I recently had the chance to go to Battery Oaks and meet up with Billy at his range. His outdoor range is very nice and well laid out. He has a "short" range for up close work, and he has a 300 yard long range that crosses a pond! ( Billy, I want to put a jonboat in the pond and shoot from it into the target area! ) All of Billy's range facilities are nice and very clean. I will be going back soon for more big bore testing and hopefully a stay in the bunkhouse!
Bad weather was all around and rain kept us off the outdoor range for the afternoon. We moved to the indoor range/lab and I tested some of Billy's B&M big bore AR platforms for an upcoming project. Billy and Mike's (B&M) development on their big caliber loads is second to none. They have a state-of-the-art indoor test range /laboratory equipped with the finest instruments available. They have developed some very big, very hard-hitting, very accurate big bore cartridges. We ran several different loads through the chrono and used both AR15 and AR10 platforms for testing. Those B&M .50s definitely THUMP in a box-magazine fed AR-10 platform.
The AR15 chambered in .458 B&M Super Short was a fast action, hard hitter. It would be the ULTIMATE hog hunting gun...(as well as any big game animal on the NA continent..!) Fast shooting, lightweight, and hits like a massive hammer. Nothing is currently on the market quite like this combo...
Mike was quoted as saying " This round will turn a hog inside out..." He also showed me the trophy game room... The pictures are self-explanatory....
I can't thank Billy enough for taking some pictures while I was testing, and Mike for his knowledge and expertise with the big bore stuff while we were in the lab. It was a good day on the range.
.458 B&M Super Short
If you can make it to Billy's event in October, I can guarantee you, you will not be disappointed.
Bad weather was all around and rain kept us off the outdoor range for the afternoon. We moved to the indoor range/lab and I tested some of Billy's B&M big bore AR platforms for an upcoming project. Billy and Mike's (B&M) development on their big caliber loads is second to none. They have a state-of-the-art indoor test range /laboratory equipped with the finest instruments available. They have developed some very big, very hard-hitting, very accurate big bore cartridges. We ran several different loads through the chrono and used both AR15 and AR10 platforms for testing. Those B&M .50s definitely THUMP in a box-magazine fed AR-10 platform.
The AR15 chambered in .458 B&M Super Short was a fast action, hard hitter. It would be the ULTIMATE hog hunting gun...(as well as any big game animal on the NA continent..!) Fast shooting, lightweight, and hits like a massive hammer. Nothing is currently on the market quite like this combo...
Mike was quoted as saying " This round will turn a hog inside out..." He also showed me the trophy game room... The pictures are self-explanatory....
I can't thank Billy enough for taking some pictures while I was testing, and Mike for his knowledge and expertise with the big bore stuff while we were in the lab. It was a good day on the range.
.458 B&M Super Short
If you can make it to Billy's event in October, I can guarantee you, you will not be disappointed.
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