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<blockquote data-quote="Darryle" data-source="post: 2976939" data-attributes="member: 109917"><p>About 25ish years ago I bought a Grizzly 50 BMG single shot. It was in the classifieds in a local paper. I saw it for a few days and wondered why it was still available. After a few more days I called the number and the guy says "I'll make you a deal if you come get it right now!" So my ignorant *** did. I got the rifle, Leupold Vari-X III 4.5 - 14 x 50mm, a ammo can with about 25rds of loaded ammo, about 25 pieces of once fired brass and one of those big thick PAST pads, all for the low price of $3000. IIRC, that was what the rifle sold for new. Well, I called my cousin to meet me at our private range on the family farm. We had constructed a backstop out of stacked railroad ties and backfilled with dirt. We sat up the rifle verified boresite and I touched off the first round without the PAST pad. I think that was when I lost shook the first of my marbles loose, I decided to try another one and I think they fell completely out. To say I was seriously reconsidering my purchase was an understatement. My cousin declared I was a sissy, let me show you how a real man shoots a rifle, he made it to 3 and decided the rifle was possessed. We went to look at the target with a 5 shot group about the size of a basketball, maybe bigger. The next outing was using the pad and I might have used a couple of pot holders too. I had a better recoil pad installed, no dice, added weights, no dice, that rifle was the demon spawn of Satan himself. That or I am a ************, probably the latter.</p><p></p><p>Let's just say, I tried to sell that rifle after cleaning it. No range would allow it to be shot with the FMJ rounds I had, so no one wanted it without being able to shoot it. I don't recall what was available at the time, but I think Hornady may have offered a 750gr A-Tip, but I do remember it was expensive and I wasn't buying it just so I could sell the rifle. That rifle sat in a case under my bed for a few years, I would take it out, think about shooting it, clean it, oil it and put it right back in the case. Fast forward a few more years, now married and the rifle is still under the bed in the case but without the scope. At the wife's office Christmas party, I hear her boss talking about this big cartridge he had, talked about going on a safari and all the replica mounts he's having made. He asks the people standing around, all truck drivers or mechanics that worked for him what was the biggest rifle they had, when I told him I had a 50 BMG in a case under our bed, we became friends. He wanted to shoot it and I said well it's for sale. He gave me what I originally paid for the package for the bare rifle, remaining ammo and brass and the case. </p><p> </p><p>No long after that, my wife quit because of how bad things got around the office. I am pretty sure that rifle was the cause of the strife. </p><p></p><p>That is not the first stupid thing I have done and it's sure as hell won't be the last, I am a hold my <s>beer</s> Sprite Zero kinda guy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darryle, post: 2976939, member: 109917"] About 25ish years ago I bought a Grizzly 50 BMG single shot. It was in the classifieds in a local paper. I saw it for a few days and wondered why it was still available. After a few more days I called the number and the guy says "I'll make you a deal if you come get it right now!" So my ignorant *** did. I got the rifle, Leupold Vari-X III 4.5 - 14 x 50mm, a ammo can with about 25rds of loaded ammo, about 25 pieces of once fired brass and one of those big thick PAST pads, all for the low price of $3000. IIRC, that was what the rifle sold for new. Well, I called my cousin to meet me at our private range on the family farm. We had constructed a backstop out of stacked railroad ties and backfilled with dirt. We sat up the rifle verified boresite and I touched off the first round without the PAST pad. I think that was when I lost shook the first of my marbles loose, I decided to try another one and I think they fell completely out. To say I was seriously reconsidering my purchase was an understatement. My cousin declared I was a sissy, let me show you how a real man shoots a rifle, he made it to 3 and decided the rifle was possessed. We went to look at the target with a 5 shot group about the size of a basketball, maybe bigger. The next outing was using the pad and I might have used a couple of pot holders too. I had a better recoil pad installed, no dice, added weights, no dice, that rifle was the demon spawn of Satan himself. That or I am a ************, probably the latter. Let's just say, I tried to sell that rifle after cleaning it. No range would allow it to be shot with the FMJ rounds I had, so no one wanted it without being able to shoot it. I don't recall what was available at the time, but I think Hornady may have offered a 750gr A-Tip, but I do remember it was expensive and I wasn't buying it just so I could sell the rifle. That rifle sat in a case under my bed for a few years, I would take it out, think about shooting it, clean it, oil it and put it right back in the case. Fast forward a few more years, now married and the rifle is still under the bed in the case but without the scope. At the wife's office Christmas party, I hear her boss talking about this big cartridge he had, talked about going on a safari and all the replica mounts he's having made. He asks the people standing around, all truck drivers or mechanics that worked for him what was the biggest rifle they had, when I told him I had a 50 BMG in a case under our bed, we became friends. He wanted to shoot it and I said well it's for sale. He gave me what I originally paid for the package for the bare rifle, remaining ammo and brass and the case. No long after that, my wife quit because of how bad things got around the office. I am pretty sure that rifle was the cause of the strife. That is not the first stupid thing I have done and it's sure as hell won't be the last, I am a hold my [s]beer[/s] Sprite Zero kinda guy. [/QUOTE]
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