50 A&E Load help - The Firearms Forum

vdsgw · 12-18-2011, 01:03 PM

I need help with 50 Action Express loads. I have 275 gr lead bullets and can't find data for less than 325 gr bullets. Also any start loads using Alcan 7 powder would be a help. I currently have a lot of it and use it for 44 mag. and 45 acp loads. thanks

JLA · 12-18-2011, 01:08 PM

What are you shooting the .50AE in? If its a DE gas operated handgun I would advise against using lead in it. The lead will clog the gas system and its next to impossible to get out.

I have never heard of Alcan 7 powder. But if its suitable for .44 mag AND .45ACP then its most likely got a burn speed somewhere between unique and bluedot and is far too fast burning for use in the .50AE.

312shooter · 12-18-2011, 05:41 PM

I'm with JLA on this one, none of my data shows any of the components you mention, I recommend the speer 300gr plinkers for budget loading. If the wrong charge can turn a 1911 into a handgrenade the DE 50ae will become a nuclear bomb!

vdsgw · 12-23-2011, 08:07 PM

Sorry, the bullets are Rainer Plated bullets. And are being shot in a Desert Eagle Pistol. Current load data does not have much choice.

JLA · 12-23-2011, 09:59 PM

Prolly not the best choice of projectile for the DE either. Being gas operated the plated lead can end up gummed in the gas system. I would stick with jacketed bullets and H110 for that mancannon.

312shooter · 12-24-2011, 11:04 AM

Not to say you cannot use them, but I would think that the heavy crimp required for the 50AE cartrige will deform a plated bullet and the OAL will change possibly to an unsafe OAL before entering the chamber.

12-18-2011, 01:03 PM	#1
vdsgw Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 9	50 A&E Load help I need help with 50 Action Express loads. I have 275 gr lead bullets and can't find data for less than 325 gr bullets. Also any start loads using Alcan 7 powder would be a help. I currently have a lot of it and use it for 44 mag. and 45 acp loads. thanks -->

12-18-2011, 01:08 PM	#2
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,412	Re: 50 A&E Load help What are you shooting the .50AE in? If its a DE gas operated handgun I would advise against using lead in it. The lead will clog the gas system and its next to impossible to get out. I have never heard of Alcan 7 powder. But if its suitable for .44 mag AND .45ACP then its most likely got a burn speed somewhere between unique and bluedot and is far too fast burning for use in the .50AE. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

12-18-2011, 05:41 PM	#3
312shooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Las Vegas NV Posts: 1,160	Re: 50 A&E Load help I'm with JLA on this one, none of my data shows any of the components you mention, I recommend the speer 300gr plinkers for budget loading. If the wrong charge can turn a 1911 into a handgrenade the DE 50ae will become a nuclear bomb! __________________ "Democracy is based on citizenship- perhaps the greatest gift the United States has given to the world- Power is vested in the people themselves, and government flows from the people" James M Henslin

12-23-2011, 08:07 PM	#4
vdsgw Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 9	Re: 50 A&E Load help Sorry, the bullets are Rainer Plated bullets. And are being shot in a Desert Eagle Pistol. Current load data does not have much choice.

12-23-2011, 09:59 PM	#5
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,412	Re: 50 A&E Load help Prolly not the best choice of projectile for the DE either. Being gas operated the plated lead can end up gummed in the gas system. I would stick with jacketed bullets and H110 for that mancannon. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

12-24-2011, 11:04 AM	#6
312shooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Las Vegas NV Posts: 1,160	Re: 50 A&E Load help Not to say you cannot use them, but I would think that the heavy crimp required for the 50AE cartrige will deform a plated bullet and the OAL will change possibly to an unsafe OAL before entering the chamber. __________________ "Democracy is based on citizenship- perhaps the greatest gift the United States has given to the world- Power is vested in the people themselves, and government flows from the people" James M Henslin Last edited by 312shooter; 12-24-2011 at 11:06 AM..