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Originally Posted by Mr Pheer
He sniped a guy with a Browning M2, huh?
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They were popular with snipers before the Barrett was made, simply because there were no bolt action rifles chambered for .50 at the time. Once it was observed what could be done with that round by affixing a scope to a browning, somebody said "hmmmmmm..." and now we have .50 sniper rifles.