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  1. 50BMG & 12.7X99mm Case Capacity

    Handloading Procedures/Practices
    What is the lowest and highest capacity you have measured for a 50BMG? Wikipedia says 292.8 gr H2O (18.97 cm3) for 50BMG. That's all I could find. How much do you think it will vary from one manufacturer to the other?
  2. 50-408

    Wildcat Cartridges
    Hello again everybody. Would there be any sense in necking down a 50BMG to 408 and use a 700gr 408 bullet having BC of 0.85 (G7) and an SD of 0.4 besides that it would make for a very long cartridge? 180mm actually which would be ah 7". I think you would get superior penetration over a longer...
  3. affordable gun in 50 BMG

    Rifles and Rifle Cartridges
    I'm wondering if there may be an inexpensive rifle in 50bmg. Maybe like a ruger no1 in that caliber. I don't think there is so what if you could make a barrel chambered in 50 that would link up with a single shot shotgun.You would have the trigger and hammer taken care of but could it hold up to...
  4. custom made armor piercing dangerous game rounds.

    Bullet Casting
    I have been saving up for a Barrett 50 for quite sometime and I still have a ways to go but what I'm wandering is if a guy could make steel core ammo for my 416. Can it be done? How effective would that round be? Also I'm curious about having some silver bullets made. Could any reloader make...