[ARCHIVED THREAD] - 50 Cal FPS?

Posted: 5/16/2006 5:00:26 PM EDT

Just reading a add for 50 Cal ammo. States 12,446fps & 2446 ft-lbs. I can't imagine over 12K foot per second. Misprint???

Posted: 5/16/2006 5:40:58 PM EDT

[#1]

YUP! It's 3,050 Feet per second

Misprint. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_machine_gun

Posted: 5/16/2006 10:43:16 PM EDT

[#2]

still dude a 700 grain bullet at 3000 fps.... DAMN..... thats friggin fast

Posted: 5/16/2006 11:41:53 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Just reading a add for 50 Cal ammo. States 12,446fps & 2446 ft-lbs. I can't imagine over 12K foot per second. Misprint???

think of a .50BMG as a .30-06 on steroids.

Cal .50,Ball,M33 -
661gr. FMJ @ 2910FPS - 11-12,000 foot pounds of muzzle energy.

For comparison a .460 Weatherby shoots a 500gr. slug @ 2700FPS for roughly 8100 foot pounds of muzzle energy.

Posted: 5/17/2006 1:06:56 AM EDT

[#4]

Yep, a 50BMG will not stop for much of anything. Your chances would be greater taking on a Mac truck.

Posted: 5/17/2006 3:32:53 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Just reading a add for 50 Cal ammo. States 12,446fps & 2446 ft-lbs. I can't imagine over 12K foot per second. Misprint???

that's on Cheaper Than Dirt's website, right?

if so I saw that too.

BTW my .50 BMG is fast, loud and a blast to shoot.

Posted: 5/17/2006 5:42:52 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
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Just reading a add for 50 Cal ammo. States 12,446fps & 2446 ft-lbs. I can't imagine over 12K foot per second. Misprint???

that's on Cheaper Than Dirt's website, right?

if so I saw that too.

BTW my .50 BMG is fast, loud and a blast to shoot.

It's been that way in their catalog for years... you think someone should tell them?

Posted: 5/17/2006 7:48:04 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Quoted:
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Just reading a add for 50 Cal ammo. States 12,446fps & 2446 ft-lbs. I can't imagine over 12K foot per second. Misprint???

that's on Cheaper Than Dirt's website, right?

if so I saw that too.

BTW my .50 BMG is fast, loud and a blast to shoot.

It's been that way in their catalog for years... you think someone should tell them?

I was sitting on the crapper looking through it and I noticed the FPS and I figured it couldn't be right. Cheaper Than Dirt sure is expensive.

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