Telescoping Stocks and .50 Beowulf?

QuebecoisWolf · Jun 21, 2014

I've been giving thought to expanding my collection with a .50 Beowulf upper for my AR, but Alexander Arms comments that this caliber should only be used with particularly heavy duty telescoping stocks. Of my AR lowers however, one has the M4 telescoping stock and the other has a B5 SOPMOD. Are either these going to be strong enough or am I risking breaking them with .50 Beowulf?

BradMacc82 · Jun 21, 2014

A.A. is full of shyt there.

I've run a basic CTR, and a ACS on my .50 Beo with 0 issues and no sign of impending breakage.

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I've stopped counting how many rounds I've put down the pipe (over 1500 at least). This upper/round never fails to put a smile on my face.

Don't know if I'd recommend running a SD-3G trigger like I am, bumping this thumper can be a bit of handful - but it's ungodly fun.

QuebecoisWolf · Jun 21, 2014

BradMacc82 said:
A.A. is full of shyt there.

I've run a basic CTR, and a ACS on my .50 Beo with 0 issues and no sign of impending breakage.

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I've stopped counting how many rounds I've put down the pipe (over 1500 at least). This upper/round never fails to put a smile on my face.

Don't know if I'd recommend running a SD-3G trigger like I am, bumping this thumper can be a bit of handful - but it's ungodly fun.

Oh, cool. On a related note, how do you like the pepperbox muzzle brake? I see they have some kind of artillery-looking thing now, which looks so silly on the end of an AR that it's hard for me to take seriously.

BradMacc82 · Jun 21, 2014

QuebecoisWolf said:
Oh, cool. On a related note, how do you like the pepperbox muzzle brake? I see they have some kind of artillery-looking thing now, which looks so silly on the end of an AR that it's hard for me to take seriously.

Significant improvement since the brake was added on.

I got a basic entry upper (unthreaded/no brake), and after about 15 rounds, you definitely had thoughts about hanging it up for the day. Especially with factory loads - A.A. seems to load the 335gr Rainier's pretty stout.

Since the brake, I've been able to shoot this upper all day long. It's still not a 5.56 by any stretch of the imagination, but it's actually something you can shoot for a few hours on end now.

W/out the brake, I'd peg recoil as equivalent to a 3" 12ga slug from a 20" barrel. With the brake (and a light handload), I'd say it's pretty close to a heavy 30-30 load in recoil. The pepperpot does a pretty good job of taming the round.

BradMacc82 · Jun 21, 2014

How it started life -

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In basic entry form, it'll ring your bell some, but it's still a lot of fun.

OLM-Medic · Jun 21, 2014

What's so cool about .50 Beowulf? I want to know...

mark71211 · Jun 21, 2014

OLM-Medic said:
What's so cool about .50 Beowulf? I want to know...

My guess is that it make the person feel rich cause I bet it cost over two buck each pull of the trigger

annihilation-time · Jun 21, 2014

OLM-Medic said:
What's so cool about .50 Beowulf? I want to know...

Don't you watch Future Weapons. They're great for shooting through engine blocks. It'll stop any vehicle in one shot.

annihilation-time · Jun 21, 2014

QuebecoisWolf said:
I've been giving thought to expanding my collection with a .50 Beowulf upper for my AR, but Alexander Arms comments that this caliber should only be used with particularly heavy duty telescoping stocks. Of my AR lowers however, one has the M4 telescoping stock and the other has a B5 SOPMOD. Are either these going to be strong enough or am I risking breaking them with .50 Beowulf?

I know two people that have used Colt lowers with factory telescoping stocks. They've encountered no problems whatsoever.

BradMacc82 · Jun 21, 2014

mark71211 said:
My guess is that it make the person feel rich cause I bet it cost over two buck each pull of the trigger

About $1.24 per factory round.

Handload, considerably less.

jasonk1229 · Jun 21, 2014

I could feel the 50 beo Shockwave 2 positions over at hap Baker not a neighbor friendly range round. Guy was complaining about his shoulder when we smoked during cease fire lol

BradMacc82 · Jun 21, 2014

One thing I like about it is, the ability to run heavy rounds from 245gr solid copper projectiles to 530gr steel-tip projectiles.

It's a specialized caliber admittedly. If your willing to accept it's limitations and work within them, it's a very fun and useable round.

Big sell for me is, the round will take any game in the continental US, makes a hunting trip a little easier to plan out. No packing multiple rifles for me.

ETA: If I want to feel like I'm rich, I'll buy a 338LM and some $7 a round match ammo. By comparison, this is just a plinker.

BradMacc82 · Jun 26, 2014

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This is why I like this oddball caliber.

On the left, my plinking round. A 300gr HSM Plated HP.

On the right, something that'll leave a bit more of a 'mark'. 530gr Steel-tip Safari round.

240 towles · Jun 26, 2014

Whiskey tango foxtrot that safari round is cool!

BradMacc82 · Jun 26, 2014

240 towles said:
Whiskey tango foxtrot that safari round is cool!

Now I'm up to 80 of them loaded.

Should be enough to stop an armored elephant, if one ever happens to come down my driveway.

BenL · Jun 27, 2014

I busted a no-name stock on my Beowulf (as well as a DMS-1 and an Eotech 512.) Switched to a F93 a few years ago and no issues since.

BradMacc82 · Jun 27, 2014

BenL said:
I busted a no-name stock on my Beowulf (as well as a DMS-1 and an Eotech 512.) Switched to a F93 a few years ago and no issues since.

So far the only thing I've busted has been a CenterPoint 2x7 scope.

Aimpoint PRO held up beautifully, but sold that off.

Somehow the CenterPoint 4x16 side-focus I put on there for shyts and giggles has still kept together. Shot the mount loose a few times, but some Loctite fixed that issue.

BenL · Jun 27, 2014

BradMacc82 said:
So far the only thing I've busted has been a CenterPoint 2x7 scope.

Aimpoint PRO held up beautifully, but sold that off.

Somehow the CenterPoint 4x16 side-focus I put on there for shyts and giggles has still kept together. Shot the mount loose a few times, but some Loctite fixed that issue.

I had a DMS-1 and broke it. Sent it back, got another. Broke that one. Put an Eotech 512 on it. Broke that. Sent it back, got another. Put a U.S. Optics 1.8-10X on it. Got hit in the eyebrow. Twice. Took that off, and put an Aimpoint PRO on it; that seems to be holding up.

AssMan · Jul 4, 2014

I just run irons. The effective range and ballistics are such that I don't feel like I'm missing much running without optics.

photoracer · Jul 4, 2014

BradMacc82 said:
A.A. is full of shyt there.

I've run a basic CTR, and a ACS on my .50 Beo with 0 issues and no sign of impending breakage.

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I've stopped counting how many rounds I've put down the pipe (over 1500 at least). This upper/round never fails to put a smile on my face.

Don't know if I'd recommend running a SD-3G trigger like I am, bumping this thumper can be a bit of handful - but it's ungodly fun.

Think about the USAMU's TacMod stock instead. Has a limbsaver recoil pad built in.

http://www.gamaliel.com/AR15Accessories/KFS_TacMod_AR15_Adjustable_Stock.asp

I use one on my 6.8 SPC II DMR rifle and I have seen Daniel Horner use one in 3-gun.

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