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.50 Beowulf does anybody have one?
Do you like it?
Is it worth the ammo price?
Thanks in advance
Do you like it?
Is it worth the ammo price?
Thanks in advance
That COULD make a great Alaskan bear gun...:yup::yup::hand10:If I felt a need to launch a large, heavy projectile at short range (bear defense?) I would rather use a 12 g shotgun and slugs. Cheaper, more available, and likely more effective than even the mighty .50 Beowulf.
Actually, 12 gauge measurement is .729"; that is much bigger than .50 cal.12 guage is 50 cal so im good with my 3" slugs
Soldiers and Marines have carried the good old Mossy for years and it never let them down. I had one strapped to my back just in case I forgot I had a 45 with me haha
You have proven your point accurately and I give you that, however there is also caliber measured in barrel length/bore diameter at the breech where the bullet or projectile sits. Somewhere I remember the military schooling us on the fact that somewhere in the design of the 12 guage shotgun that the slugs were measured as .50 cal using whatever math at the time determined that. Alas it is truly a .72 caliber by normal modern measurement I would guess.Actually, 12 gauge measurement is .729"; that is much bigger than .50 cal.
That is the measurement of the internal diameter of the barrel. Most slugs are smaller than that, mostly around .68 caliber which fits nice and snug with the plastic sleeve on them.Actually, 12 gauge measurement is .729"; that is much bigger than .50 cal.
Because that method uses the length of the barrel measured in caliber.Now why is a 5 inch round only measured to 54 caliber. I'll let you fellow sailors do the math on that one.
In artillery-speak, a 5 inch, 54 'caliber' gun has a barrel that is 54 times as long as the bore is wide. So, in this case, the barrel would be 270 inches long, firing a shell 5 inches in diameter.For instance on a US Naval destroyer that has a 5" deck gun it is a .54 caliber round that is projected from the muzzle. They even have a new Mk45 .63 caliber extended range model. It has same projectile diameter yet extends barrel length a few inches which changes the caliber.
Now why is a 5 inch round only measured to 54 caliber? I'll let you fellow sailors do the math on that one.