[MV] M2 Machinegun (was Deuce Bumper Numbers)

I too have read the book about Mr. Hathcock, he did NOT modify the 50 in
regards to making it non automatic, I understand his skill was at such a
level that he could fire only one round at a time. not to say that he had a
ammo belt in weapon when used as a sniper rifle... - regarding shooting
front fork of bicycle he did this because it was a child riding bicycle
caring rifles.

He has several confirmed kills at over a mile away.

Everette


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As many of you fellows know, weapons tend to be well outside of whatever
area of "expertise" I may have. However, I recall reading "Marine Sniper",
the true experience of Carlos Hathcock (and a great read too), a fellow who
is recognized as the finest sniper of the all. Sadly, many of his real-life
exploits have worked their way into Hollywood movies.....Hollywood has so
many exagerations and ubsurdities that many think his truth is more fiction
(like shooting another sniper through the other sniper's scope).

Anyhow, the opening scene of the book has Carlos Sniping with a basically
stock...but well maintained M2 Heavy Barrel machine gun. In this scene he
deliberately shoots the front fork of a moving bicycle with one round. I
don't recall the exact range...something like a half a mile away.

Satisfied me as to the accuracy of Ma Deuce....and the gunner.


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I'd sure like to get a .50 BMG rifle, but, unless I can find a used one,
they're to expensive for me, at least for now.
Any one have an "extra"?
Henry

----- Original Message -----
From: "everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
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Subject: [MV] M2 Machinegun (was Deuce Bumper Numbers)

[color=blue]
> I too have read the book about Mr. Hathcock, he did NOT modify the 50 in
> regards to making it non automatic, I understand his skill was at such a
> level that he could fire only one round at a time. not to say that he had[/color]
a[color=blue]
> ammo belt in weapon when used as a sniper rifle... - regarding shooting
> front fork of bicycle he did this because it was a child riding bicycle
> caring rifles.
>
> He has several confirmed kills at over a mile away.
>
> Everette
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DDoyle9570@aol.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] M2 Machinegun (was Deuce Bumper Numbers)
>
>
> As many of you fellows know, weapons tend to be well outside of whatever
> area of "expertise" I may have. However, I recall reading "Marine[/color]
Sniper",[color=blue]
> the true experience of Carlos Hathcock (and a great read too), a fellow[/color]
who[color=blue]
> is recognized as the finest sniper of the all. Sadly, many of his[/color]
real-life[color=blue]
> exploits have worked their way into Hollywood movies.....Hollywood has so
> many exagerations and ubsurdities that many think his truth is more[/color]
fiction[color=blue]
> (like shooting another sniper through the other sniper's scope).
>
> Anyhow, the opening scene of the book has Carlos Sniping with a basically
> stock...but well maintained M2 Heavy Barrel machine gun. In this scene he
> deliberately shoots the front fork of a moving bicycle with one round. I
> don't recall the exact range...something like a half a mile away.
>
> Satisfied me as to the accuracy of Ma Deuce....and the gunner.
>
>
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The cycle rate of a M2 BMG is more than slow enough to fire single shots by
tapping the butterfly.
"Maneo Qualis Manebam"
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Sent: Tuesday, 06 July, 2004 20:47
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[color=blue]
> I'd sure like to get a .50 BMG rifle, but, unless I can find a used one,
> they're to expensive for me, at least for now.
> Any one have an "extra"?
> Henry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 11:56[/color]
AM[color=blue]
> Subject: [MV] M2 Machinegun (was Deuce Bumper Numbers)
>
>[color=green]
> > I too have read the book about Mr. Hathcock, he did NOT modify the 50[/color][/color]
in[color=blue][color=green]
> > regards to making it non automatic, I understand his skill was at such a
> > level that he could fire only one round at a time. not to say that he[/color][/color]
had[color=blue]
> a[color=green]
> > ammo belt in weapon when used as a sniper rifle... - regarding shooting
> > front fork of bicycle he did this because it was a child riding bicycle
> > caring rifles.
> >
> > He has several confirmed kills at over a mile away.
> >
> > Everette
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <DDoyle9570@aol.com>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:52 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MV] M2 Machinegun (was Deuce Bumper Numbers)
> >
> >
> > As many of you fellows know, weapons tend to be well outside of whatever
> > area of "expertise" I may have. However, I recall reading "Marine[/color]
> Sniper",[color=green]
> > the true experience of Carlos Hathcock (and a great read too), a fellow[/color]
> who[color=green]
> > is recognized as the finest sniper of the all. Sadly, many of his[/color]
> real-life[color=green]
> > exploits have worked their way into Hollywood movies.....Hollywood has[/color][/color]
so[color=blue][color=green]
> > many exagerations and ubsurdities that many think his truth is more[/color]
> fiction[color=green]
> > (like shooting another sniper through the other sniper's scope).
> >
> > Anyhow, the opening scene of the book has Carlos Sniping with a[/color][/color]
basically[color=blue][color=green]
> > stock...but well maintained M2 Heavy Barrel machine gun. In this scene[/color][/color]
he[color=blue][color=green]
> > deliberately shoots the front fork of a moving bicycle with one round.[/color][/color]
I[color=blue][color=green]
> > don't recall the exact range...something like a half a mile away.
> >
> > Satisfied me as to the accuracy of Ma Deuce....and the gunner.
> >
> >
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> >[/color]
>
>
>
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Attention.......

