From:	Mike Loseke <legion@**************.ARMY.MIL>
Subject:	Re: Barret
Date:	Mon, 18 Oct 1993 12:04:50 MDT

Michael Knabusch writes:
>Actually I think that the Barret is based
>more on the Navy S.E.A.L.S. sniping rifle

Vice versa, friend.

>than the Robocop Cobra. The cobra just
>annihilates anything it hits (ED-209's head)
>while both the Barret and the Seals rifle
>only put a rather large hole into what they
>hit. God (the sniper) hit the guy behind
>the wall leaving a large hole in the wall.
>Its what I'd expect to see if a Barret tried to.
>As for the size, having a 5' - 6' gun is pretty
>unconcealable to me. And the Seals gun was .50 cal.

A friend of mine, who left the Marines as a scout sniper a few
months ago, used a few different sniper rifles during his
enlistment. The Barret .50 was among these. Most of the
things he did, and some of the equipment that he used, he
can't talk about (disadvantage of a Top Secret clearance).

Anyway, I asked him specifically about that scene in Navy Seals mentioned
above. He just smiled and said "Ask me again in five years."

And to those who doubt, ball .50 ammo is *extemely* dangerous on it's
own. Make it API-T (Armor Piercing Incendiary with Tracer) and you've
got BIG fun.

Legion