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Condition Description
1 ï‚· Bolt forward Weapon on Safe ï‚· A round in the chamber This condition is also referred to as full load
2 ï‚· Bolt forward on an empty chamber ï‚· Rounds all the way against the cartridge stop Weapon on Safe This condition is also referred to as half load.
3 ï‚· Bolt forward on an empty chamber ï‚· Rounds inserted and held in place by the belt feeding pawl Weapon on Safe
4 ï‚· Bolt forward on an empty chamber ï‚· No source of ammunition Weapon on Safe
A Browning M2 Heavy Machine gun with a 66418 serial would have been manufactured around 1958. Over 3 million M2 .50 cal machine guns have been manufactured.
Depending on condition, $50-$100. These were low dollar/ quality firearms.
At it's most basic, you attach the ammunition feeding device, which can be a belt, a magazine or a clip, charge the gun and press or pull the trigger. The way a machine gun is used depend on what type of a machine gun it is and what attachments and controls it has. Machine guns are generally divided into light and heavy. The FN Minimi/M249 is an example of a Light Machine Gun (LMG), and the Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun is an example of a heavy machine gun. Machine guns can be portable or mounted. Mounts can be mobile or stationary. Machine guns can also be mounted on vehicles, boats and planes. LMG are used to provide fire support for a team of soldiers and are usually carried by one solder. The amminition is split among the rest of the team. Vehicle mounted machine guns can be a secondary defensive weapon, like on a tank, or the main armament, like on some airplanes.
As rifles go, the 50 BMG shoots the farthest with accuracy. The BMG stands for Browning Machine gun. This is the standard 50 caliber machine gun bullet used today as the model M2. The rifle is available as a bolt action or semi-automatic version. It is used for specialized long distance sniper missions.
The Gun Digest Book of Modern Gun Values rates your rife at being worth: 150$ in Excellent condition, 95$ in very good condition, and 50$ in Good condition.
light machine gun is the m249 a medium machine gun is the m240 and the heavy machine gun is the browning m2 50. cal machine gun
45 caliber Machine Gun and 50 caliber machine gun
50. caliber machine gun....period
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See link below to the US Army Field Manual on the Caliber .50 M2 Machine Gun.
50 caliber for US forces
The Browning M2 was first fielded in 1921 - some 12 years before the British fielded their Vickers .50 machine gun, and some 17 years before the Soviets fielded the DsHK machine gun.
50-100
50-150 or so
John Moses Browning
1000
First, regardless of the marking, it is a shotgun. Worth maybe 50-150 USD depending on condition and if anyone wants to buy it.