2/16/2005: Truck sold as consumer vehicle

[FloridaDragon]

I agree, I don't want one either....well maybe that one time I had a hummer 2 think that I would get out of his way because he was bigger than my Jeep even though I had right of way .. I ignored him, he almost lost it off the road trying to not hit me then flipped the bird and ranted and raved for a while, kept putting on his blinker like I was going to pull over and "discuss" it with him ... that would have resulted in a discussion with my tire iron and if worse came to worse, my S&W 40 cal. ... so I continued to ignore him which pissed him off worse (good!)

[Krackel]

I heard about this truck on the radio, they said it can withstand nuclear, biological, chemical, attacks... or "NBC-safe".........no joke.......

[xoxoxoBruce]

Hey, welcome to the Cellar, Krackel.

They're way out of Hummer territory, they're competing with the Navistar XT Family. We had discussed that one at length in LJ's forum, but that's kaput.
Also the Grandad in this class the Mercedes-Benz Unimog in it's military iterations.

[Gromitspapa]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Hey, welcome to the Cellar, Krackel.

They're way out of Hummer territory, they're competing with the Navistar XT Family. We had discussed that one at length in LJ's forum, but that's kaput.
Also the Grandad in this class the Mercedes-Benz Unimog in it's military iterations.

Curious- what's LJ's forum and what's kaput?

[wolf]

Originally Posted by Krackel

I heard about this truck on the radio, they said it can withstand nuclear, biological, chemical, attacks... or "NBC-safe".........no joke.......

If that's true, this goes on my "I wan't one" list.

[Brown Thrasher]

Originally Posted by Krackel

I heard about this truck on the radio, they said it can withstand nuclear, biological, chemical, attacks... or "NBC-safe".........no joke.......

Does that mean it can withstand the new 50 caliber weapon; to be sold at your nearby wal-mart soon. I saw an exibition of this gun. It took this guy two shots at a thousand yards to shoot through a target which consisted of 2 inch steel. Bullet went right through the steel. He had never shot the gun previously. I'm not against a citizens rights to arms, but I do think this gun is taking it a little to far.... Unless you need to shoot a Humvee at a thousand yards. However, if it can withstand nuclear attacks; I'm really asking a dumb question.... Better get to work......North Korea, Iran, Syria. Just to name a few. Main concern of the government is the ability of terrorist to shoot down Jets taking off or landing at your local airport. I'm not sure of the company but you can legally purchace one of these weapons in the u.s today.

[Troubleshooter]

Regardless of the company, it's very difficult to regulate civvie to civvie sales of legal firearms, much less illegal sales.

[Brown Thrasher]

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

Regardless of the company, it's very difficult to regulate civvie to civvie sales of legal firearms, much less illegal sales.

I agree. It still scares me though. I know what my little 380 will do. This is a weapon that makes a m-16/ AK47 look like a pump B.B gun I had at 10........

[Troubleshooter]

One thing will keep too many of them out of most people's hands, price. They run about $7k.

[404Error]

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

One thing will keep too many of them out of most people's hands, price. They run about $7k.

"Yeah, it's an .88 magnum, it shoots through schools!" (quote from a movie I don't remember the name of. Anybody?)

This new one by Barrett is half that price. Of course, I want one!

Barrett M99 (Big Shot)
- Optical sight mount
- Air/Watertight carrying case
- Cleaning equipment
- Detachable bipod with adjustable legs
- Scope and Rings Priced Separately
- Retail Price $3,410.00

[xoxoxoBruce]

The m-16 and ak-47(74) are designed for different scenarios.
The .50 took two shots to penetrate the steel? There are already weapons out there that will do it in one, so why worry about this one.

[Brown Thrasher]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The m-16 and ak-47(74) are designed for different scenarios.
The .50 took two shots to penetrate the steel? There are already weapons out there that will do it in one, so why worry about this one.

Maybe, I mistated my point. The guy shooting the rifle took two shots to hit the target because he had never fired it before. The shot that hit the target wnt through the two inch steel plate. I don't know of any rifles out there that can shoot through a steel plate the size of a 5 gallon bucket at a thousand yards. Also, the weapons of anykind, that I am aware of that could do the same damage are not being sold legally. You are right about one thing the m-16 and ak-47 were meant to shoot people usually one at a time. they were not meant to shoot down airplanes. I think that the cost will keep any law abiding person from just having to have one. However, I'm not sure about hostiles foreign or otherwise that do have the means. I'm realy no more worried about this weapon than I am having another terrorist attack on our country.