CHEYTAC M200

Re: CHEYTAC M200

I have been told it is more accurate than the 50 cal. How does it compare to the 50 cal as far as effective range and how close is is it as far as down range penitration? How is the recoil? what is the longest hit on a target made by anyone who has fired one?
 
Re: CHEYTAC M200

I was lucky to shoot the M200 with the Cheytac lads at SHOT08 in vegas. SERIOUS piece of kit with the suppressor on!

We were shooting out past 1700 yards up into the mountains with a 6 oclock wind gusting to probably 15 mph.

Had no problems hitting what we were aiming at.
IF I could, I WOULD own one..

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Re: CHEYTAC M200

That isn't necessarily true. Perhaps when shooting standard 50BMG Ball ammo, but it can be made to be quite accurate. The .408CT was designed to stay supersonic at extreme range (2000+ yards) and it does that quite well, though the 375/408 outperforms out performs it. Still, the 50BMG has Mk211 which gives it a significant edge for HTI over .408CT. They are both cartridges that can be accurate at distance.
 
Re: CHEYTAC M200

A guy over on the silencertalk forums just built a can for his 408:
http://www.silencertalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34412

Aside from the profiled barell i cant tell if that is a cheytac or an EDM. He talks about making that handguard himself. I have an EDM M96 nice rifle too and im not sure a cheytac warrents like double the price. My M96 with lathe turned projos will perform at around 1200-1800 just fine. If i wanted to go further i would buy a lawton built 375.
The thing about 50's is, if sht really did go down, 50 ammo would be easy to find vs 408 would be impossible.

CJG
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rotortuner</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
The thing about 50's is, if sht really did go down, 50 ammo would be easy to find vs 408 would be impossible.
CJG </div></div>

I wonder if that is really true? After the recent difficulties obtaining .223 ammo I am starting to wonder...