Bearcatrp wrote:Thanks. Still just toying with the idea. Already have a 12.5 inch 308 AR so not sure if a bigger boomer would be worth it. Just got out of the grendel so have a bare lower looking for an upper. Could sell that but with current environment, should hang on to it.
870TC wrote:450 bushmaster magazines....few options, I read about alot of magazine issues. 458 socom=lancer 5.56 mags are supposedly the way to go
Bearcatrp wrote:Anyone have one in a AR setup? After comparing this, 458 SOCOM and the 50 Beowulf, if I did get a big bore AR, this will probably be it. All 3 close in most respects but from what I have found so far, the 450 is a flatter shooting bullet. Am still reading more comparisons. So if you do have one, chime in with your thoughts. Thanks.
VMAX97 wrote:Bearcatrp wrote:Anyone have one in a AR setup? After comparing this, 458 SOCOM and the 50 Beowulf, if I did get a big bore AR, this will probably be it. All 3 close in most respects but from what I have found so far, the 450 is a flatter shooting bullet. Am still reading more comparisons. So if you do have one, chime in with your thoughts. Thanks.
I fell into a great deal on Beowulf brass, dies and bullets from someone that went 458 SOCOM (he wanted subsonic and suppressed), so I went with the Beowulf even though the .450 bushmaster has better ballistics. I was at the range with mine and a local gunshop owner mentioned that the kick on the .450 was one reason people went Beowulf or 458. My Beo hits 6 inch steel at 200 yards with 460gr lead semi wadcutters, so I am very happy as is.
Holland&Holland wrote:VMAX97 wrote:Bearcatrp wrote:Anyone have one in a AR setup? ....... Thanks.
My Beo hits 6 inch steel at 200 yards with 460gr lead semi wadcutters, so I am very happy as is.
Big bore thumpers are such fun!
OldmanFCSA wrote:
My 0.5105" 808 grain brass solid Big Bore Thumper is 50BMG in an AR setup - - - - An AR-50 setup that is. (to be correct)
crbutler wrote:So what is a thumper defined as?
A .44 mag M92 lever gun?
A .44 mag ruger carbine?
A 9# .470 NE double?
A 9# .50 Beowulf AR?
A 20 lb .50 BMG target rifle?
A 36# .50 BMG semi
Or a 70 ton 120mm smoothbore (AKA M1 Abrams)
Or are you trying for Jeff Cooper’s thumper concept (essentially a chopped M1 carbine shooting heavy for caliber .45 pistol bullets)
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