.50 GI Questions

[locosway]

Has anyone shot a .50 GI?

What's the recoil like?

How much is the ammo?

How do the rounds perform?

[Rob Roy]

Why bother with proprietary ammo? What, ten doesn't cut it anymore?

[locosway]

I'm compensating..

I was just wondering... It sounds like it may be fun to play around with.

[dfletcher]

I'm all for oddball calibers (my only 10mm is a revolver, my favorite 45 ACP is a Smith 25 & I like the 41 Magnum over the 44) but the 50 GI left me a bit unimpressed in the power category. From what I read it shoots a 300 grain bullet about 700 fps & a 275 grain about 800 fps. That doesn't seem like a great improvement over the 45 ACP.

I don't mind losing a few ACP cases, but going to the range with 100 50 GI cases and leaving with 90 or so would take some of the fun out of my day too.

[bombadillo]

I'd go .44mag or 10mm.

[JBird33]

Big bullet with no power gain over a .45 - still has a lot of cool factor though.