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Originally Posted by sharpyetblunt
I feel like the gun is a massive red herring. The only thing that gun would be useful for is taking out a vehicle or something armored maybe. That isnt Walt's style though. He would make a bomb or find a more inventive way of doing things. Let us not forget as well hes just a science teacher turned drug dealer. He doesnt know **** about firing heavy machine guns. Especially guns which usually require two people to use. It would be a ****ty plan.
Yeah, the M60 has to be intended for use against a vehicle or multiple people or vehicles. If you just wanted to kill a single person a hunting rifle would be more effective and could be easily and legally purchased. I also think Mike is the only person we know who could use it effectively. Sure, Walt could read the manual and fire off some practice shots in the desert, but Mike is Mike.
Wild speculation 1: There is increasing tension with Madrigal or the cartel and the M60 is part of a plan to ambush a vehicle convoy along with Walt-made IEDs.
Wild speculation 2: An increasingly desperate Walt knows the DEA is closing in on Heisenberg. He intends to plant the gun somewhere to either send them in the wrong direction or make them believe someone else (probably recently deceased) is actually Heisenberg.