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Doc Lee
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 Posted - May 01 2008 : 08:00:45 AM
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I just noticed in Shotgun News that Gun Crafters is offering a new upper for Glock 20/21 pistols in .50 Caliber. Gun Crafters has offered a .50 1911, for some time now. I presume that the magazines will have to be modified to handle the fatter .50 caliber rounds.
Calling Jim H.. Your thoughts about .50 caliber versus your .44, .45, etc rounds. 
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Evan
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 08:37:22 AM
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I'm not Jim H though I did play him in Swan Lake once.
Why trade a caliber that you can even get in hardware stores and even some rural gas stations for a round that leaves you at the mercy of one source?
Beside the cost is astrnomical, quality unproven, and supply problimatical AND the person shot will never know the difference.
I carry a 9MM and worry more about getting hit by a UFO than whether or not it will suffice as long as I pay attention to the front sight. |
"The greatest thing a Father can do for his children is to love their Mother."
Harold B. Lee
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Todd
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 12:40:54 PM
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But the .50GI is a proven anti-UFO round Evan!
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Evan
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 12:55:25 PM
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| nah, the garlic bulb I wear around my neck and the aluminum foil hat on my head keeps them away. |
"The greatest thing a Father can do for his children is to love their Mother."
Harold B. Lee
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pcsd200
Junior Member
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 1:11:48 PM
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"No one ever looks out the window and says Oh crap, the fire department is here..." |
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Evan
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 1:33:56 PM
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| I spent six weeks next door to Area 51 at the Nevada Test Site and actually saw alot of interesting things in the sky at night. I tell people I belive in CFO's not UFO's. CFO's? Classified Flying Objects. |
"The greatest thing a Father can do for his children is to love their Mother."
Harold B. Lee
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garrettwc
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 5:06:58 PM
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I tell people I belive in CFO's not UFO's. CFO's? Classified Flying Objects.
A few years ago I had a chance to read an old magazine article about people claiming to see UFOs in the sky. The article had some artist's renderings in it. I had to suppress a snicker when I noticed how closely the outlines resembled the current F117 and a B2. |
"Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready."
Teddy Roosevelt - San Francisco, CA, May 13, 1903 |
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Yonder
Junior Member
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 8:57:41 PM
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| Space/UFO trivia: Colonel Joe Kittinger was mistaken as the "alien" in the desert that fell from the skys after a nearly 100,000 ft altitude jump from a balloon in the pre-space flight years. He is alive and well in Orlando, FL and is still flying. |
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rgrassi
Starting Member
USA
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Posted - May 02 2008 : 3:21:51 PM
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We shot the modified Glock in Memphis last week, ammo and gun provided by Alex Zimmerman, Guncrafters. The .50GI seems to be quite accurate and kicks no more than .45 +P or 'real' 10mm.
In the 1911 package, it's very accurate. Zimmerman had a few .45 1911s there too -- again wildly accurate. His 1911s are aces.
It seems that the .50 is for those who think that .45 is the best and the only thing that could be better is bigger.
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Derori
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - May 04 2008 : 8:35:33 PM
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Thanks for the info! I saw that product mentioned and was wondering about it, too.
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Jim Higginbotham
Moderator
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Posted - May 04 2008 : 9:50:02 PM
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Its no secret that I think in similar design bullets and velocities that caliber gains a little edge (it will not make up for sloppy shooting and it will not show up in a statistically significant way across the board - because most people stop fighting in the first couple of seconds because they decide to, not because they physically have to).
So do I think a .50 might have a slight edge over a .45 or .44 (expecially one that is designed to be controllable like th .50 G.I.)...yeah.
Does it offer enough advantage to counter the availablility of ammo and magazines for a .45 ACP...not yet. When the guns are $500 and the magazines are $25 and the rounds are 50 cents apiece and available at Wal-mart I might consider it.
I have no doubt the .50 Beowulf is a superior stopper to a .223 or a 6.8 SPC at close range (to a small degree). I have shot one enough to know it actually works in an M4....do I own one.... NO!
Besides, This week I am carrying a nifty 3" Python as a backup to my usual .45 Auto...Doc would know why
Jim
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12XLR8
Starting Member
USA
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Posted - October 17 2009 : 04:47:16 AM
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That's the one I was talking about
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12XLR8
Starting Member
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Posted - October 17 2009 : 04:54:56 AM
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| Oh this was thread was on May 1 2008 I started GI50 14 months later July 31, 09 LOL |
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Lockjaw
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USA
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Posted - October 20 2009 : 10:37:57 PM
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dullh
Average Member
USA
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Posted - December 20 2009 : 8:06:02 PM
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| I just wonder how reliably it's gonna feed with that massively rebated rim... |
I've been to all the other forums; that's why this one is the *only* I frequent. |
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12XLR8
Starting Member
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Posted - December 22 2009 : 03:56:11 AM
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Originally posted by dullh
I just wonder how reliably it's gonna feed with that massively rebated rim...
I have the glock 21sf conversion shot couple hundred rounds with no FTF and FTE zero malfunctions. They also have a solid copper 230 gr. and 185 grs. |
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.50 Caliber Glock
