frnkeore wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2018 at 11:16am:


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A Benbrook man told Fort Worth police Tuesday he may have shot a 62-year-old woman with a stray .50 caliber bullet at Texas Motor Speedway over the weekend.

Jill King Moss said the bullet crashed through her RV, hit her arm and then ended up lodged in the wall on Sunday.

Kennith Jaramillo, 49, told detectives the bullet may have come from his weapon. He said he was target shooting Sunday about five miles away near a rifle range from about 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., police said.

Jaramillo told police he came forward after a friend told him about a news report on the shooting.

The bullet fractured Moss' arm in four places. She was recovering at Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth on Sunday.

Police confiscated Jaramillo's rifle to conduct ballistics tests to see if the weapon matches the recovered bullet.

Jaramillo could face charges in connection with the shooting if police the stray bullet came from his rifle, police said.

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As I recall, he was a rancher who was shooting on his property. Tests determined he did not hit her.  Some one else shooting a 50 BMG in the area did it.  The problem seems to be the typical pile of dirt used for back stops does not even slow down the 50 BMG.  

WE banned them at Tacoma because members complained of being run off the line and houses are within  50 yards of the firing line.   The safety baffles will not hold an errant round.  Kenmore had an idiot shoot a shot through their baffles.  They called the police who held him until they were sure no one was hit and no damage done down range.  His lucky day!

The big 50's aren't anything new. Back numerous decades ago Fred Wells built .50 calibers on Pattern 17 Enfield actions by necking out the .460 Weatherby Magnum to .50 caliber. Later Fred made up his own oversized Mauser type actions for the .50 caliber round. 
I had a neighbor who worked for Fred and Rachel Wells and had one of the early versions built on the old Enfield action. The gun weighed 12 pounds, and was still too brutal for most people to fire more than once.

some one should look at the date of the OP.  Still generated  a fun discussion and I would  like to see the video

Go Blue!

Fair enough,  thought you may be baiting the April gullibles..... my apologies  if that isn't the case

uscra112 wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2018 at 8:01pm:


Offhand would  be much more forgiving to the shooter than bench or prone! At least the recoil would allow the shooter some back steps if shooting offhand, where benchrest would likely roll you off your chair or seat.

marlinguy wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2018 at 10:30am:


I didn't mention it. because I'm not too sure of my memory, but the exclamation point was due to the weight being something like 40 lbs.    I wish I could at least remember which decade.  I want to think it was 1950s.