M2HB Machjinegun has a single shot function.....just release the bolt latch
back on the spades......then will fire one shot at a time. Semi-Auto!

Jon

Have a few M2HBs myself.....



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From: "everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 1:56 PM
Subject: [MV] M2 Machinegun (was Deuce Bumper Numbers)

[color=blue]
> I too have read the book about Mr. Hathcock, he did NOT modify the 50 in
> regards to making it non automatic, I understand his skill was at such a
> level that he could fire only one round at a time. not to say that he had[/color]
a[color=blue]
> ammo belt in weapon when used as a sniper rifle... - regarding shooting
> front fork of bicycle he did this because it was a child riding bicycle
> caring rifles.
>
> He has several confirmed kills at over a mile away.
>
> Everette
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DDoyle9570@aol.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] M2 Machinegun (was Deuce Bumper Numbers)
>
>
> As many of you fellows know, weapons tend to be well outside of whatever
> area of "expertise" I may have. However, I recall reading "Marine[/color]
Sniper",[color=blue]
> the true experience of Carlos Hathcock (and a great read too), a fellow[/color]
who[color=blue]
> is recognized as the finest sniper of the all. Sadly, many of his[/color]
real-life[color=blue]
> exploits have worked their way into Hollywood movies.....Hollywood has so
> many exagerations and ubsurdities that many think his truth is more[/color]
fiction[color=blue]
> (like shooting another sniper through the other sniper's scope).
>
> Anyhow, the opening scene of the book has Carlos Sniping with a basically
> stock...but well maintained M2 Heavy Barrel machine gun. In this scene he
> deliberately shoots the front fork of a moving bicycle with one round. I
> don't recall the exact range...something like a half a mile away.
>
> Satisfied me as to the accuracy of Ma Deuce....and the gunner.
>
>
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Hear, hear, Jon is 100% correct!

Ed
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From: "Jon Shoop" <shoop19@brick.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 20:57
Subject: Re: [MV] M2 Machinegun (was Deuce Bumper Numbers)

[color=blue]
> Attention.......
>
> M2HB Machjinegun has a single shot function.....just release the bolt[/color]
latch[color=blue]
> back on the spades......then will fire one shot at a time. Semi-Auto!
>
> Jon
>
> Have a few M2HBs myself.....
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 1:56 PM
> Subject: [MV] M2 Machinegun (was Deuce Bumper Numbers)
>
>[color=green]
> > I too have read the book about Mr. Hathcock, he did NOT modify the 50[/color][/color]
in[color=blue][color=green]
> > regards to making it non automatic, I understand his skill was at such a
> > level that he could fire only one round at a time. not to say that he[/color][/color]
had[color=blue]
> a[color=green]
> > ammo belt in weapon when used as a sniper rifle... - regarding shooting
> > front fork of bicycle he did this because it was a child riding bicycle
> > caring rifles.
> >
> > He has several confirmed kills at over a mile away.
> >
> > Everette
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <DDoyle9570@aol.com>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:52 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MV] M2 Machinegun (was Deuce Bumper Numbers)
> >
> >
> > As many of you fellows know, weapons tend to be well outside of whatever
> > area of "expertise" I may have. However, I recall reading "Marine[/color]
> Sniper",[color=green]
> > the true experience of Carlos Hathcock (and a great read too), a fellow[/color]
> who[color=green]
> > is recognized as the finest sniper of the all. Sadly, many of his[/color]
> real-life[color=green]
> > exploits have worked their way into Hollywood movies.....Hollywood has[/color][/color]
so[color=blue][color=green]
> > many exagerations and ubsurdities that many think his truth is more[/color]
> fiction[color=green]
> > (like shooting another sniper through the other sniper's scope).
> >
> > Anyhow, the opening scene of the book has Carlos Sniping with a[/color][/color]
basically[color=blue][color=green]
> > stock...but well maintained M2 Heavy Barrel machine gun. In this scene[/color][/color]
he[color=blue][color=green]
> > deliberately shoots the front fork of a moving bicycle with one round.[/color][/color]
I[color=blue][color=green]
> > don't recall the exact range...something like a half a mile away.
> >
> > Satisfied me as to the accuracy of Ma Deuce....and the gunner.
> >
> >
> > ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
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> >[/color]
>
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