50 cal. Shooting

[Gearhead1]

How many members shoot 50 cal. rifles ? what type are they, are they a wildcat cartridge or standard BMG. round

[Japlmg]

AR50 and a M2 BHMG.
Yes I load my own.
Gregg

[dk17hmr]

I have a 50 caliber wildcat based on the RUM case.

[Lloyd Smale]

Had a 50ak still have a 50 Beowulf

[LAH]

Handi-Rifle in 500 S&W.

[troyboy]

2nd the .50 S&W Handi

[southpaw]

3rd with a handi in 500 s&w. Also have the S&W 500. Would love to get a 50 bmg tho. I like the ar 50 and the bushmaster ba 50.

Jerry Jr.

[StrawHat]

1866 Springfield barrel and action. let into a Mississippi 1841 stock and lock.

Kevin

[SOFMatchstaff]

Barrett M99, Bushmaster BA50, both 50 BMG.
M8C Spotter, 50 Spotter-Tracer
CAR 15 in 50 Baby Woof(50AE imp), and AR15 50 Beo.
Rem RB in 50-70.
1911 - 50GI

[Lloyd Smale]

some cool stuff! You need to get your self a 500 linebaugh single action to round off your collection
Barrett M99, Bushmaster BA50, both 50 BMG.
M8C Spotter, 50 Spotter-Tracer
CAR 15 in 50 Baby Woof(50AE imp), and AR15 50 Beo.
Rem RB in 50-70.
1911 - 50GI

[Bulldogger]

Does a .54 caliber TC Renegade count? :-)

[McFred]

I have a 50 caliber wildcat based on the RUM case.
I have a 50 caliber wildcat based on the WSM case, though the reamer could be run in deeper to use the RUM case.

[bbailey7821]

Beowulf, BFR, Barrett 99, TC Katahdin...they are all a blast to shoot!

[SOFMatchstaff]

some cool stuff! You need to get your self a 500 linebaugh single action to round off your collection

You notice that they are all shoulder fired for the most part, My 41 mags are enough....

[Jedman]

I have several handi rifles in 50-70. I also have a old H&A falling block shotgun that I re barreled. to 50-70. I made up a dummy round for a wildcat using the WSM case also like McFred mentioned, it is almost the same size as a 50-70 so I didn't make a reamer.
I also made a single shot using a 50 cal. muzzleloader barrel chambered to a short case of 1.275" using 8 mm Lebel rimmed cases and slightly modified 50 AE dies. Looks like a big fat 38 special.

My next project is converting a 50 cal. CVA Apex barrel to 50-70.

Jedman

[Whiterabbit]

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=113393&d=1407896316

Put it together myself. 510 wells express which is a 460 weatherby necked up to 510 caliber and given a longer neck (nice for boolits)

EASILY shoots "safari rifle accuracy" with the 850 grain NOE boolit. I have two accuracy nodes, both at reduced loads. One at 1500 fps and one at 1900 fps. I'll bet there is an accuracy node approaching 2300 fps which might actually use the cartridge to it's full potential, but my shoulder can barely handle 1900 fps. I can shoot the 1500 all day, like shooting a 3.5" 12 ga slug gun with 2 oz slugs.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=103168&d=1398407460

650 grain m33, 850 grain NOE, 425 grain 515141 (or 142, I always forget which is which). I dream of owning a linebaugh, GNR, or even a 50 special to shoot that small boolit with. large frame vaquero.

Come to think of it, a large frame BFR in 50/70 to shoot both NOE and m33 ball would be slick too.

[Lloyd Smale]

can you say OUCH!!!! Now that's a cannon!!
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=113393&d=1407896316

Put it together myself. 510 wells express which is a 460 weatherby necked up to 510 caliber and given a longer neck (nice for boolits)

EASILY shoots "safari rifle accuracy" with the 850 grain NOE boolit. I have two accuracy nodes, both at reduced loads. One at 1500 fps and one at 1900 fps. I'll bet there is an accuracy node approaching 2300 fps which might actually use the cartridge to it's full potential, but my shoulder can barely handle 1900 fps. I can shoot the 1500 all day, like shooting a 3.5" 12 ga slug gun with 2 oz slugs.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=103168&d=1398407460

650 grain m33, 850 grain NOE, 425 grain 515141 (or 142, I always forget which is which). I dream of owning a linebaugh, GNR, or even a 50 special to shoot that small boolit with. large frame vaquero.

Come to think of it, a large frame BFR in 50/70 to shoot both NOE and m33 ball would be slick too.

[cliff55]

custom early longrifle flint in 50 cal.
Sniper rifle of it's day

[Whiterabbit]

can you say OUCH!!!! Now that's a cannon!!

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=59324&d=1358906826

The leaded rifle round is 7x57. The jacketed rifle round is 338 lapua. Then two 510 wells, one with a 50/70 RN boolit, the other with m33 ball.

