50 BMG necked down to 5.7 mm - best varmint round ever?

[philthygeezer]

5.7 mm Express

 

[ErikT]

Not bad, but it only gets 9000 fps

 

[caramel]

The barrel life is 5 rounds... JP.

 

[shredder0]

And you will need a 76 inch barrel to get all the velocity out of that one! Can you find a powder slow enough to work on that cartridge? I was thinking charcoal briquettes might be about the right burning rate.....

 

[trebor2880]

I would imagine that with this round, if you were standing in the center of Saskatchewan, you could pick off a varmit in Manitoba, then turn around 180 degrees, and pick one off in Alberta.

 

[zuke]

And you will need a 76 inch barrel to get all the velocity out of that one! Can you find a powder slow enough to work on that cartridge? I was thinking charcoal briquettes might be about the right burning rate.....

I think the primer alone will work for this one.

 

[Amphibious]

haven't seen this one in a few years....

 

[gunsmith1951]

Looks like an earghenshplitzenloudenboomer!

 

[skhunter]

Not bad, but it only gets 9000 fps

We will see the 5.7mm Express AI soon.

 

[SoBored]

I'd buy a gun in that and then get the chamber cut for the AI version.

 

[TERMINATOR101CA]

I think NASA has the patent for that thing....