Texas Sheepdawg wrote:wildcatter wrote:Texas Sheepdawg wrote:I read somewhere that the 50 Beowulf won't penetrate 1/4" steel? Is that true?
Nope, and that's from personal experience. But having said that, they have made specialty bullets (not normally available) that will, but hey, with those bullets, the total bullets available, come to what, say 10 or 12 or so, where as we have, how many?? I can't count that high. No Dawg, we kill so much better and over a wider profile, that the other Big Bore AR's, can't even come close..
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Nope it's not true? Or Nope, it can't? Kind of confusing response there?
I know for a fact the factory 450B Hornady FTX 250 will zip through 1/4" steel
At 60+ yards. But I read somewhere earlier today where the Beowulf will not.
Sorry 'bout that Robin. It's Nope, it wont normally go through 1/4" plate, that is, using the common bullets (all eight of them, "AmmoGuide"). They are designed to expand down to 300fps in a 50AE, pistol. So, extrapolate that into a 1800fps, with a 300-350gr bullet and you get a Big Splat. We did dent a 1/4" plate, but a 3/8" plate, just showed a nice smudge mark.
Of course you could cheat a little, like the wulf-com guys do and take a 3/8" Full Carbide drill and cut the shank off, so there are no flutes, put a shallow point on the shank. Drill a "U" size, drill hole, into one of your Magtech's, from the bottom. Don't drill all the way through, only go into the bullet, say 3/4th of the way through the bullet, you'll have to determine this yourself. Press your carbide plug into the base. Using your new-found loadings, try a 1" plate. I think you'll be very surprised, now try a 1 1/4" plate, I did a 1 1/2" and thought I could have gone thicker. Keep in mind that your 230's, will become, say, 250-300's, depends on how long the shank is, it doesn't matter how deep into the powder the shank goes, you're not shooting Match here, but you will have to pay close attention to the bullet weight vs powder amounts.
In the early days, I thought this home-spun bullet, was going to be the ticket for the really big animals, like Bison, silly me. However, for you guys new to reloading or the faint of heart, this is a good way to get hurt or worst, don't do it! Play it safe and stick to SAMMI specs, only the crazies would ever make the above load, hummm..
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