50 Beowulf

13 July 2014, 22:52

nitro450exp

50 Beowulf

Bought 50 beowulf barrel and bolt for my AR .( MGI QCB upper)
Looks like ultimate big bore for AR platform.
Any anecdotes info or comments welcome.

Nitro

"Man is a predator or at least those of us that kill and eat our own meat are. The rest are scavengers, eating what others kill for them." Hugh Randall
DRSS, BASA
470 Krieghoff, 45-70 inserts, 12 ga paradox, 20 ga DR Simson/Schimmel, 12 ga DR O/U Famars, 12 ga DR SXS Greener

14 July 2014, 01:57

D R Hunter

Cool Rifle!!! Shoot some video please!!!

D/R Hunter

Correct bullet placement, combined with the required depth of bullet penetration, results in an anchored animal...

15 July 2014, 00:07

richj

you can use metal ar mags with a little lip mod and Bushmaster blue single shot followers.

Rich

22 July 2014, 16:52

nitro450exp

Shoots like a pussy cat.
I was expecting more recoil.
either I forgot what recoil is or my gun is too heavy.

Nitro

23 July 2014, 07:14

D R Hunter

What is the empty weight?

D/R Hunter

Correct bullet placement, combined with the required depth of bullet penetration, results in an anchored animal...

24 July 2014, 19:25

nitro450exp

I think about 8.5 lbs which is heavy for an AR.
Nitro

28 July 2014, 23:07

Atkinson

One buffalo is probably not a great test, but I's a heads up at least. I borrowed one in a bolt gun for my grandson and he shot a big cow bison with it more than a few times and it was not very impressive on the big bovine. I had to track it for several miles in a blizzard sweeping the snow with a bush to find the frozen blood. All shots were in the lungs.

Sooo for whatever its worth. I think it just needs more velocity to perform on the larger animals and admittedly I'm not that forgiving on a caliber or rifle, about one failure and I won't make that mistake twice, right or wrong.

30 July 2014, 04:49

nitro450exp

Will be used on charging ground hogs.
Hogs and dogs.

And any young lads who believe that they have a right to date my daughter.

Nitro