.50 GI caliber 1911 ??

[fourdeuce82d]

.50 1911- 300grn/875fps

Sweet Googlie-Mooglie!

standard size 1911 firing a .50 300 grn round.

std. load= 700/725, fps; +p = 875\900 fps.

Come to Butthead...*grin*


http://www.guncrafterindustries.com/model_1.htm

 

[PCRCCW]

Id love to have more data on it. I KNOW the .50 would leave a big hole....but the FPE figures out quite whimpy.

350 FPE for the reg. pressure....mediocre 9mm energy level.

540 FPE for the +P pressure....moderate 40-45 energy levels.

Im hoping for 10mm energy levels....................But IM ADDICTED TO RECOIL ALSO!

Shoot well............

 

[mtnbkr]

Holy rebated rim Batman!

Chris

 

[fourdeuce82d]

"the FPE figures out quite whimpy"

yes, but w/modern hollowpoint construction, you're going to be making a big, big permanent cavity, with not much more in the way of recoil....


I'd love to see this become a production gun...

 

[artherd]

You know, that's kinda cool in a may-kinda-actually-be-useful sort of way.

I sure would like to shoot one. Hope it's reliable.

 

[Pendragon]

oh goodness!

twice the price of a Valtro - but if I had the money, I would get one.

Energy is not the whole story - that size bullet will dump the energy much quicker than a 9mm and will make a BIG hole.

 

[WonderNine]

If it manages to penetrate at 700fps....

 

[cordex]

Iwannacoolgun!
*cough cough*

Darn virus keeps going around.

 

[Penman]

This is perfect for the ones who say: I carry a .45 because they don't make a .50!

 

[JShirley]

I'd rather have a 9x23mm.

 

[Omega_7]

http://www.guncrafterindustries.com/

Anyone shot one of these? IMO if it's a workable caliber it would be awesome for a CAR15 conversion upper as well! Seems like the perfect round for supression as well: Big, potentially subsonic, hard hitting !

 

[JShirley]

I think there are already .50 AE uppers out there...

 

[Omega_7]

I'll admit that it LOOKS like a .50 AE

But IS it? Why would these guys call the caliber .50 "GI" ?

Another thing.. the claim made is that the round can be WAY uploaded from factory pressures......I would assume we are looking at non +P loads here...

 

[Omega_7]

Hey Pendragon

My wife and I are also escapees from Cali. We went north with a nice load of bad old black un-pc rifles...

we were in Sacramento and fought against the Cali AWB but gave up on Cali a few years later.

 

[Omega_7]

By the way...

Something really wierd happened to this thread.. I was the one who originated it.. with the first post of mine that you see on this thread...

 

[Snaps]

While that is nice, they've got the price listed as $2895.00

I paid alot less for my Brushed Chrome DE .50AE.

 

[hksw]

I'll admit that it LOOKS like a .50 AE
But IS it? Why would these guys call the caliber .50 "GI" ?


The .50AE has an OAL about that of a rimmed mag round (e.g., .357, .44, etc.). The GI looks to be the about the same as that of the .45 ACP, much shorter.

 

[Aleko]

Something really wierd happened to this thread.. I was the one who originated it.. with the first post of mine that you see on this thread...

Your post was merged with another one that had been going on for a few days.

 

[Sean Smith]

The .50 GI is a different cartridge from the .50 AE. That's why they gave it a different name.

It has a much shorter overall length and about half the muzzle velocity. On the other hand, it is small enough to fit in a 1911 platform.

 

[BluesBear]

It's not as if someone doesn't start a new thread on this every week or so.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=59312

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=59742

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=60177

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61430

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50586

 

[Feanaro]

While the higher loads(300 grains, 900 FPS) might be kinda cool, the standard load does not impress me and the price tag.... oy.