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marinevet1010 · 04-13-2008, 03:04 PM

Picked up Mossy from the local gun store yesterday. She's a Century Arms m-44 with Cherry wood :-). She was my first, and oh boy, she had a lot of cosmoline on her! But now shes beautiful, and she fires good too!

And I was also able to shoot this baby yesterday at the Michigan Militia Field Day:

SwedeSteve · 04-13-2008, 03:25 PM

Nice M44! Congrats! So how was the Field Day?

marinevet1010 · 04-13-2008, 03:46 PM

Pretty good! What I found cool was the winner of their main competition won... a Mosin! I also found out the .50 Cal doesn't have much kick. It's like shooting a 12 gauge (it is loud though!)

SwedeSteve · 04-13-2008, 03:54 PM

Pretty amazing how little recoil the .50's have! As an ex-M2 instructor, I was really shocked!

marinevet1010 · 04-13-2008, 03:58 PM

Yeah I thought my arm was going to be bruised for a while after shooting it, but theres not a scratch on me :-P

SwedeSteve · 04-13-2008, 10:50 PM

Did it have a humongous muzzle brake? Was it magazine fed, or single shot?

rondog · 04-13-2008, 10:57 PM

I got to shoot two rounds out of an Armalite AR50, and it was a hoot! The owner told me that shooting a .50 is like smoking crack, you just want to do it again and again. I think he's right, I'd LOVE to do it again! That big muzzle brake really does the trick on the recoil.

Geo M44 · 04-13-2008, 10:58 PM

The picture shows... the humongous muzzle break. That explains the lack of recoil...

AND it appears to be the bolt action single shot model.

Dennis · 04-13-2008, 11:10 PM

the old .50 cal bmg Johnsons boys rifle did not have the fancy engineered muzzelbrake. It used surplus M2 barrels. those things where dangerous to the shooter if ya where not ready. From thew prone position ya HAD to make holes in the dirt for your feet and for your elbows then PUSH against the rifle while it was on the bipod then Squeeze.......BLAMM!!!!! ya end up with trenches rather than holes, ya can plow a field after a while.....

Mooseman684 · 04-13-2008, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by rondog

I got to shoot two rounds out of an Armalite AR50, and it was a hoot! The owner told me that shooting a .50 is like smoking crack, you just want to do it again and again. I think he's right, I'd LOVE to do it again! That big muzzle brake really does the trick on the recoil.

Now you see what I been Talking about all this time...The AR50 Rocks !!!
I love mine...except for the Price increase on ammo...
Marinevet1010...
Glad to see Mosinitis is spreading and you got a Nice one...Congrats.
Rich

STITCH · 04-13-2008, 11:28 PM

Nice lookin gun!!!! Glad to hear that the field test was good!

SwedeSteve · 04-13-2008, 11:45 PM

Gonna be interesting to see what you end up wth next!

marinevet1010 · 04-14-2008, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by SwedeSteve

Gonna be interesting to see what you end up wth next!

Yeah I was thinking of putting a 50 Cal barrel into a Mosin stock :-P

04-13-2008, 03:04 PM	#1
marinevet1010 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Goodrich, Michigan Posts: 292 Trader Rating: (0)	Part of the club? Picked up Mossy from the local gun store yesterday. She's a Century Arms m-44 with Cherry wood :-). She was my first, and oh boy, she had a lot of cosmoline on her! But now shes beautiful, and she fires good too! And I was also able to shoot this baby yesterday at the Michigan Militia Field Day:

04-13-2008, 03:25 PM	#2
SwedeSteve Grumpy Old Fart Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 9,172 Trader Rating: (0)	Nice M44! Congrats! So how was the Field Day? __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

04-13-2008, 03:54 PM	#4
SwedeSteve Grumpy Old Fart Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 9,172 Trader Rating: (0)	Pretty amazing how little recoil the .50's have! As an ex-M2 instructor, I was really shocked! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

04-13-2008, 10:50 PM	#6
SwedeSteve Grumpy Old Fart Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 9,172 Trader Rating: (0)	Did it have a humongous muzzle brake? Was it magazine fed, or single shot? __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers Last edited by SwedeSteve; 04-13-2008 at 10:59 PM.

04-13-2008, 10:57 PM	#7
rondog Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Parker, CO Posts: 1,241 Trader Rating: (0)	I got to shoot two rounds out of an Armalite AR50, and it was a hoot! The owner told me that shooting a .50 is like smoking crack, you just want to do it again and again. I think he's right, I'd LOVE to do it again! That big muzzle brake really does the trick on the recoil. __________________ What she doesn't know about, doesn't piss her off.....

04-13-2008, 03:46 PM	#3
marinevet1010 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Goodrich, Michigan Posts: 292 Trader Rating: (0)	Pretty good! What I found cool was the winner of their main competition won... a Mosin! I also found out the .50 Cal doesn't have much kick. It's like shooting a 12 gauge (it is loud though!)

04-13-2008, 03:58 PM	#5
marinevet1010 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Goodrich, Michigan Posts: 292 Trader Rating: (0)	Yeah I thought my arm was going to be bruised for a while after shooting it, but theres not a scratch on me :-P

04-13-2008, 10:58 PM	#8
Geo M44 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Desert Posts: 2,031 Trader Rating: (0)	The picture shows... the humongous muzzle break. That explains the lack of recoil... AND it appears to be the bolt action single shot model. __________________ Remember when seconds count... the police are only minutes away.

04-13-2008, 11:10 PM	#9
Dennis Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,876 Trader Rating: (0)	the old .50 cal bmg Johnsons boys rifle did not have the fancy engineered muzzelbrake. It used surplus M2 barrels. those things where dangerous to the shooter if ya where not ready. From thew prone position ya HAD to make holes in the dirt for your feet and for your elbows then PUSH against the rifle while it was on the bipod then Squeeze.......BLAMM!!!!! ya end up with trenches rather than holes, ya can plow a field after a while..... __________________ Submitted with respect to all

04-13-2008, 11:28 PM	#11
STITCH Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Missouri Posts: 114 Trader Rating: (0)	Nice lookin gun!!!! Glad to hear that the field test was good!

04-13-2008, 11:45 PM	#12
SwedeSteve Grumpy Old Fart Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 9,172 Trader Rating: (0)	Gonna be interesting to see what you end up wth next! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers