Kelemvor

Newb question: I keep seeing the acronym "BG" used in reference to an intruder of sorts, what does this stand for?

Thanks 323. I knew it was an anti-materiel rifle, I just wasn't sure how often it is used. Sucks to hear about your hearing loss. Do you guys not wear any noise limiting hearing protection?

If I was going to go through all that trouble, I'd just get a .510 Whisper so I could at least have some knockdown power. Does Liberty make a can for that?

If it was 1 sniper, a mile away, shooting at a lonely group of a half dozen insurgents, sure, they are all dead. However, what happens when they are closer and larger in number, or even worse, there is a counter sniping unit looking for said sniper? If nightrunner is right, then that answers my question, a suppressor would eliminate the problem of the dust cloud, muzzle flash, and a considerable amount of recoil. My other question still stands, though. Can a suppressor really bring the sound within "hearing safe" levels?

Okay, so the Barrett M82’s and MacMillan Tac-50’s and pretty much all other .50BMG chambered rifles have huge muzzle brakes to bring the recoil down to a reasonable amount. While this does take like 60% of the recoil off, how do snipers manage to not totally give away their positions with a huge cloud of dust when they shoot one of these rifles? I know that they have the ports to the side, but it still doesn’t make sense that the pressure being directed to the sides will prevent dust kick up. Do they shoot them without the brake on? I have seen silencers made for .50BMG as well, which they cannot port in any direction. Is the trapping of the gasses enough to reduce the recoil to manageable levels? Speaking of manageable levels, the AAC Cyclops is supposed to reduce the report of a .50BMG rifle to hearing safe levels. Can anyone here attest to this?

edited original post to include more detail regarding education/occupation

Hey guys, I just found this forum today and it appears to be pretty active and well put together, so I'm excited to get to discuss firearms with active local/semi-local people. I am a 23 year-old, married, Junior mechanical engineering student. I enjoy cars, guns, computers, video games, rock climbing, and various other outdoors things. My "arsenal" consists of a Marlin Model 60 with a Bushnell 3-9x32mm Rimfire Scope, a New England Pardner 12ga Single Shot, and a CMMG M4LEP Carbine Rifle. I am fairly new to shooting, but I have done a lot of research and brain-picking, so I have a little knowledge under my belt. I can field strip and function check my M4 in 45 seconds and do it blindfolded in 2-3 min. Taking apart a gun and putting it together is probably the most satisfying part about gun ownership to me. -Kelemvor