Daisy's .50 BMG Single-Shot

[ohland]

As I was reading a few extra magazines that came with the one I wanted, I was paging through Gun World, Feb 1988, page 32-34.

What the heck? I saw the single-shot .22LR 2201/21/31, bolt action 2202/22/32, and semi-automatic 2203/23/33... BUT... Here is a picture of a bolt action, single-shot .50 BMG by Jerry Haskins.

http://duncanlong.com/science-fiction-fantasy-short-stories/daisy.htm

"During late 1980s Daisy slightly modified the design, so it became convertible to three major "big bore" calibers, .50BMG (12.7x99),12.7x108 Russian, and 14.7x115 Russian."

[NavyVet1959]

As I was reading a few extra magazines that came with the one I wanted, I was paging through Gun World, Feb 1988, page 32-34.

What the heck? I saw the single-shot 2201/21/31, bolt action 2202/22/32, and semi-automatic 2203/23/33... BUT... Here is a picture of a bolt action, single-shot .50 BMG by Jerry Haskins.

http://duncanlong.com/science-fiction-fantasy-short-stories/daisy.htm

"During late 1980s Daisy slightly modified the design, so it became convertible to three major "big bore" calibers, .50BMG (12.7x99),12.7x108 Russian, and 14.7x115 Russian."

You think that perhaps the part of the URL that says "science-fiction-fantasy-short-stories" might give a clue?

On the other hand, I do see the Model 600 mentioned elsewhere:

http://world.guns.ru/sniper/large-caliber-sniper-rifles/usa/m500-m600-m650-e.html

[Scharfschuetze]

We had a couple of the Daisy 50 cal rifles back in the mid to late 80s and they were usually called Haskins Rifles. They were OK accuracy wise but for really long range accuracy it all depended on the lot of ammo that we drew. Back then our 50 cal ammo was all machine gun ammo and wasn't really match or sniper grade stuff.

The bolt didn't have an ejector, but pulled right out of the action in order to knock the empty case out. The bolt face was much like a shell holder for your reloading press. Slip the round in, put it back in the action, fire it and then pull the bolt out and knock the case out. Repeat as necessary. With practice it was pretty fast and some two man teams worked out very efficient and fast reloading techniques with the spotter slipping the round into the bolt face for the shooter. I didn't like that method as it took the spotter's eyes off of the target or objective.

Their tenure with the unit came to an end when the bi-pods broke off.

My tinnitus probably started with this weapon and the Barrett that we used later on didn't help either.