hoppinglark
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Anyone shot a .50 Beowulf? Has anyone read any reviews about it?
Is it good for........... anything?
Is it good for........... anything?
curious about the .50 Beowulf
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Owen
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i've shot a .50 beowulf...they are great :-D
What are they good for? Shooting water jugs, bags of cement, big rocks, etc. :-D
owen
What are they good for? Shooting water jugs, bags of cement, big rocks, etc. :-D
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mgjohn
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Got one and love it. If I could have only one rifle this would be it
It has a 325g 50 cal bullet moving about 2000 fps out of a 16 inch barrel.
It will group around 1 inch or less at 100 yards.
This is one kick ??? cartridge, easy to load and fun to shoot.
I have shot about 600 rounds thru mine now.
It is in the same class as the 450 Marlin/45-70 cartridge.
Great for large game, wild hogs, bear and 2 legged predators in body armor.
Saw a level 3 vest with trauma plate that had a golf ball sized hole punched thru it from one of these.
I have shot mine thru a Datsun pickup, in the passenger fender and out the tailgate.
It has a 325g 50 cal bullet moving about 2000 fps out of a 16 inch barrel.
It will group around 1 inch or less at 100 yards.
This is one kick ??? cartridge, easy to load and fun to shoot.
I have shot about 600 rounds thru mine now.
It is in the same class as the 450 Marlin/45-70 cartridge.
Great for large game, wild hogs, bear and 2 legged predators in body armor.
Saw a level 3 vest with trauma plate that had a golf ball sized hole punched thru it from one of these.
I have shot mine thru a Datsun pickup, in the passenger fender and out the tailgate.
sanchezero
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the 50 Beowulf is pretty freakin cool. I put about 75rnds thru one shooting reactive steel out to about 100yds. It had an EOTech on top, so it was ridiculously easy to put rounds where I wanted 'em.
This was at a Blackwater class and the steel there can be a monster to knock down with 5.56, often taking two shooters concerted efforts to get it to fall. When using the Beowulf, it looked like some invisible WWF dude was just stomping the plates into the ground.
Having that kinda power in a light, handy, and familiar carbine is excellent. However, cost and availability of ammo pretty much mandates reloading, and I was definitely sore after popping off the little ammo I did.
This was at a Blackwater class and the steel there can be a monster to knock down with 5.56, often taking two shooters concerted efforts to get it to fall. When using the Beowulf, it looked like some invisible WWF dude was just stomping the plates into the ground.
Having that kinda power in a light, handy, and familiar carbine is excellent. However, cost and availability of ammo pretty much mandates reloading, and I was definitely sore after popping off the little ammo I did.
Great for large game, wild hogs, bear and 2 legged predators in body armor.
Saw a level 3 vest with trauma plate that had a golf ball sized hole punched thru it from one of these.
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Thats nothing special any 223 load will get go strait through soft body armor. When you say level 3, do you mean 3 a. Because a Level 3 vest is a rifle rated hard vest with far more than a trama plate. it has to have cermic or steel plats thoughout the vest to make it able to stop some rifle rounds. a Level 4 vest will stop a 308 AP round once.
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Saw a level 3 vest with trauma plate that had a golf ball sized hole punched thru it from one of these.
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Thats nothing special any 223 load will get go strait through soft body armor. When you say level 3, do you mean 3 a. Because a Level 3 vest is a rifle rated hard vest with far more than a trama plate. it has to have cermic or steel plats thoughout the vest to make it able to stop some rifle rounds. a Level 4 vest will stop a 308 AP round once.
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Andrew Wyatt
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it would make a nice little backpacking gun if you could pack it into an SU-16.
atek3
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I got my first chance to handle a 50 beowulf last weekend. All I can say is, w00t!
I was hitting swingers at 75 yards and gongs at 175 yards. In a light rifle, all I can say is, that it is quite the thumper!
Any idea what the parent cartridge is?
