Inferno715.....Yes Tromix lead delivery systems has been making them, but I believe they are discontinueing them, I think it is either armalite or Oly that is also providing barrels in the caliber.

www.tromix.com

Brouhah: I will price out what it will cost to reload 50ae and post it for you, I think it works out less then .70 cents a round, this does not include intital equipment charges though.

Ok, did a little research using a couple quick sources. I have not reloaded Pistol/rifle rounds yet. I have just done shotgun up to now, so I dont know just how far the powder will go, maybe some of the other reloaders can speak up.

Starline brass, new, 1000 rnds for $235
Bullets,             1000 rnds for $125
Primers,             5000 rnds for $94
Powder,              8lb keg       $130

this totals $584 or 58.4 cents a round.

Now remember, you can get more then one use out of brass, lets say you can get three uses out of your brass since it was new when you bought it. you already have 5000 primers, all you need to buy is more bullets and powder (affraid I dont know how far a 8lb keg of powder will go, maybe it wont do 1000rnds, maybe it will do more) these two items will run $255 for second round of loading and again another $255 for a third round. So you have just spent $1094 to reload appr. 3000 rounds, this breaks down to 36.5 cents a round.

OK if you order it from Ammoman, it will run you $170 for 200rnds, or $850 for 1000 rnds, this is 85 cents a round.

So if you reload you can get about 3000 rnds for what it would cost you to order about 1200 rnds from ammoman.

ordering supplies in smaller amount will raise the cost a little, but it is still cheaper in the long run.

go to his site and then look on the 50AE page, it is there in big red letters...

ok if you ad in shipping to that, which is 7.97 if you only order one box. if you order 10 boxes it comes to 171.37 with shipping.

These are the shipping rates for that site:
Order Amount Cost
$0 - $14.75 $5.97
$14.76 - $29.75 $7.97
$29.76 - $49.75 $9.97
$49.76 - $99.75 $12.97
$99.76 - $149.75 $14.97
$149.76 - $199.75 $15.97
$199.76 - $249.75 $16.97
$249.76 - $299.75 $17.97
Over $299.75 6% of Total

now if you order 20 boxes (400 rnds) it comes to $329.45 w/ shipping. now I dont know but if you order that much from Ammoman, he might do something, cant say though.

www.ammoman.com

Ammoman charges $170 for 10 boxes (200rnds) Shipping included. The shipping is what can be the killer...and I have been saving all my brass also, even though last time out I lost 4 shells...grrr

PS...

Hey Tony, you are a business man, we understand that, you have a business to run. The Tromix 50AE is a piece of work, to bad more people will not be able to get them. At least I got mine!!!