1200 grain 50 bullet

[Jimmym40a2]

Years ago my friend had the Idea for a long range rig and decided he needed something with a really high BC. He was in the 50 game and thought those wimpy 750 grainers were not enough.So he had some custom bullets made and had a barrel with a fast twist made.He made the bullet a single shot so the bullet went into the barrel and only the driving bands went into the rifling. He never got it finished but he gave me one of the bullets.After seeing Laters "Diplomat" build it reminded me of this and finally I came across the bullet I had somewhere in my reloading stuff. Here are a few pictures.

 

[Louis Corkern]

Re: 1200 grain 50 bullet

Jimmy,

Now thats a "historical" piece lol. You have any of the testing data from that monster by chance?? (Oops..noticed said never finished)

I field most of my 50cal questions to Scott Nye and we have talked about some heavyweight 50cal projectiles that he and Ken Johnson messed around with and the results, pros, and cons. Nice to see others had same thought process and took step to "go out of the norm".

The Canadians are having great success with a larger than "normal" 50cal projectile right now. IIRC it comes in at 900gr weight.

Thanks for the pic

 

[Jimmym40a2]

Re: 1200 grain 50 bullet

Unfortunately he didn't finish the build.He was doing allot of competitions and his gun was unorthodox and they kept saying it was a rail gun,etc, because it looked different and he walked away from the sport. To bad -he was an innovator.He also had some other projectiles made like this one.

 

[ChadTRG42]

Re: 1200 grain 50 bullet

Would the long bearing surface of that bullet cause higher pressures and excessive fouling for a 50? No doubt that's a huge bullet for the 50 BMG.

Chad

 

[Jimmym40a2]

Re: 1200 grain 50 bullet

The only thing that goes in the rifling is the "driving bands". the bullet it's self sits on top of the rifling.

 

[ChadTRG42]

Re: 1200 grain 50 bullet

Gotcha. I missed that part. Is that enough bands to grip the bullet and give it a stable twist?

 

[BLAWTON]

Re: 1200 grain 50 bullet

Have you seen the new Rocky mountain aluminum tipped 408's Jimmy?

 

[BLAWTON]

Re: 1200 grain 50 bullet

Here is one next to a hooker tactical. Both 420 grains.

 

[Jimmym40a2]

Re: 1200 grain 50 bullet

I heard they were out. What is the BC? Cost? Thanks for the pic.

 

[BLAWTON]

Re: 1200 grain 50 bullet

The BC from what they have been shoot so far is just over or around .9. The cost is right around 1.5 each. I will be shooting some of the 50 he sent me to test bc and performance. The first ones i shoot held .25moa at 100 and .5moa at 1000. He does a few unique things that the other bullet manufactures's dont.

 

[Jimmym40a2]

Re: 1200 grain 50 bullet

Very cool...........

 

[nock]

Re: 1200 grain 50 bullet

I would love to see that 1200 grain fly...

 

[desertHK]

Re: 1200 grain 50 bullet

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: nock</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I would love to see that 1200 grain fly... </div></div>

Shit! you may have to strap on a couple solid rocket boosters to get that sucker moving with enough terminal velocity.

Sorry I couldn't help it.

 

[U2AV8R]

Re: 1200 grain 50 bullet

What kind of performance and loads are used with that 1200?

 

[bowstryder]

Re: 1200 grain 50 bullet

damn! I have seen artillery batteries shooting smaller shiz than that bad lad!