Once I leave California, I'd love an ar w/ 3 uppers, 223, 6.5 grendel, and 50 beowulf. Really fun stuff.
atek3
I was hitting swingers at 75 yards and gongs at 175 yards. In a light rifle, all I can say is, that it is quite the thumper!
Any idea what the parent cartridge is?
Once I leave California, I'd love an ar w/ 3 uppers, 223, 6.5 grendel, and 50 beowulf. Really fun stuff.
atek3
50 Beowulf over 300 whisper?
Anybody know if this can easily be setup to shoot subsonic .50 cartridges from an AR platform?
If so then it would be easy enough to set this little guy up to use a suppressor with the platform.
Any ideas?
I'm at an impasse with my next caliber purchase. I don't want to have to purchase three of four upper platforms. Would like to stick with two if possible.
Anybody know if this can easily be setup to shoot subsonic .50 cartridges from an AR platform?
If so then it would be easy enough to set this little guy up to use a suppressor with the platform.
Any ideas?
I'm at an impasse with my next caliber purchase. I don't want to have to purchase three of four upper platforms. Would like to stick with two if possible.
41mag
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I'd read a while back that the Coast Guard wanted a .50 that was ballistically similar to the .50 Browning out to 200yds.Is this the round?.
I don't re-call the reason,or the need.
I don't re-call the reason,or the need.
Jim Watson
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The legend is that the Coast Guard wanted to be able to put half inch holes in smugglers' speedboats. Ballistically similar to .50 Browning is advertising nonsense, but it doesn't take a BMG to punch though fibreglas.
DesertEagle613
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What's the recoil like on the Beowulf? And how does it compare to the Grendel, generally?
atek3
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about like a 45/70 from a guide gun, totally different from the grendel, the only similarity is they both work in an ar style platform.
atek3
atek3
Yeah, yeah, 45/70....
Okay same basic use too. Heavy slug at 200 yards or less. Accurate. Good for big game hunting. Great excuse for a sporting purpose for the AR platform too. Travelling at 2000 - 2200 FPS. A little bigger punch over the .458 SOCOM. (I know both can be loaded to where it's negligible, I don't want to get hit with either one).
Up sides and downsides to both. One I don't know about is whether or not the 50 Beowulf can be loaded subsonic easily, like the 458 SOCOM can be. Any takers?
Okay same basic use too. Heavy slug at 200 yards or less. Accurate. Good for big game hunting. Great excuse for a sporting purpose for the AR platform too. Travelling at 2000 - 2200 FPS. A little bigger punch over the .458 SOCOM. (I know both can be loaded to where it's negligible, I don't want to get hit with either one).
Up sides and downsides to both. One I don't know about is whether or not the 50 Beowulf can be loaded subsonic easily, like the 458 SOCOM can be. Any takers?
DesertEagle613
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Thanks for the info. It's a bit out of my price range, but "I can DREEEAM, can't I?"
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It may have a value as a tool to disrupt things like engines, motors, comm gear, radar and the like. One of those through a jet turbine or an engine block will pretty much permanently disable it right now. It'll be far more effective than a relatively soft 12 ga slug and wont make as much of a mess as a grenade.
It may have a value as a tool to disrupt things like engines, motors, comm gear, radar and the like. One of those through a jet turbine or an engine block will pretty much permanently disable it right now. It'll be far more effective than a relatively soft 12 ga slug and wont make as much of a mess as a grenade.
brass shower
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Anyone have any loading data for the Beowulf? Aside from that included from Alexander arms I mean. I'd like to find some recipies with H110 and also something for the ligher 250 gr projectiles available.
TX65
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For the Beowulf Fan,
Hawk Bullets has JHP bullets from 300 grains up to 500 grains. Will be listing them at http://www.competitionshooting.com by the end of the week.
Hawk Bullets has JHP bullets from 300 grains up to 500 grains. Will be listing them at http://www.competitionshooting.com by the end of the week.
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