.
They are fantastically loud even with ear protection
if it is like the one I was next to, when out at the
range a couple trips back.

The concussion was just massive, I could not believe it.

I know a guy that went deaf from one shot once with
375 H&H that had a muzzle brake on it. One shot
and permanently lost hearing in one ear for life.
The other ear he gradually regained over a few days
about 20% of his hearing.

He learned to lip read, and does not use a hearing
aid.

He also had the muzzle brake removed from his
375 and still used it after the hearing loss.

 

[6MT]

Yeah, the concussion is enormous. And I never shoot without at least 30db of protection.

 

[precision_shooter]

Plunge?

More like a double back flip into a cannon ball from 50 feet up!
Very nice looking rifle!

We will need a range report once you get glass and have it up and running.

 

[Reloadron]

Hell I have not shot my 7mm Remington Magnum in several years as I get older and the shoulder does not have the beef it once did.

Enjoy it and find someplace to shoot a mile. May it bring you many years of happy and enjoyable shooting.

Ron

 

[6MT]

 

[zipspyder]

Sweet rifle OP! Let us know how you do deer hunting this year.

 

[Dranrab]

Those Dranrab actions are the best in the business.

 

[6MT]

Deer hunting?! lol

Yeah, I think I'll screw on a couple of sling swivels and head out.

 

[Ricklin]

I would recommend at least one axle and two wheels. Would it take a class three hitch to tow it?

Have fun, I'm jealous. Afraid the closest I come is having a press that will accept the dies,

 

[6MT]

Yeah, this is the press I'm buying.

...it's big.