The most powerful rifle on this list, the 50 caliber BMG, ... Click here to see the most powerful hunting rifles. Remington Model 700 (CC BY-SA 3.0) by User:M855GT. 30. 7mm Remington Magnum ...

Though too powerful to be a practical hunting weapon, rifles chambered for 50 caliber ammunition are available to civilians in much of the United States. (Here is a look at the 16 sniper rifles ...

Sen. Karl Rhoads said .50 caliber bullets and the guns that fire them have no place in civilian life. “It’s a sniper rifle. It can kill a person from, I don’t know, a mile and a half away.