Odfairfaxsub wrote:Buy a 50 beo it’s Providential
Back in January 2010, I had the opportunity to examine an AR in 50AE. I liked that big hole in the muzzle. This got me wanting a thumper class caliber upper for brush hunting but the 50AE was only a short production run and was not available. So my original plan was to get a 50b since they were available in the Overwatch configuration with a 24" barrel.
A real rifle length barrel! Had the money in my hand, ready to shell it out.
Fortunately, at the advice of someone, I forget who, I did more research and after a lot of reading, I decided that the 450b offered more promise for internal ballistics, despite not being available with a barrel longer than 20".
Come March 2010, Bushmaster had a great sale on both the 16" and 20" uppers ($399) and I jumped on a 20". By the time it arrived, about a month later, I already had amassed the dies and reloading components. It never saw a factory round until after about 1500 rounds, and only then a couple of free boxes of Remington Accutips, to evaluate. They didn't do well and were the last factory rounds it saw.
Hoot