Update of 50cal with ported barrel
Sept 29, 2015 16:47:57 GMT -5
Post by elkman1310 on Sept 29, 2015 16:47:57 GMT -5
The first post can be found on page 3. Which shows the gun. It has a Green Mnt barrel. I have had some success with shooting sabots through the ported barrel. As long as you use the sub base behind the Orange sabot and a Hornady 300SST with 70grs of IMr 4198 accuracy was acceptable for most hunting situations. I could not get the Barnes to shoot as well.
I bought some 300ftx Hornady .500 bullets used in the 500Smith and Wesson. I used 50cal wool wads like I use in all my 45cal guns. The Green Mnt barrel is .500 so I hoped the bullets would fit without getting into making a sizing die. Luck was on my side. The bullets actually fit on the loose side. I gave them a slight knurl. Make a long story short they shoot very well. at 100 yards. I shot them out to 300 meters on our Silhouette targets. No problem getting to 300 meters. Accuracy was still good. Since the bullet is low on B.C. I held off shooting any further. That would be about this bullets max range. It would probably be a real deer stopper.
I did check the velocity and the most I could drive that bullet was 2620. Not bad but not nearly as fast as the 45cal with a much better bullet design.
As a lot of people know sabots and muzzle brakes just don't work. Yes once in a while you can get a group but its not consistent.
For someone who wanted to stay with a 50cal gun this would be a possibility. But you would need to use a tight Green Mnt barrel. And unfortunately they don't offer this barrel in anything but a straight blank.
I bought some 300ftx Hornady .500 bullets used in the 500Smith and Wesson. I used 50cal wool wads like I use in all my 45cal guns. The Green Mnt barrel is .500 so I hoped the bullets would fit without getting into making a sizing die. Luck was on my side. The bullets actually fit on the loose side. I gave them a slight knurl. Make a long story short they shoot very well. at 100 yards. I shot them out to 300 meters on our Silhouette targets. No problem getting to 300 meters. Accuracy was still good. Since the bullet is low on B.C. I held off shooting any further. That would be about this bullets max range. It would probably be a real deer stopper.
I did check the velocity and the most I could drive that bullet was 2620. Not bad but not nearly as fast as the 45cal with a much better bullet design.
As a lot of people know sabots and muzzle brakes just don't work. Yes once in a while you can get a group but its not consistent.
For someone who wanted to stay with a 50cal gun this would be a possibility. But you would need to use a tight Green Mnt barrel. And unfortunately they don't offer this barrel in anything but a straight blank.
