50 AE bullets

[General Ripper]

Ok.....after looking and looking and phoning and looking I cannot find any 50 AE bullets in Canada. I am set to reload but sorta need something to put on top of the case. Is this just impossible or is there a source? I can get the ammo from a shop that brings it in from Isreal but it cost about $3 per shot. I talked with Kurt Thomas of Canadian BDX and he said he was thinking of developing a 50 AE round but needed more demand to make it worthwhile. But that's as far as I got. Anything that says 50 calibre will not make it out of the US.

Maybe after the war(s).....well I guess that will be......NEVER!

Any help appreciated.

John

 

[sunray]

Welcome to the world of having something unusual. Low demand means fewer suppliers.
Have you talked to Epp's? info@ellwoodepps.com 705-689-5333

 

[Whelen B]

The Bullet Barn have a .502" 330 grain. I don't know anything about 50AE but just throwing out this link if it helps. Sorry if it doesn't.
http://www.thebulletbarn.com/pricelist.html

 

[Slavex]

.50 AE is no longer on the ban list. PM me and I'll give the name of the guy I got my last batch of 325 gr JHP .50 AE bullets from.

 

[General Ripper]

Well I finally found some bullets. Using 31 grains of H110 I loaded some 300 grain bullets and things went bang just fine. So now I have to work on my grip to stop the casings hitting me in the head!! and the usual feed issues for this canon. But I really don't care much about that as long as I get a nice safe bang.

Any suggestions for loading the 325 grain bullets? I also have some S&W .50 350 grainers. Would these work? The H110 pretty much fills the case at 31 grains so I wouldn't think any more would be safe.

John