That picture in post 18 is awesome! Im sure the officers that responded wanted nothing more than to shoot the 50 but like others have said they probably didn't want to get involved.
Thanks for the props to us at OCSD. I'll pass it on to the guys that responded.
Black or brown uniforms?
I have an interesting story that I should have posted awhile ago.
I was at my mothers house which is adjacent to a closed quarry (we have permission to shoot in parts of). We were having a little fun and really opening up the 50bmg out to ~800yds, shooting a little tannerite, sighting in the 22-250 and so on. Its really great to shoot into a 150ft+ crumbling rock wall as your backstop. Yes, yes I know I have a distance range and backstop that only some could dream of. I feel really blessed for that.
Anyway, apparently there was a rather insane number of phone calls to the police department (25+) about the "explosions" going on. I know that the sounds probably echoed coming out of the quarry and such, but it is a good 300-350yds to the closest house (behind us) from where we were shooting.
The sheriff dept responded with 2 officers. They were very polite and courteous, asked about our backstop, and asked how much hearing protection we were wearing. I asked them if they wanted to give it a go on the 50bmg, they declined and said maybe next time (with a chuckle). They wished up luck and told us to be safe.
The end.
I know not exciting at all, they did their job and made sure the things going on were all legal and went on their way.