50 bmg

HOGNUTS · 12-16-2011, 02:00 AM

Got some 50 Cal stuff loaded for the next long range outing!

28 - 750 grain AMAX, 10 - 690 grain FMJ, 6 - 800 grain Bore-riders, 8 - APITS.....and a partidge in a pear tree!

Flyingnicholas · 07-09-2012, 02:20 AM

Could you give me a recipe for the api rounds?

bulletbob · 07-09-2012, 02:54 AM

Nice formation.

HOGNUTS · 07-09-2012, 03:07 AM

I use 220 grains of H50BMG in my hand loaded API/APIT's.

lvgolfer962 · 07-09-2012, 03:27 AM

Pure sexiness

Flyingnicholas · 07-09-2012, 04:43 AM

Thanks for reply. How does that load work for you?
My API rounds are 639grn. 220 seems light, as hodgon
Recomends 248grn for the 655grn bullet.

HOGNUTS · 07-10-2012, 03:22 AM

It works very well for the application. I didn't want to load it crazy hot and end up detonating one of those bad boys in my tube. I generally just use them as an entertaining round and load the 750 grain AMAX's with 235 grains of h50BMG for the long range engagements.

mdslammer · 07-10-2012, 10:03 PM

Nobody like a Showoff....

Looks great.

HOGNUTS · 07-11-2012, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdslammer

Nobody like a Showoff....

Looks great.

Nothing beats a line-up of fifty cal rounds...the bigger the line-up the better, always brings a smile to my face! Its the little things...or fairly good sized things as it were....

1browski · 03-10-2013, 04:24 PM

i just dug through a lot of pages looking for anything about reloading the 50 bmg. finally. i am getting close to loading my first loads, just waiting for my bullet sizing die so i can take care of some pulled bullets. i have ap, api, and some spotter/tracer rounds to mess with. i was getting ready to get an rcbs press and dies when my inlaws got me the lee with dies, so i tried it out on 300 rounds with no problems. i will be working up loads with wc860, wcc brass, and cci #35 primers. everything is sized, trimmed, primer pockets swaged, deburred, primed, and ready to load. has anyone used this powder before? i have used other military powders with no issues. any suggestions would be helpful or i will get bac to you in a week since my resizer is on the way.

12-16-2011, 02:00 AM	#1
HOGNUTS Obsessed Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 654 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	50 bmg Got some 50 Cal stuff loaded for the next long range outing! 28 - 750 grain AMAX, 10 - 690 grain FMJ, 6 - 800 grain Bore-riders, 8 - APITS.....and a partidge in a pear tree! __________________

07-09-2012, 02:20 AM	#2
Flyingnicholas uber n00b Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Central las vegas Posts: 37 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	50 bmg Could you give me a recipe for the api rounds?

07-09-2012, 03:07 AM	#4
HOGNUTS Obsessed Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 654 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	API I use 220 grains of H50BMG in my hand loaded API/APIT's. __________________

07-10-2012, 03:22 AM	#7
HOGNUTS Obsessed Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 654 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Load for API/APIT's It works very well for the application. I didn't want to load it crazy hot and end up detonating one of those bad boys in my tube. I generally just use them as an entertaining round and load the 750 grain AMAX's with 235 grains of h50BMG for the long range engagements. __________________

07-10-2012, 10:03 PM	#8
mdslammer MDslammer Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,655 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Nobody like a Showoff.... Looks great. __________________ NRA Lifetime Member / GOA Member / CCRKBA / NAGR IDPA / NV Firearms Coalition Member Certified NRA RSO, Basic Pistol, Basic Rifle Invictus Training -TAC Medicine / CPR-First Aid "Remember that prosperity can only be for the free, and that freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it". Pericles-495-429 BC

07-09-2012, 02:54 AM	#3
bulletbob What would Al do? Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: N. Las Vegas Posts: 89 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Nice formation. __________________ Some people like the smell of a soft summer rain or fresh cut flowers or the smell of a new car, I prefer the smell of a newly assembled rifle fired for the first time. The hot paint, the smoking oil, the burnt gun powder, it smells like freedom, liberty, what America should be.

07-09-2012, 03:27 AM	#5
lvgolfer962 RSAUM 7 Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 165 Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Pure sexiness

07-09-2012, 04:43 AM	#6
Flyingnicholas uber n00b Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Central las vegas Posts: 37 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thanks for reply. How does that load work for you? My API rounds are 639grn. 220 seems light, as hodgon Recomends 248grn for the 655grn bullet.

03-10-2013, 04:24 PM	#10
1browski uber Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 244 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	i just dug through a lot of pages looking for anything about reloading the 50 bmg. finally. i am getting close to loading my first loads, just waiting for my bullet sizing die so i can take care of some pulled bullets. i have ap, api, and some spotter/tracer rounds to mess with. i was getting ready to get an rcbs press and dies when my inlaws got me the lee with dies, so i tried it out on 300 rounds with no problems. i will be working up loads with wc860, wcc brass, and cci #35 primers. everything is sized, trimmed, primer pockets swaged, deburred, primed, and ready to load. has anyone used this powder before? i have used other military powders with no issues. any suggestions would be helpful or i will get bac to you in a week since my resizer is on the way.

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