would you buy one?

[NH40VE]

http://www.defensereview.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=396

i suppose if i had about $3000. bucks to blow i'd buy one.though you could pick up a DE for half the price.

"factory loads for the 50GI typically drive a 300 grain bullet at 700 -725 fps, which translates into a 210 power factor.

that's nuts (at least to me,seeing that i'm used to 115gr 9mm)

 

[Moderator]

Hell if I had the cash lying around I'd buy 2.

 

[Skald]

Thing is, would it be MA legal. I mean, its the favored gun of terrorists who could use it to shoot down moving airliners from miles away with it.

 

[SiameseRat]

I'd be afraid I'd shatter my arms if I tried to shoot the thing... I have a hard enough time handling .357!

 

[NH40VE]

here's a silly question-which is bigger,.50cal or the S&W .500 ?

i have no idea,so hence the question.not to long ago i shot several rounds of .480 and had bruised the palm of my right hand.was wondering how a .50cal 1911 would be.(or a .50 DE) in comparison to a caliber like .480 or the .500.

 

[EddieCoyle]

here's a silly question-which is bigger,.50cal or the S&W .500 ?

The S&W 500 (by far). That cartridge fully loaded would destroy any autoloader - if one could feed it. The difference is like a .45 ACP compared to a .44 Magnum.

With that said, I bet I have some 10mm loads that would rival what can be put through that .50 (Well, not really, but close.)

 

[Cross-X]

I wouldn't buy it, not at all. This is an answer in search of a question.

 

[Chris]

<<-- MORE BOOM!!!

 

[Cross-X]

<<-- MORE BOOM!!!

And it will go perfectly with your scooter!

 

[Coyote33]

And it will go perfectly with your scooter!

 

[Pilgrim]

This looks like a perfectly reasonable cartidge to me. It is magnitudes smaller than the .500 S&W which is advertised as a MAGNUM round.

 

[Cross-X]

And only manly men like Chris are qualifed to shoot the mighty .500!

 

[NH40VE]

I wouldn't buy it, not at all. This is an answer in search of a question.

? ? Huh? you lost me there....

 

[Cross-X]

? ? Huh? you lost me there....

What was this cartridge, and gun, designed to do that isn't already done as well or better by other presently available cartridges and guns? This is what puzzles me.

I have yet to hear any good, thoughtful answers.

 

[Weerd Beard]

I rather like the .50 GI (in theory only, hell I'll consider myself DAMN lucky if I EVER get to shoot one)

But I love .45 ACP because it accoplishes deadly muzzle energy through a big-heavy slow-moving bullet.

Appears that the .50 GI is really a .45 ACP that "Goes up to eleven" if ya get the joke.

Plus the pictures of the 1911 I've seen it's DAMN beautiful (Totally different than the Beauty of the Desert Eagle....and I want one in .44 Mag not .50 AE)

So yeah if I could get one, and it wouldn't break the bank (or my marraige) HELLS yeah I'd want one!

Arrrr

-Weer'd Beard

 

[kendall-op]

I would need a loan to buy one and another loan just to shoot it. So no is my answer.

 

[Weerd Beard]

I would need a loan to buy one and another loan just to shoot it. So no is my answer.

Eh once your bought a good stock of ammo, it should be pretty cheap if you reload. It's a low-pressure case, so they should last.

Arrrr

-Weer'd Beard

 

[Cross-X]

Eh once your bought a good stock of ammo, it should be pretty cheap if you reload. It's a low-pressure case, so they should last.

Arrrr

-Weer'd Beard

Spoken like a true gunny -- if it's a gun and he really wants it, in an instant he can figure out how to justify it!

 

[NH40VE]

What was this cartridge, and gun, designed to do that isn't already done as well or better by other presently available cartridges and guns? This is what puzzles me.

I have yet to hear any good, thoughtful answers.

ok,i getcha now....

you just throw me with the-

This is an answer in search of a question

part of your statement

 

[Cross-X]

Too much flowery talks sometimes hinders meaning, eh?