big and happily destructive

It may look like any other rifle, but this is a no joke lead-lobber. It's like an arm cannon. This is the .50 (read "fifty cal" or "fifty caliber") AR-50 rifle. To kinda put its size into perspective, just look at the grip. That barrel is meant to fire a 1/2 inch diameter (that's what the .50 means) bullet, and is somewhere in the range of and inch and a quarter to an inch and a half in diameter itself. The rifle itself weights somewhere in the range of 50lbs or so. Gander Mountain in Huntsville had one for a couple thousand bucks.

This rifle, although undeniably cool, is not too cost effective. The rounds it fires are around $6 a pop. That's a whole stinkin' lot, if you're not familiar with ammunition prices; I can get a box of .223 (ar-15) or 7.62 (ak-47 or sks) for that price. One bullet or 20? ...hmm.

Anyway, it is a minor goal of mine to shoot one of those. I may never own one, cause even I would rather have and shoot 2 "smaller" rifles instead of one bigger one; but just shooting this monster would make any self respecting man feel like he accomplished something... which he did: throwing enough lead to incapacitate a vehicle at a mile's distance... which is cool.