However, to eradicate tourists in the most effective way may I suggest napalm for large concentrations such as those that congregate at the Guinness plant for tours? All you need are a few hundred gallons of gasoline, a couple hundred pounds of melted soap stirred in, and a distribution device (airplane, large barrels tied together with det-chord, or a flame thrower). You will simultaneously achieve Dubya’s goals of increasing oil prices and removing terrorists.

I must say, incendiary sounds like great craic. I’m not sure about depleted uranium though. I take an anti-nuclear stance. But I suppose, if it’s depleted……

The BMG means Browning Machine Gun. Originally the .50BMG was just that - a big chunk of lead fired through a very fast machine gun (intended by Mr. Browning to shoot down aircraft). It was later chambered in the M82 rifle by the US military for long-range sniping (albeit in Vietnam it was proved a 50 BMG round on a scoped machine gun was extremely effective at long range on human targets). The M82 was later slightly modified and renamed the M107 because some idiot couldn’t figure out how to make his books balance at the war department.

I think the real question is what type of bullet to use. If you’re hunting buses then you’ll need an armor plated version or possibly a depleted uranium round for extra hardness. This should easily destroy even the most hardened engine blocks (and penetrate the occasional tank).

If you’re hunting general targets and you don’t know whether or not you’re going to fire at tourists or buses then I would just use the standard full metal jacket (FMJ) 690 grain boat-tail for the best balance of down-rage kinetic energy and accuracy. It’s a good compromise of weight and ballistics.

If you’re just hunting tourists for fun then might I suggest that you use the M23 incendiary round which will give you a nice light show on anything marginally flammable.

Of course, if you’re particularly pissed-off you could go with the Caliber .50, Armor-Piercing-Incendiary, Mk 211 Mod 0 which is a “combined effects” round in the HEIAP category (High-Explosive-Incendiary-Armor-Piercing). It is easily identified by a green tip with a grey ring and is kept on the top shelf at the local armory.

At a mile the bullet from the Barrett will be falling almost straight down when reaching the target. At 1,760 yards the bullet trajectory will show a drop of approximately 90 feet (assuming it was zeroed at 100 yards). And, no, that is not a misprint I said “feet”. Think of a well thrown rock tossed across a pond at a frog on a lily pad and you’ve got the idea. Even a light breeze could throw the bullet off its path by yards before reaching the target.

If the Canuck was squatting then it squats to reason that his junk was hanging below him. The bullet would have entered through the top of his skull which would have exploded from the shock wave, his upper torso would have come apart from the kinetic energy, and his left nut would have probably disappeared with his right and whatever he may have had in the middle as the bullet exited.

I think the guy in Chicago got off easy….

On the other hand, Grandad, you might want to be careful shooting at Canadians. It’s not against the Geneva Convention to shoot at people with a .50 BMG, in fact, two Canadians have the record for the longest sniper kill using the same round. The bad guys they tagged were at over 2,000 meters (1.25 miles) in Afghanistan. And, yes, I did say “guys” they got two of them in a row. Doc might not appreciate you getting him killed too….

Sean and Robert - I’m too old a hand to be taken in by false flags. I could tell they were Canadians by their walk, anyway. I think it’s something to do with wearing snow-shoes a lot.

SID - Of course I saw that post. I loved the idea of the trip around the world!!

Brianf - Please dispatch 100,000 rounds of API immediately.

*API = Armor Piercing Incendiary