I have shot the Barrett 50 semi auto.. It's nice, it's impressive, but shooting it is a let down.
My 300win mag kicks more, and when you shoot it, it sounds like you had someone hit the garage door spring with a hammer when you ear is on it. It's so big and heavy it's a lay at the firing line with it kind of shooting.
The military is phasing them out because unless you have the Barrett ammo, any 50 cal ammo will mess up the barrel in 100 rounds and create waves in it, which then messes up the semi auto blow back, and you get a stove pipe about every 10 rounds. A freshly fired 50 cal casing is not a case that you want to grab after a stove pipe.
