Where do you plan on shooting it? Just asking because i dont know of any where to stretch a .50 on the west side.
Yakima. Not the city, though it could probably use it, but the surrounding desert. I got one place mapped out that's about a 5 mile open stretch with what seems to be no real elevation. Just south of YTC, west of Hanford (won't be on most maps). You can also shoot between mountain passes and hillocks. It eliminates having to clear and make safe 2 miles of area, and you won't find that short of a clear cut. There's a guy on here that sponsors shoots out to a mile and does just this. Limit is .338 to shoot with him though. Just shoot south of Rainier park. That land is BLM land and it belongs to you.
But in Lynnwood, yeah, it's gonna be a drive no matter how you cut it. I've never shot on Tiger Mtn., and I think they screwed that up anyway. Besides, probably no range for that.
Ft. Lewis has the range, but by law they only have to make one available and that's 15. 300m max. They SHOULD open one of the 20's, particularly the UKD range and stage the firing lines on weekends. But those are mostly 1000m. The 155mm impact area (it's awesome because nobody ever went there!) and this one "sniper" range (the narrow one with the attic and culvert) are the best I've ever shot.
There's one 1000y range that's in Cle Elum or Elbe or somewhere out there. I've never shot it. They limit that range to .50 only like one weekend a month if memory serves.
Just ordered a DTA, don't have it yet. I liked that one because lots of folks gave it praise (one guy on here owns others and bought that one because it impressed him enough). It also appears cost effective, AND you can order the barrel and chassis separate, and that'll help a lot with cost I imagine. The list of features on that rifle sort of speaks for itself. Good folks to deal with. If you want it suppressed, Elite Iron indexes the can to the individual barrel and they're who I'm going with. DTA HTI uses a funky threading, so not everyone will make a can for it. But after you talk to the owner, you won't care; his shit doesn't look ninja, but he doesn't blow smoke up your ass either and appears very honest. It sucks having to wait on the barrel, then the can after that, but hey, you want it accurate, right?
Scoping it is expensive as hell, loading is expensive as hell, it is hard on parts and brass and the barrel won't last nearly as long. The can is expensive. Primers are WAY expensive. Like fucking ridiculous. You'll want a 4 wheeler or a long range wireless cam for targets, steels cost more because the thinner shit won't work. There WAS an armor manufacturer that was willing to make me some targets out of steel way stronger than AR500 but they aren't in business anymore. There is a guy that can make 'em in (.75"?).
BUT, it'll have some reach and the KE of that round is bar none. It does have a big dick factor, but I wouldn't show it off much, and you won't be shooting it at ranges others frequent anyway.
Since you live out here, take into consideration weight. You're likely gonna have to hike it in to ranges, and you won't wanna leave it if you go downrange and are alone. Oh, and the suppressor is damn nice, a big deal. Some of those fuckface antis hike out there and if they pinpoint the location of a shot, they'll be calling it in --regardless of the fact it's legal. And that .50 is one hell of a lot louder than my 6.5G I imagine. There's a picture on a WA land site that shows a guy shooting a 9mm in a fucking clear cut. Miles of open stumps around, and some asshole took his picture from so far away you can barely tell what he's doing (any closer and they'd have been spotted) and they posted it like it's illegal, which it was, but because he was next to a road. But they let that detail slide.
Be careful and know where you can shoot. And if you don't REALLY want a .50, don't get it. A .338LM would make most happy and it's far more useful on a day to day basis. I mean, it uses normal shit at least. I almost got that until I got my settlement, then it was .50/.375CT all the way.