:)

[Plastikosmd]

Bore riding bmg projectiles I shoot. One next to a .223
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/plastikosmd/bmg/baedeca9c6a1055939d204384e9a1b23_zps8a215b94.jpg

[missionary5155]

Greetings
Have a repro 1876 in 50-95 and several 50-70 Trapdoors and a Roller.
Next time up will have my 1886 (jap) 45-70 rebored to 500 Alaskan.
Mike in Peru

[06ackley]

I have an Enfield that Richard at Special Interest Arms converted to 50AE,Freedom Arms 555 in 50AE,and of course the Desert Eagle in 50ae. I really like that cartridge

[jrap]

I've been meaning to get a 50bmg upper for a special AR build but that hasn't happened yet. I have a 357 desert eagle so eventually I'll get a conversion kit to 50 AE. I might be getting a 50-70 soon

[Electric88]

I don't know if a smoke pole counts, but I've got one of those in 50 caliber. I also have a 50 Beowulf that is an absolute beast.. I love shooting that thing :D

[sixonetonoffun]

500/375 wildcat shoots .501 bullets but haven't found the perfect bullet yet. Am considering cast to get what I want. Though not sure what that is exactly. Something a little more aerodynamic then S&W bullets. Would like to see no more then 20" drop @300 yards from a 400gr +- projectile.

375 Barnes XPB's are close but I haven't been able to push them as fast as I'd hoped. Wish they had a banded version. Can get 350gr XTP's up to 2490-2500 fps easily but they have the bc of a brick and no integrity at that speed.

Safari loads are no problem. Just like to get a little more out of it yardage wise.

That 510 has to be a bone crusher on both ends!

[ArcticGoose]

Up here in Alaska I hunt with a Winchester 1886 in 50 Express. It's not an original, but a conversion done by Turnbull.

[ohnomrbillk]

Barrett M99, Bushmaster BA50, both 50 BMG.
M8C Spotter, 50 Spotter-Tracer
CAR 15 in 50 Baby Woof(50AE imp), and AR15 50 Beo.
Rem RB in 50-70.
1911 - 50GI

sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I'm interested in the 50 Baby Woof.

Any info on that AR15?

[Scharfschuetze]

I shot the M107 Barrett a bit in the service and found it to be quite a beast, particularly to carry.

The only 50 cal rifle that I shoot now is a Model 1870 Trapdoor Springfield in 50/70 so I don't know a thing about the 50 Baby Wolf. I'll have to Google it.

[Lonegun1894]

Mine is a .50 Lyman GPR flintlock. I got tired of carrying the Barrett 82A1, even if we did take turns.

[Lloyd Smale]

love mine. It puts those big 50s into moa at a 100 yards and accounted for an 8 pointer last year. Sorry guys but it was shot with a rainier flat nose plated bullet.
sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I'm interested in the 50 Baby Woof.

Any info on that AR15?

[SOFMatchstaff]

OK, sorry I didnt see this sooner, got a PM that woke me up, and I responded to William. The BabyWoof is my own derivative of the 50AE in an AR platform. LOtsa brass and a lousy experience/opinion of the Delphon upper that I acquired stimulated a better build project. Worked out well, and I just about finished the last modification that I deemed necessary.

[BS2]

I have a Rimmed RUM .500 cal. 1.8"s long on a Ruger #3. It will shoot the RUM cases, 50 AK, 50-110s, or 348s.
My summer varmint load shoots a copper plated 335 at 1850 fps. out of a 22" bbl.

[Clay M]

I shoot a 74 Shiloh Sharps in .50/90 .
I load a Lyman 500 gr bullet with 100grs of 1F.
It is very accurate at 100 yds.
I have not tried it at 200 yet.

[GONRA]

GONRA hasa Barrett M82A1 and a belt fed M2 semiautos.
Shot 'em just a little. Did a LOT of ammo prep verk.
Gettin' too olde for these big guys.

[MT Chambers]

I use a C. Sharps '74 in 50/90....aka; "Big 50" or "Poison Slinger" in the old days.

[Clay M]

My .50/90 Sharps, and my Gibson Custom Shop '59 335 are my two favorite possessions in the world.

My dream would be to go to Africa and kill a Cape Buffalo with that rifle.

I no longer have to money to fulfill that dream.

I love the .405 win equally as well, but my .50/90 Sharps is a custom built rifle to my specifications.

It is always exciting to shoot the Big Fifty..Always..

[northmn]

My sons friend bought a 50 Barrett in the 50 BMG caliber. To take the recoil the gun weighed over 30 pounds. They made a soft point for the rifle and took it deer hunting and shot a nice doe with the rifle. The bullet blew a hold in the off side about the size of a football according to the user. Videoed the experience and posted it on You-Tube. Funny thing was that the deer ran about 70 yards after being hit. Always use this example when I see these arguements about large caliber advantage for deer as that is about as big as they can get. He claims he still gets comments on that video.
50 cals were made illegal in some Western states as not being "Fair chase". Would have to mount that rifle to carry it any distance as it was very heavy.

DP

[bbailey7821]

166206 Nice shot of the muzzle blast from a 4 inch S&W 500

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