Assault suspect fires more than 800 rounds, killing Texas deputy, sheriff says

[fresch]

I hear it was a flint lock 50 cal..
It was a 12hr stand off.

 

[Robin]

Damn!!!, thats about four Lb's of black powder and a couple days of steady shooting.
Robin

 

[fresch]

Plus the bed sheets!

 

[Saltwater60]

Again we're assuming that the semi-automatic Rifle was an AR-15 or AK47 variant, one even assumed an FRT was in place...I'll even speculate that it could be done with either, but not easily certainly would take time to cool the barrel and swap magazines, even Belt fed are generally <=250 rounds at a time.

Maybe. Other rifles have 30-round mags though.

 

[thughes]

Maybe. Other rifles have 30-round mags though.

I've got 60 rounders and drums for mine. Just saying....

 

[FP1201]

I've got 60 rounders and drums for mine. Just saying....eene

Had my share of Drum's before the ban, pretty anti-climatic shooting fast with a ten round limit...
Shooter could have been using a .22 for all we know...not too hard to have a thousand rounds sitting right beside you.