50BMG necked to 30 cal bullet - The Firearms Forum

GunHugger · 08-17-2012, 08:11 AM

I bought this at a flea market last month just because I thought it was interesting and there wasn't much else there worth buying.

Just curious as to what you guys think about it to see if you come to the same conclusion as I did.

I did try to find out something about "Russ Kunkle" from Indiana PA since I live about 30 miles south. From what I could find he owned a gun shop there that seems to be closed now.

30/50BMG next to a 5.56

JLA · 08-17-2012, 05:31 PM

Looks like they cut the neck off and epoxied a normal .30 cal round into the BMG case. Hence the ring in the middle of the shoulder.

JLA · 08-17-2012, 05:34 PM

Someones already tinkered with the extreme necking down of the BMG in the 17-50BMG or 17 incinerator. Talk about a funny lookin cartridge.. Barrel burner for sure!

Clipper · 08-17-2012, 06:04 PM

Do you have the moon clips for that for your pistol JLA?

ampaterry · 08-17-2012, 06:30 PM

Firing either of those would be the true test of:
DO YOU TRUST YOUR GUNSMITH??

jack404 · 08-17-2012, 06:39 PM

awwww where's ya spirit of adventure Terry ?

Sig Willy · 08-17-2012, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JLA

Someones already tinkered with the extreme necking down of the BMG in the 17-50BMG or 17 incinerator. Talk about a funny lookin cartridge.. Barrel burner for sure!

How can all that powder (power) go through that small hole ??

JLA · 08-18-2012, 07:06 PM

Well funny you mention that.. It doesnt.. Thats exactly why barrel life in measured in boxes of ammo with it. From what I read on it the velocity is somewhere around 5000 fps with a 20 gr bullet, which sucks considering youre burning 250+ grains of 28 dollar a pound powder per round. which effectively yields somewhere on the order of 28 rounds per pound give or take a round or 2. so thats a buck a round just in powder.. and youre rebarreling by the time youve developed a load for it..

JLA · 08-18-2012, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Clipper

Do you have the moon clips for that for your pistol JLA?

fa sho. and its a pocket sized 10 shot revolver.

soundguy · 08-18-2012, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JLA

and youre rebarreling by the time youve developed a load for it..

but makes for one heckuva story!

and what a varmint gun.

just need some satalite linked optics so you can see your target around the vanishing point..

Sig Willy · 08-18-2012, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by JLA

Well funny you mention that.. It doesnt.. Thats exactly why barrel life in measured in boxes of ammo with it. From what I read on it the velocity is somewhere around 5000 fps with a 20 gr bullet, which sucks considering youre burning 250+ grains of 28 dollar a pound powder per round. which effectively yields somewhere on the order of 28 rounds per pound give or take a round or 2. so thats a buck a round just in powder.. and youre rebarreling by the time youve developed a load for it..

Wow, and the bullet survived ??

JLA · 08-18-2012, 10:21 PM

Yeah. they run it thru a slower rifling twist in order to keep the RPM from ripping the bullet apart.

08-17-2012, 08:11 AM	#1
GunHugger Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SW PA Posts: 1,161	50BMG necked to 30 cal bullet I bought this at a flea market last month just because I thought it was interesting and there wasn't much else there worth buying. Just curious as to what you guys think about it to see if you come to the same conclusion as I did. I did try to find out something about "Russ Kunkle" from Indiana PA since I live about 30 miles south. From what I could find he owned a gun shop there that seems to be closed now. 30/50BMG next to a 5.56 __________________ . “There will be a revolution in this country!” “I don’t believe people should to be able to own guns.” ~Barack Obama "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war let it begin here." ~Captain John Parker, to his Minute Men on Lexington Green, April 19, 1775. -->

08-17-2012, 05:31 PM	#2
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,328	Re: 50BMG necked to 30 cal bullet Looks like they cut the neck off and epoxied a normal .30 cal round into the BMG case. Hence the ring in the middle of the shoulder. __________________ 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!

08-17-2012, 05:34 PM	#3
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,328	Re: 50BMG necked to 30 cal bullet Someones already tinkered with the extreme necking down of the BMG in the 17-50BMG or 17 incinerator. Talk about a funny lookin cartridge.. Barrel burner for sure! Attached Images __________________ 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!

08-17-2012, 06:04 PM	#4
Clipper V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Amarillo, TX Posts: 383	Re: 50BMG necked to 30 cal bullet Do you have the moon clips for that for your pistol JLA?

08-17-2012, 06:30 PM	#5
ampaterry TFF Admin Staff Chaplain Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: West Tennessee Contributor Posts: 6,304	Re: 50BMG necked to 30 cal bullet Firing either of those would be the true test of: DO YOU TRUST YOUR GUNSMITH?? __________________ A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders. Larry Elder

08-17-2012, 06:39 PM	#6
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: 50BMG necked to 30 cal bullet awwww where's ya spirit of adventure Terry ?

08-18-2012, 07:06 PM	#8
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,328	Re: 50BMG necked to 30 cal bullet Well funny you mention that.. It doesnt.. Thats exactly why barrel life in measured in boxes of ammo with it. From what I read on it the velocity is somewhere around 5000 fps with a 20 gr bullet, which sucks considering youre burning 250+ grains of 28 dollar a pound powder per round. which effectively yields somewhere on the order of 28 rounds per pound give or take a round or 2. so thats a buck a round just in powder.. and youre rebarreling by the time youve developed a load for it.. __________________ 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!

08-18-2012, 10:21 PM	#12
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,328	Re: 50BMG necked to 30 cal bullet Yeah. they run it thru a slower rifling twist in order to keep the RPM from ripping the bullet apart. __________________ 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!