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There is a lot of caliber discussion going on here lately and a lot of trivia, so to keep up with the times... Which .40 caliber round is used in specialty sniper rifles, costs ~$7.00 a round and comes with 305gr and 419gr projectiles? To my knowledge it isn't available to the general public...yet!
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Its either the 408 Cheytac or the 416 Barret -
Whoops, I submitted to fast. I also wanted to mention that I would imagine both are currently being used.Comment
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I was going to suggest the .416 Barrett. I wasn't even aware of the .408 Cheytac!Comment
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Run of the mill standard ammo that used to be readily available still isn't currently available to the general public. Yet, when it finally once again is I fear the price will be close to $7.00 a round. A lot more change than I ever hoped for.Comment
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I think the .408 Cheyenne Tactical is based on the .400 Taylor Magnum, so that's a "twofer."Comment
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Looks like Krusty hit the bull!
The .408 Cheyenne Tactical (Cheytac) was designed to offer .50BMG performance in a package not much bigger or much more punishing than the .338 Lapua Magnum.
While the rounds do cost $7.00 each I would imagine that with a rifle you can actually carry without the help of a forklift, that offers similar ballistics to the .50BMG it would make a fearsome weapon.
Moose anyone?
Oh ED, don't worry about not knowing about it, it hasn't made much news; in fact I only heard a small blip about it from a news report years back, the only thing I remembered from the report was that it was a .408 caliber the rest was research. Now if I can only find a dealer that is not wearing a uniform!Comment
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WoW....The Things you can learn on this site!
I would have guessed a 405W necked down on a 50Cal Brass....+ 1 msp18Comment
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