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50 bmg reloading
- Thread starter ADIDAS69
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Yea those itty bitty 5.56 will go right through you.
50 cal does as well, but it makes a big hole. Probably not walking around so good after that.
100 some years and its still going strong. Sometime like the 30-06 you just can't make it enough better for what it costs.
But that's my only thoughts on it.
50 cal does as well, but it makes a big hole. Probably not walking around so good after that.
100 some years and its still going strong. Sometime like the 30-06 you just can't make it enough better for what it costs.
But that's my only thoughts on it.
RC noted:
Nor a 5.56.
On the other hand it’s the biggest gun thrill you’ll ever have from behind the gun. At extended ranges. Really.
Well I would not want to get hit by one.
Nor a 5.56.
On the other hand it’s the biggest gun thrill you’ll ever have from behind the gun. At extended ranges. Really.
50 shooter
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Those Barnes bullets are good for plinking, they also make match grade bullets along with Hornadys AMAX. Just comes down to how much you want to spend on bullets when you reload.
50 Shooter, yeah they were being offered at a pretty decent discount which made them attractive. I’m breaking in a new AR-50 and as I own brass powder and primer this will be cheaper than buying ball ammo. I ordered up 260 projectiles enough to do a proper break in and OCW test. I’ve use the A-max before and they’re great, I purchased several hundread about a year before Obama first got elected my local cabelas was giving them away @ $0.80 which is absolutely unheard of these days. I am disappointed these Barnes are swagged solid copper not turned, but we’ll see how they do.
50 shooter
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I was talking to a friend yesterday about all things, ball bullets for the .50.
Back when we got into .50's, ball, AP, API... were about a dime each! Now that AP are coming to an end (haven't been made in US since WWII) the prices keep increasing. What's weird is that ball is going up also and it's still being made.
At one time another friend of ours had 20K brass projos made that looked like an M33 ball. Cost him about .50 cents each and he made his money back and then some. Right now you couldn't do the same thing, if you could I'd be all over it. Plus being turned solids they were far more accurate then the standard M33 projos made by swagging a jacket over a steel slug.
We also thought about cast/sintered bullets from scrap brass but even that probably won't cost less than doing it on a CNC machine. All of the machinist that I've talked to that need work some how find that it's going to cost them $2-5 each to just stand there and watch the bullets being made...
Back when we got into .50's, ball, AP, API... were about a dime each! Now that AP are coming to an end (haven't been made in US since WWII) the prices keep increasing. What's weird is that ball is going up also and it's still being made.
At one time another friend of ours had 20K brass projos made that looked like an M33 ball. Cost him about .50 cents each and he made his money back and then some. Right now you couldn't do the same thing, if you could I'd be all over it. Plus being turned solids they were far more accurate then the standard M33 projos made by swagging a jacket over a steel slug.
We also thought about cast/sintered bullets from scrap brass but even that probably won't cost less than doing it on a CNC machine. All of the machinist that I've talked to that need work some how find that it's going to cost them $2-5 each to just stand there and watch the bullets being made...
Emerson Biggies
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I only shoot mine in the 100 to 200 yard plinking range. I still have a can of GI Ball pulls that cost 45 cents each. Run them thru a sizing die for peace of mind. They are more accurate than the shooter. There are a number of sellers at the Knob Creek MG shoot selling GI pulls of various breeds at good prices.